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HARWARD—HASKOLL—HAST. , then, as Midshipman, on board the Dryad 42, Capts. Hon. Robt. Rodney and Hon. Geo. Alfred Crofton, he proceeded, after cruizing for a period on the Channel and Irish stations, to the Mediterranean, where, and in South America, he further, until Dec. 1829, served on board the 50, Commodore Sir Thos. Staines, 10, Capt. Christ. Wyvill, 10, Capt. Edw. Hawes, 46, Capt. Hon. Wm. Waldegrave, and 76, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Thos. Baker. On 24 of the month last-mentioned we find him promoted to a Lieutenancy in the Tribune 42, Capt. John Alex. Duntze, with whom he served, latterly in the North Sea, until paid off in Dec. 1831. He subsequently joined – 4 Dec. 1833, the 84, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Parker, off Lisbon, whence he returned in June, 1834 – 28 July, 1835, the  74, Capt. Sir Wm. Henry Dillon, employed on the latter station, and also in the Mediterranean, where, on one occasion, he took charge of the from Malta to Alexandria, and on another was lent to the  50, Capt. David Price – and, in the course of 1839, the  36, and  50, as Flag-Lieutenant, in each ship to his father, on the North America and West India station. He was there promoted to the command, 6 Nov. 1840, of the 16, in which sloop he remained until put out of commission in Oct. 1842. He has not been since afloat.

Commander Harvey married, 9 April, 1844, Christian Bargreve, eldest daughter of Wm. Bridger, Esq., of Eastry Court, co. Kent. – Hallett and Robinson.

 HARWARD. 

died 2 May, 1845, at Geneva.

This officer entered the Navy, 5 June, 1795. as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 80, Capts. Chas. Edm. Nugent and Roddam Home, of which ship, successively employed in the Channel and North Sea, he soon became Midshipman. Proceeding in 1798 to the Mediterranean in the, Capts. Jas. Oswald and Henry Compton, he assisted in the following year at the bombardment of Alexandria, and served in the ship’s launch in action with an enemy’s flotilla in the Bay of Naples. He subsequently became Acting-Lieutenant of the 36, Capt. Graham Eden Hamond, and, on 3 Sept. 1801, after participating in the victory gained by Lord Nelson at Copenhagen, was officially promoted. His next appointments were – 26 March, 1803, to the 74, Capts. E. Hamond, Hon. Michael De Courcy, and Fras. Pender, on the Home station – 17 Sept. 1804, to the 40, Capt. Hon. Chas. Paget – in 1805, to the command of the schooner and  gun-brig, in the former of which vessels he conveyed despatches to the West Indies – and, in Nov. 1805, to the  74, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Hon. Alex. Cochrane. For his conduct as First-Lieutenant of the latter ship in the action off St. Domingo, Mr. Harward was promoted to the rank of Commander 2 April, 1806. He subsequently joined, 2 March, 1808, the 18, but, that sloop being unfortunately wrecked off the coast of Holland 4 Aug. following, he was next appointed, in Oct. of the same year, to the  10; in which vessel we find him capturing La Nouvelle Gironde, a notorious privateer of 14 guns and 58 men, and ultimately attending the expedition to the Walcheren. Capt. Harward, whose Post-commission bore date 31 July, 1809, was lastly employed, from June, 1810, to June, 1812, as Flag-Captain to Sir Edw. Pellew in the 80, and  120, on the Mediterranean station.

Capt. Harward was Deputy-Lieutenant for co. Gloucester. He married, first, 11 Jan. 1810, Julia, youngest daughter of Admiral the late Lord Exmouth; and, that lady dying in 1831, secondly, in 1834, Julia, daughter of Admiral Sir Lawrence Wm. Halsted, G.C.B., and grand-daughter of the above nobleman.

 HASKOLL. 

was born 9 Oct. 1792.

This officer entered the Navy, 1 March, 1809, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 74, Capts. Graham Eden Hamond and John Talbot, under whom he served on the Home, Mediterranean, and North American stations, chiefly as Midshipman, until Aug. 1814. He attended, during that period, the expedition to the Walcheren; was much employed against the enemy’s flotilla and batteries at. the defence of Sicily, where, on 18 Sept. 1810, a large body of troops having landed and been defeated near Stefano, he succeeded in the ship’s pinnace in capturing, after some resistance, a boat with 15 soldiers besides the crew; partook, next, of many active operations in the Adriatic, omitting however the celebrated capture of the French 74-gun ship Rivoli, at which period he was in temporary charge of a Signal station on the island of Lissa; commanded, on proceeding to the American station, a tender in Hampton Roads and up James River; was captured in a prize by a privateer, in May, 1814, and detained for a short time in captivity; and on one or two occasions was very nearly wrecked. From Aug. 1814 until Jan. 1817, Mr. Haskoll further served, as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, in the 74, Capt. John West (which ship lost her mizenmast, fore and main topmasts, mainyard, and quarter and stern boats, in a heavy gale on the south bank of Newfoundland 16 Feb. 1815), and  38, commanded on the Channel, and East India stations by Capt. Wm. Henry Dillon. His health then obliging him to remain on shore, he did not again go afloat until April, 1824, when he rejoined his old Captain, Hamond, in the 74. In the early part of 1825 he was transferred to the 42, bearing the broad pendant at the Cape of Good Hope of Rear-Admiral Hood Hanway Christian, by whom, on 20 June, 1826, he was invested, as Acting-Supernumerary-Lieutenant, with the command of the colonial brig, in which vessel we find him cruizing on the coast of Madagascar and among the Seychelle Islands. He was subsequently lent for a short time to the 18, Capt. Jas. Polkinghome, employed on the same station; and, on 18 Dec. 1826 (upwards of 11 years after he had passed his examination), he was officially promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. On leaving the, about April, 1828, Mr. Haskoll served for a term of five months, until be was again compelled to invalid, on board the 10, Capt. Robt. Henry Stanhope. His next and last appointment was, 17 Feb. 1838, as First, to the 16, Capts. Rich. Henry King and Henry Wells Giffard, fitting for the East India station, where, besides attending an expedition to the mouths of the Indus, he assisted at the capture of Aden. He afterwards, in 1840, accompanied the armament to China, and in the course of the same year was present at the capture of Chusan and the blockade of Ningpo. On the return of the Cruizer with Sir Hugh Gough to China, after having been sent in charge of despatches to Calcutta, Mr. Haskoll, it appears, commanded the second division of boats at the taking of Fort Macao 13 March, 1841, and assisted in the two series of operations against Canton – having charge, during the second, of the gun-boats at the capture, on 25 May, of the fort below the Folly. He invalided 30 June, 1841, and on his arrival in England found that he had been promoted to the rank of Commander by commission dated 8 of that month. – W. H. B. Barwis.

 HAST. 

entered the Navy 11 April, 1819; passed his examination in 1825; and was promoted, 10 July, 1826, to a Lieutenancy in the sloop, Capt. Geo. Jackson, on the West India station. His subsequent appointments were, Aug. 1827, to the 18, Capts. Hon. Wm.