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GREENWAY—GREER—GREET—GREGORY.  74, Capts. Sir Rich. King and Aiskew Paffard Hollis. After serving for some time in the Bay of Biscay, and co-operating in the reduction of Flushing, he joined, as Midshipman, in the defence of Cadiz, where he was lent to the Spanish 74-gun ship Neptune. On his return home in 1811 on board the 110, late flag-ship in the Mediterranean of Sir Chas. Cotton, he became successively attached to the 40, Capt. Sir Wm. Bolton, 74, Capt. Robt. Barton, and, of 48 guns and 254 men, Capt. John Surman Carden. While in the latter ship he commanded her cutter, in company with another boat under Lieut. Geo. Rich. Pechell, at the capture, 7 Aug. 1812, of a French lugger, lying aground within musket-shot of the formidable batteries on Ile d’Aix; and on 25 Oct. 1812 he was present and severely wounded in a desperate action of two hours and 10 minutes, which rendered her a shattered prize, after experiencing a loss of 36 men killed and 68 wounded, to the American frigate United States, of 56 guns and 474 men, 12 of whom only appear to have been killed and wounded. The injury he received on the occasion was produced by a grape-shot, weighing 14 ounces, which entered the left side under the centre of the dorsal vertebrae, and, cutting away the right shoulder-blade, took an oblique direction and lodged immediately over the fifth and sixth ribs, whence it was extracted. Joining next, in April, 1813, the 74, Capt. Robt. Barrie, Mr. Greenway was by that officer detached for a period of six months in the, of 2 guns and 30 men, for the purpose of harassing and destroying the enemy’s trade in the Chesapeake and Penobscot. He afterwards came into frequent contact with Commodore Barney’s flotilla up the Patuxent, and assisted also in the attacks on St. Mary’s, Bangor, and other places. He came home in April, 1815, having been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on of the previous October; and was next, from Sept. in the same year until July, 1817, employed at Plymouth on board the 98,  98,  74, and  again, all flag-ships of Sir John Thos. Duckworth. He has not held any further appointment.

Lieut. Greenway has been in the receipt, since Aug. 1816, of a pension for his wound of 91l. 5s.

 GREENWAY. 

entered the Navy, in Jan. 1800, as A.B., on board the 32, Capt. Thos. Le Marchant Gosselin, with whom, after an attendance of three months on George III. off Weymouth, and a voyage with convoy to the West Indies, he removed, as Midshipman, in Aug. 1801, to the 36. That frigate being paid off in June, 1802, he next, in Aug. 1803, joined the 110, bearing the flag in the Channel of Hon. Wm. Cornwallis; of which ship he was created a Lieutenant 8 March, 1805. Continuing to serve in the until June, 1806, Mr. Greenway, on 22 of the Aug. following his promotion, had an opportunity of sharing in Cornwallis’ pursuit of the French fleet into Brest. His last appointment, we believe, was to the sloop, Capt. Thos. Thrush, in which vessel he served in the Channel and West Indies until May, 1808, at which period ho invalided. – Messrs. Chard.

 GREER. 

, born 4 April, 1778, is sixth son of the late John Greer, Esq., of Grange M‘Gregor, co. Tyrone, a Justice of the Peace, and Deputy-Governor of cos. Armagh and Tyrone for upwards of 50 years, by Catherine, daughter of John Cuppage, Esq., of Garden Hill, co. Antrim.

This officer entered the Navy, 13 May, 1793, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 74, Capt. Hon. Thos. Pakenham, one of Lord Howe’s victorious fleet in the action of 1 June, 1794. In 1796, after having further served with the same officer in 80, he became Midshipman, in the Mediterranean, of the  frigate, Capt. Hon. Chas. Herbert; on subsequently accompanying whom into the 38, he was present at the defeat of Commodore Bompart’s squadron off the coast of Ireland in Oct. 1798. After that event he removed to the 100, bearing the flag in the Channel of Lord Bridport, by whom he was soon appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the  98, Capt. Jas. Vashon. He was confirmed, 20 Sept. 1799, into sloop, Capts. Jonas Rose and Christ. John Williams Nesham, employed on the Plymouth station, where he continued until the peace. His next appointments were – 12 April, 1803, to the 50, Capt. Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, on the East India station, whence he invalided in June, 1804 – 22 July, 1805, to the brig, Capts. Joseph Edmonds, Wm. King, and Hen. Hope, in which vessel, after assisting at the reduction of the Cape of Good Hope, he proceeded to the Mediterranean – 8 July, 1808, to the, Capts. Wm. Hellard and John Lloyd, from which vessel he was superseded about 1811 – and, 21 Feb. 1829, to the command of the 12, on the coast of Africa. He invalided from the latter station in Jan. 1830; and, on 14 March, 1840, he accepted the rank he now holds.

Commander Greer was admitted to the out-pension of Greenwich Hospital 10 Aug. 1832.

 GREET. 

is son of the late Alex. Greet, Esq., and nephew of Thos. Young Greet, Esq., many years Mayor and Chamberlain of the borough of Queensborough, Isle of Sheppey; and stepson of Lieut. Jas. Tilley, R.N.

This officer entered the Navy, 29 Nov. 1825; passed his examination in 1832; and obtained his commission 20 Aug. 1840. He became, 1 Oct. following, Additional-Lieutenant of the 104, flag-ship at the Nore of Sir Henry Digby and Sir Edw. Brace; and since 1 Jan. 1843 has been in command of the, off the Tower. Lieut. Greet is married and has issue.

 GREGORY. 

entered the Royal Naval Academy 26 Feb. 1786; and embarked, 3 May, 1790, as A.B., on board the, Capt. Berkeley. In the following Aug. he became Midshipman of the 32, Capt. Thos. Troubridge, on the East India station, where, in Aug. 1792, he joined.the 36, Capt. Rich. John Strachan. On the return of the latter frigate to England about the close of 1793, he removed in succession to the 74, Capt. West, and  100, bearing the flag of Lord Bridport; and from the date of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 4 Aug. 1794, until 1799, he was next employed, also on the Home station, in the, , , , and. His subsequent appointments were – 19 Sept. 1800, to the 64, flag-ship at the Nore – in 1803 to the Sea Fencibles at Folkestone – 30 May, 1805 and 17 April, 1806, to the  64, and  54, both employed in the Downs – and 6 Sept. 1806, to the Impress service at Dover, where he continued until 1810. He accepted the rank of retired Commander on the Junior List 26 Nov. 1830; and on the Senior 29 June, 1831.

 GREGORY. 

entered the Navy, 10 April, 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 18, Capt. Jas. Johnstone, employed in watching the Boulogne flotilla. After serving for some time also with the same officer in the 18, off Lisbon; he removed, in March 1806, to the  38; in which frigate he continued to be employed, under Capts. Wm. Grenville Lobb and Robt. Barrie, on the Channel and Mediterranean stations, chiefly as