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484 of St. Jean d’Acre, he commanded a boat, and was officially reported as deserving of every credit for his spirited conduct in the attack on Tortosa. Passing his examination 17 Feb. 1841, he subsequently, until his attainment of the rank of Lieutenant, 15 Aug. 1844, officiated as Mate, on the Mediterranean and East India stations, of the same ship, and of the 72, bearing the flag of Sir Thos. John Cochrane, and steam-sloop, Capt. Wm. Maitland. His succeeding appointments were – 12 Nov. 1344, again to the, as Flag-Lieutenant – and, 1 March, 1846, to the 26, Capt. Chas. Talbot, also in the East Indies. He attained his present rank on 28 Aug. in the latter year.

 HAY. 

entered the Navy, 16 June, 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 44, Capt. Geo. M‘Kinley, on the Leith station; and, in the early part of 1806, became attached, in the North Sea and at Halifax, to the 74, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Thos. Macnamara Russell, and 38, Capt. Sir Robt. Laurie; in which frigate he attained the rating of Midshipman, 2 July, 1808, and continued to serve until Sept. 1810. In Dec. of the latter year he joined the 98, flag-ship of Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley on the Lisbon station, whence, in June, 1812, he returned to England as Acting-Lieutenant of the Regdlos, armée en flûte, Capt. John Tailour. Being confirmed on 31 of the next month, Mr. Hay, towards the close of 1812, was appointed a Lieutenant of the 74, Capt. Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy, under whom, on proceeding to North America, he served at the blockade of New London, the capture of the islands in Passamaquoddy Bay, and the bombardment of Stonington. As a Commander, a rank he attained 31 Aug. 1815, Capt. Hay appears to have joined – 10 Nov. 1820, and 3 Dec. 1821, the and  sloops, both on the Mediterranean station – and, 6 March, 1828, the  18, which vessel he paid off 21 May, 1831. He attained the rank he now holds 15 Nov. 1833, but has not since been employed. – Case and Loudonsack.

 HAY. 

entered the Navy, about April, 1801, as A.B., on board the 74, Capt. Rich. Lane, bearing the flag at Plymouth of Sir Thos. Pasley. In Oct. following he became Midshipman of the 74, Capt. Bendall Robt. Littlehales, stationed in the Channel; where, in April, 1803, after an unemployed interval of 12 months, he joined the sloop, Capt. Robt. Keen. While next attached, between June in the latter year and Nov. 1812, to the 80, successive flag-ship, on the Home, Lisbon, and Brazilian stations, of Admirals Sir Thos. Graves, Sir John Borlase Warren, Albemarle Bertie, Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, and Hon. Mich. De Courcy, we find Mr. Hay, wh6 during a great portion of the period bore the rating of a Master’s Mate, assisting at the capture, 13 March, 1806, of the Marengo 80, bearing the flag of Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate Belle Poule; and next, in 1807, witnessing the departure for South America of the Royal Family of Portugal. He subsequently, from Dec. 1812 until within a few weeks of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 20 Sept. 1815, served under Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo on the Canadian lakes, and participated in many acts of hostility with the American enemy. His after-appointments were – 2 March, 1827, to the Coast Blockade, in which service he remained, with his name on the books of the and  74’s, both commanded by Capt. Hugh Pigot, until Noy. 1830 – and, 1 Nov. 1833, to an Agency for Transports afloat. He resigned the duties of the latter office in the spring of 1834, but, resuming them in Oct. 1835, continued in discharge of them until the close of 1839. He has since been on half-pay.

 HAY. 

is second son of Robt. Hay, Esq., of Charterfield, East Lothian, N.B. This officer entered the Navy, 1 Sept. 1812, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 36, Capt. Hon. Anth. Maitland, and sailed for the West Indies, where, we believe, he attained the rating of Midshipman 20 Dec. 1813, and served until Aug. 1815. From 1816 until 1818 we next find him employed, in the Mediterranean, on board the 16, Capt. Jas. Murray, and 50, Capt. Hon. Anth. Maitland. In May, 1820, he became Master’s Mate of the 74, flag-ship on the same station of Sir Graham Moore. He was promoted, 4 Oct. 1823, to a Lieutenancy in the 48, Capt. Gawen Wm. Hamilton, and he subsequently, in the course of the same month, and on 6 Sept. 1825, joined the 18, Capt. Henry Dundas, and  28, Capt, Hon. Fred. Spencer. Being Senior of the last-mentioned ship at the battle of Navarin, where he was slightly wounded, Mr. Hay was advanced to the rank of Commander, by commission dated 22 Oct. 1827. He afterwards, from 28 March, 1832, until 1835, and again from 24 June, 1836, until 1839, officiated as an Inspecting Commander in the Coast Guard; in which capacity he has been re-employed since 29 Dec. 1841.

Commander Hay married, in Jan. 1831, Jane, eldest daughter of Andw. Knox, Esq., of Prehen, co. Derry.

 HAY. 

is brother of

This officer entered the Navy 2 Nov. 1809; passed his examination in 1817; and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 22 July, 1830. His appointments have since been – 22 July, 1831, to the Coast Guard, which he left in 1834, and rejoined 26 April, 1837 – 16 Jan. 1841, as First, to the 16, Capt. Chas. John Elers Napier, fitting at Portsmouth – 16 Aug. 1841, again to the Coast Guard – and, 2 July, 1844, to the command of the Revenue-cutter, in which he is still serving.

 HAYCOCK. 

entered the Navy, 18 May, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the sloop, stationed in the North Sea; served next, from May, 1807, until April, 1811, chiefly as Midshipman, in the  24, commanded in the Great Belt, off the north coast of Spain, and in the Mediterranean, by Capts. Geo. Digby and Thos. Garth; rejoined Capt. Digby, then, in the frigate, on the latter station; and, after having acted for 11 months as Lieutenant of the  10, Capts. Philips, Squire, Cobb, and Julian, and for a short time also in command of the schooner, off Cadiz and Lisbon, was confirmed, 6 Dec. 1813, into the, flag-ship at Gibraltar of Rear-Admiral Sam. Hood Linzee. He was lastly, from 22 June, 1814, until 4 Dec. 1815, employed in the Mediterranean, on board the 38, Capt. Hon. Wm. Waldegrave.

 HAYDON. 

was born 30 June, 1793, at Shute House, near Axminster, Devon, the seat of Sir John Wm. Pole, Bart.

This officer entered the Navy, 16 Oct. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 74, Capt., afterwards Rear-Admiral, Hon. Alex. Inglis Cochrane, with whom he was for several months employed in watching a French squadron in the port of Ferrol. He then accompanied the same officer to the West Indies, where, in 1805, he joined Lord Nelson in his celebrated pursuit of the combined fleets. Removing, in Sept. of the latter year, to the 74, Capt. Eras. Pickmore, he witnessed, as Midshipman of that ship, the capture, 13 March, 1806, of the Marengo 80, bearing the flag of Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate Belle Poule; after which, on being transferred, in 1807, to the