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530  Fleeming, on board the 120, at Sheerness; was transferred, 8 Oct. following, to the command, on particular service, of the  brig, in which vessel he remained for a period of three months; from 2 Aug. 1838 until the spring of 1840 commanded the  brigantine, of 36 guns, on the coast of Africa, whence he removed early in 1840; and on 3 of the next July was advanced to his present rank. He has been employed in the Coast Guard since 10 July, 1845. – Hallett and Robinson.

 HOLLAND. 

obtained his first commission 13 Aug. 1836; joined, on 24 Oct. following, the 18, Capt. John Kobb, on the North America and West India station; and on 9 March, 1839, was there removed to the command of the  schooner. He was superseded from the latter vessel in Dec. 1840; and advanced to the rank he now holds 9 Nov. 1846. He is at present on half-pay.

Commander Holland married, first, 14 Sept. 1842, Susan, eldest daughter of Sam. Christian, Esq., of Malta; and (having been left a widower 11 July, 1844) secondly, 18 Aug. 1846, Anne, fifth daughter of Lord Denman, Chief Justice of the Court of Queen’s Bench. – Joseph Woodhead.

 HOLLINWORTH. 

entered the Navy 14 Feb. 1834; passed his examination 15 July, 1840; served on board the 84, Capt. Maurice Frederick Fitzhardinge Berkeley, during the proximate operations on the coast of Syria, including the bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre; and on proceeding to China as Mate of the  72, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker, was there employed in 1842, at the capture of Chapoo, Woosung, and Chin-Kiang-Foo. He acquired his present rank, on his return to England, 20 Sept. 1843; since which period his appointments have been – 28 Dec. 1844, to the gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capts. Sir Thos. Hastings and Henry Ducie Chads – and 29 Jan. 1847, as Additional, to the 120, flag-ship of Sir John Louis, Admiral-Superintendent at Devonport.

 HOLLINWORTH. 

is son of M. Hollinworth, Esq., many years a clerk of the Admiralty; and brother of Thos. Hollinworth, Esq., formerly Naval Storekeeper at Devonport.

This officer entered the Navy, in June, 1795, as Midshipman, on board the 74, Capt. Wm. Geo. Fairfax, employed on the Home station, where he removed, in March, 1797, to the 32, Capt. Hall. Towards the close of the same year he sailed for the Cape of Good Hope in the 28, Capts. John Clarke Searle and Jas. Athol Wood; under the latter of whom he had the misfortune to be wrecked, while in pursuit of an enemy’s vessel, off Madagascar, 26 July, 1798. On his return to England, in 1799, on board the 20, Capt. Lord Augustus Fitzroy, he became attached in succession to the, , and  again, 98’s, in which ships we find him serving until May, 1800, in the Channel, under the flag of Rear-Admiral Jas. Hawkins Whitshed. Joining, then, the 40, Capt. Sir Thos. Williams, he proceeded to the Mediterranean, where – being appointed on his arrival Acting-Lieutenant of the armée en flûte, Capt. Valentine Collard – he accompanied the expedition to Egypt in 1801. On 10 June, 1802, he was confirmed a Lieutenant in the, Capt. Maitland. Between Feb. 1803 and April, 1806 (on 22 Jan. in which latter year he was promoted to the rank of Commander), he presents himself to our notice as next serving, in the Channel and West Indies, on board the 74, flagship of Rear-Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood,  32, Capt. Aiskew Paffard Hollis, and  74, bearing the flags of Sir John Duckworth and Rear-Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres. His succeeding and last appointments were, on the Mediterranean station – 25 March, 1807, to the 18, in which sloop he captured, 16 July, 1808, the Italian schooner Ortenzia, pierced for 16 guns, but carrying only 2 long 24-pounders, 6 long 9-pounder and 2 3-pounder swivels, with a complement of 56 men, who effected their escape – and, 22 Nov. 1809, and 7 April and 12 July, 1810, to the Acting-Captaincy of the  74, and  and  frigates. He returned to England soon after his official advancement to Post-rank, which took place 3 April, 1811; and on 1 Oct. 1846 he became a Rear-Admiral.

He married, in 1808, a daughter of John Jackson, Esq., Master-Attendant at Portsmouth; by whom he has, with other issue, a daughter, Marianne, who married, in 1844, a son of Colonel Shadforth. – Messrs. Stilwell.

 HOLLINWORTH. 

entered the Navy 21 Nov. 1818; obtained his commission 10 Jan. 1837; and from 4 of the following March until paid off in the summer of 1842 was employed, a great part of the time as First-Lieutenant, in the  16, Capts. Thos. Eraser and Edw. Iggulden Parrey, on the North America and West India station. He has not been since afloat. – Messrs. Stilwell.

 HOLLOWAY. 

entered the Navy, in Jan. 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 64, Capt. Thos. Seccombe. With that officer, after having served a few months in the Downs under the flag of Rear-Admiral John Holloway, he removed to the 50, and proceeded to the Mediterranean, where, until the close of 1808, he was actively employed with Capt. Robt. Waller Otway on board the 74, and  84. During the next 12 months we find him serving, on the Downs and Newfoundland stations, in the 50, Capts. Laugharne and D. M‘Leod, and 50, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Holloway. He then rejoined Capt. Otway in the 74, and on 20 July, 1810, was on board that ship in a very gallant skirmish, in which the British, with a slender force, beat back a powerful division of the French. After an attachment of some time to the 74, commanded on the Home station by Capt. Thos. Baker, Mr. Holloway was made Lieutenant, 10 March, 1812, into the 74, Capt. Walter Bathurst, under whom he long cooperated with the patriots on the coast of Spain, and came into frequent contact with the French. Since he was paid off, in Oct. 1814, he has not been afloat.

 HOLMAN, K.W., F.R.S.

is brother of

This officer entered the Navy, 7 Dec. 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 100, Capt. Chas. Morice Pole, bearing the flag in the Channel of Lord Bridport; served, from Sept. 1799 until April, 1805, in the 40, Capts. Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge, Geo. Henry Towry, Wm. Bradley, and John Poo Beresford, on the Home and North American stations; then joined in succession the 50, Capts. John Talbot and Henry Whitby, and 32, of which frigate, commanded by Capts. John Wight, Love, and Simpson, he was created a Lieutenant 27 April, 1807; and from Oct. 1808 to Nov. 1810, when he invalided, was employed in the frigate, Capts. Alex. Skene, Robt. Lloyd, and Sam. John Pechell, stationed, as was also the, on the coast of North America. He has since been on half-pay.

Lieut. Holman (who is totally deprived of sight, and whose extensive peregrinations have procured