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GRIFFITHS.  of Rear-Admiral Benj. Hallowell. Towards the close of 1815 he sailed for St. Helena as Midshipman of the 38, Capt. Fras. Stanfell, under whom – with the exception of a servitude of a few months in 1818 on board the 80, and  50, commanded at Portsmouth and Chatham hy Capts. Sir Archibald Collingwood Dickson and Hon. Henry Duncan – he continued to be there employed, in the same ship, and in the 74, until Oct. 1820. He then joined the frigate, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Rowley on the Jamaica station, where, on 16 June, 1823, he was confirmed a Lieutenant in the 18, Capt. Chas. Crole. His appointments have since been – 12 Aug. 1824, 24 Oct. 1824, and 17 March, 1825, to the 26,  50, and  18, Capts. John Lawrence, Thos. Forrest, and Andw. Forbes, stationed in the West Indies and South America – 23 Feb. 1827, to the 28, Capt. Sir Rich. Grant, employed, until June, 1830, on Particular Service – 25 Nov. 1831, and 9 July, 1836, to the successive command of the and  Falmouth packets – 22 July, 1842, to the Coast Guard – and, 14 March, 1846, to be Admiralty Agent on board a contract mail steam-vessel, in which capacity he is now serving.

Lieut. Griffith married, 29 March, 1834, Ellen, eldest daughter of Thos. Galloway, Esq., Surgeon R.N. (1801). – J. Chippendale.

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was born 22 Nov. 1792, at Plymouth, co. Devon.

This officer entered the Navy, 2 April, 1803, as Third-cl. Vol., on board the, Lieut. Commander John Bell Connolly, bearing the flag at Portsmouth of Rear-Admiral John Holloway; from which ship he soon afterwards removed to the 74, Capt. Wm. Henry Jervis, forming part of the in-shore squadron off Brest, where he was wrecked during a gale of wind on the Black Rocks in March, 1804. Between 21 June, 1804, and 17 Feb. 1814, he was employed in succession with Capt. Chas. Dashwood on board the 20,  36,  38, and  74, chiefly as Midshipman and Master’s Mate. In addition to the services detailed in our memoir of that officer, Mr. Griffiths, in 1806, while serving in the, fought and was wounded by a musket-ball passing through his right thigh in an action with four Spanish armed brigs off the Havana. Shortly after leaving the he joined the  80, bearing the flag of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, under whom, besides participating in many active operations in the Chesapeake, he attended the expedition against New Orleans, where he was attached to the Rocket Brigade, and assisted in taking the enemy’s fort on the left bank of the Mississippi. Attaining the rank of Lieutenant 2 Feb. 1815, he next, from 18 March to 24 June following, served in that capacity on board the 58, Capt. John Hayes. From 27 July, 1825, until Sept. 1827, and from 14 July, 1843, until 22 Feb. 1844, wefind him employed both in the Coast Blockade and in the Transport service. Between 18 April, 1845, and May, 1847, Mr. Griffiths was again engaged in the latter department of the Navy. While employed on the Coast Blockade he received two letters of thanks from the Admiralty and the French Consul-General for his exertions in saving the hull and cargo of vessels driven on shore in gales of wind off Winchelsea.

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is eldest son of

This officer entered the Navy 11 May, 1828; passed his examination 5 Jan. 1833; obtained an appointment in the Coast Guard 25 June, 1840; and, on 7 March, 1842, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. His appointments have since been – 5 April, 1842, as Additional, to the 72, flag-ship in North America and the West Indies of Sir Chas. Adam – 31 Dec. 1842, to the 18, Capt, Arthur Darley, on the same station – 18 Oct, 1843, to the  72, receiving-ship at Jamaica, Capt. Alex. Kenton Sharpe – 22 Dec. 1844, to the 16, Capt. Robt. Sharpe, also employed in North America and the West Indies – and 14 April, 1846, as First, to the 12, Capt. Philip Hodge Somerville, with whom he is now serving on the coast of Africa.

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was born in Dec. 1776.

This officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1788, as Captain’s Servant, on board the yacht, Capt. Sir Hyde Parker, whom he soon accompanied into the  74. In June, 1790, he removed as Midshipman to the 98, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Herbert Sawyer in the Channel, whence, towards the close of the same year, he proceeded to North America and the West Indies in the  32, Capt. Rich. Fisher. On his return home, at the commencement of the French Revolutionary war, he joined the 44, and next the  64, both commanded by Capt. Wm. Geo. Fairfax; with whom he continued until promoted to a Lieutenancy, 19 Aug. 1795, in the 54, Capt. Wm. Bligh. He was subsequently appointed, on the Home, Mediterranean, and West India stations – 4 Jan. 1796, to the 64, also commanded by Capt. Bligh – 10 March, 1797, to the  98, Capt. Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley – 3 Nov. 1797, to the 98, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres – in Dec. 1798 and June, 1799, to the 80, and  74, in which ships, each commanded by Capt. Wm. Brown, he served at the siege of St. Elmo, and throughout the operations under Lord Nelson in the Bay of Naples – 31 March, 1800, to the 74, Capts. Edw. Bowater and John Giffard, in partial command of whose boats he ably supported those of the 74, at the cutting-out, 12 Oct, following, of 12 French merchantmen from under the heavy fire of a battery in the port of Danenne, near L’Orient – 17 Oct. 1803, after an interval of 17 months, to the Sea Fencibles at Barnstaple – and, 15 Sept. 1806, 11 Dec. 1807, and 10 June and 10 Sept. 1815, to the successive command, on the Baltic, North Sea, Channel, and Irish stations, of the  schooner,  gun-brig,  cutter, and  schooner, in the two former of which vessels he attended the expeditions to Copenhagen and the Walcheren. Having paid off the in Dec. 1818, he was advanced, 12 Aug. 1819, to the rank he now holds. He has not since been afloat.

Commander Griffiths, who married in April, 1804, has issue four sons and one daughter. His eldest son,, is a Lieutenant R.N. – Hallett and Robinson.

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entered the Navy, in 1802, as Ordinary, on board the sloop, Capt. Robt. Keen, employed on the Cork station; and from 1804 until March, 1812, served, the last six years as Midshipman, in the gun-brig, commanded in the Downs by Lieuts. Jas. Milne, Sam. Knight, B. Forfar, and Josiah Dornford. He then successively joined the 74, Capt. Robt. Williams, and 38, armée en flûte, Capt. Wm. Stanhope Badcock; and, after a servitude of more than two years in the North Sea and Baltic, and also on the coast of North America, where he participated in many active operations, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 17 Nov. 1815. He has since been on half-pay.

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entered the Navy, 9 April, 1811, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the, Capt, Nash, lying at Plymouth. Between 13 May and 6 Nov, in the same year, he successively served, on the Mediterranean station,