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HALFORD—HALKETT—HALL. HALFORD. 

entered the Navy, 13 Jan. 1801, as A.B., on board the 80, Capts. Jahleel Brenton and Hugh Downman, bearing the flag of Sir Jas. Saumarez, under whom, in July following, he fought as Midshipman in the actions off Algeciras and Cadiz. In Nov. 1802, after having been for a short time transferred to the 74, Capt. Solomon Ferris, lying at Portsmouth, he rejoined Capt. Brenton, as Master’s Mate, in  of 48 guns; and on 2 July, 1803, he had the misfortune to be on board that frigate when she took the ground under the batteries of Cherbourg, and was compelled, in spite of a desperate and sanguinary resistance, to strike her colours. He was accordingly detained a prisoner in France until May, 1811, at which period, having been deprived of his parole, he succeeded in effecting his escape from the citadel of Verdun, where he had been placed in close and rigorous confinement. He was promoted to the rank he now holds 21 March, 1812; and from 15 of the ensuing April until 2 Aug. 1815, was employed in the 74, bearing the flag of the late Sir Manley Dixon on the North Sea and American stations. He has since been on half-pay. Agents – Messrs. Halford and Co.

 HALKETT, Bart. 

, born in Jan. 1805, is eldest son of Admiral of the Blue Sir Peter Halkett, Bart., G.C.H. (who commanded the frigate in the action off Camperdown, and died in Oct. 1839), by Elizabeth, daughter of Wm. Todd, Esq. One of his uncles, John Halkett, Esq., was late Governor of the Bahamas, and First Commissioner of West India Accounts; and a second. Sir Alex. Halkett, K.C.H., a Lieut.-General in the Army.

This officer passed his examination in 1825; was made Lieutenant, 20 Oct. 1827, into the frigate, Capt. Joseph Harrison; served next, from Nov. 1828 until Dec. 1829, in the  28, commanded in the Atlantic by Capt. Fred. Marryat; and, on 15 Feb. 1836, was appointed to the 74, as Flag-Lieutenant to his father, on the West India station. He has not been employed since his promotion to the rank of Commander, which took place 4 Aug. 1837.

Sir John Halkett, a Deputy-Lieutenant for co. Fife, married, in April, 1831, Amelia Hood, daughter of Colonel Conway, by whom he has issue. – Collier and Snee.

 HALKETT. 

passed his examination 6 Sept. 1840, and was employed as Mate on board the and  sloops, Capts. Wm. Warren, Geo. Goldsmith, and Rundle Burges Watson. Joining, under the latter officer, in the hostilities on the coast of China, he assisted, on 10 March, 1842, in towing four fire-rafts clear of the shipping off Ningpo during an attack made by the Chinese; and on 18 of the following May he served on shore at the capture of Chapoo. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 23 Dec. 1842, and next appointed – 27 Aug. 1844, to the steam-sloop, Capt. Walter Grimston Bucknall Estcourt, fitting at Portsmouth – 19 Dec. 1844, to the  26, Capt. Geo. Mansel, lying at Devonport – 20 Jan. 1845, to the gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings – and, 1 July, 1845, to the 26, bearing the flag of Sir Hugh Pigot at Cork. He has been serving, since 22 Nov. in the latter year, in the steam-sloop, Capt. Thos. Fisher.

 HALL. 

entered the Navy (into which he was impressed, being at the time Mate of a fine West Indiaman), 8 Aug. 1804, as A.B., on board the 24, Capt. Robt. Howe Bromley, stationed in the Downs. Becoming Master’s Mate, in June, 1805, of the 74, Capts. Edw. Codrington and Sir Arch. Dickson, he fought in the ensuing action off Trafalgar, and in 1807 accompanied the expedition against Copenhagen. In Dec. 1808, and Dec. 1811, he was successively appointed Acting-Master and Acting-Lieutenant of ,the sloop, Capts. Thos. Forrest and Hercules Robinson, in command of whose cutter he succeeded in totally destroying, off Pillau, in the Baltic, a French privateer, La Messalina, of 6 guns and 38 men, although protected by the fire of a body of troops on the beach, 2 Aug. 1810. After serving for some time on the Jamaica station, where disease swept off all his messmates, Mr. Hall was superseded from the, and, in Aug. 1812, appointed Midshipman of the 50, Capt. Hon. Henry Blackwood, employed in Basque Roads. In April, 1814, he removed, as a Supernumerary, to the 74, Capt. Sir Michael Seymour, with whom he again sailed for the West Indies. On his arrival on that station he was once more, on 19 July, invested with the rank of Acting-Lieutenant, and. appointed to the 74, flag-ship of Sir Philip Durham; but, the vacancy not proving a legitimate one, he remained unconfirmed till the general promotion, 7 Feb. 1815. He officiated, during the seven following months, as First of the sloop, Capt. Rich. Henry Muddle, also on the West India station; and was subsequently appointed – 1 Jan. 1824, to the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary Lieutenant of the 74, Capt. Wm. M‘Culloch – 27 July, 1826, as Senior, to the 10, Capt. Henry Martin Blackwood, on the Mediterranean station, whence he invalided in Nov. 1826 – 10 July, 1835, and 1 Aug. 1836, to the Ordinary at Sheerness and Plymouth, in which service he continued, with his name part of the time on the books of the  104, and  110, Capts. Thos. Fortescue Kennedy and Rich. Thomas, for upwards of three years – and, 20 Sept. 1838, to the command of the 10, on the coasts of Spain and Africa, where (with the exception of a few months, from 23 Nov. 1840 until 15 June, 1841, passed in acting-command of the  16) he continued to serve, in the same vessel, until paid off 18 Aug. 1842. Commander Hall, who had been promoted to his present rank 23 Nov. 1841, has been employed, since 31 March, 1846, as Second Captain of the 120, flag-ship of Sir John Louis, Admiral-Superintendent at Devonport.

A son of this gentleman, Chas. O. B. Hall, is a Mate in the Navy. – Messrs. Stilwell.

 HALL. 

(a) entered the Navy, in Nov. 1786, as a Boy, on board the  sloop, Capt. Nicholls, with whom, and with Capt. Manley Dixon of the, and Lieut. Jas. Hill of the, he served, on the Channel and Irish stations, until Jan. 1789. Re-embarking in Aug. 1793 on board the 32, Capt. Sam. Hood, he proceeded to the Mediterranean, and in Jan. 1794 was present in that ship when she effected a memorable escape from the inner harbour of Toulon, into which she had entered in ignorance of the previous evacuation of the place by the British. In Jan. 1795, after having assisted at the siege of Bastia as Midshipman of the 74, Capt. Thos. Lennox Frederick, he became attached to the 74, Capt. Adam Littlejohn, under whom, who fell in the action, he was captured by the French fleet, notwithstanding a brave defence, 7 March following. Being soon afterwards, however, restored to liberty, he rejoined Capt. Frederick on board the 74, and had thus an opportunity of witnessing the evacuation of Corsica, and of sharing, 14 Feb. 1797, in the action off Cape St. Vincent. He removed, immediately subsequent to the latter event, to the 100, and  110, successive flag-ships of Earl St. Vincent; before he had been long under whom he was appointed, 1 May, 1797, Acting-Lieutenant of the  98, Capt. Jas. Hawkins Whitshed, stationed off the