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606 and stores at Griessee, in the island of Java, and of all the men-of-war remaining to Holland in India. Between Jan. 1808 and his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 25 July, 1811, Mr. Kennedy served in various ships, principally on the Home station; after which we find him, until 1815, employed in the Mediterranean, on board the 74, Capt. Thos. White, 26, Capts. Gardiner Henry Guion and Gawen Wm. Hamilton, 98, flagship of Lord Exmouth, and  74, Capt. Norborne Thompson. When in the he took command of her boats, and captured, off the island of Corsica, a lateen-rigged vessel, laden with oak-planks. On 24 May, 1819, he assumed charge of the Revenue-cruizer, as he also did, for some time, in 1821, of the, a similar vessel. He attained his present rank 9 Oct. 1822, and has since been on half-pay.

Commander Kennedy married, 2 Feb. 1821, Elizabeth Rolleston, niece of A. Boyd, Esq., of Gostler, co. Donegal. Agents – Goode and Lawrence.

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was born 24 Aug. 1787, at Devonport. His father was 55 years in the Service.

This officer entered the Navy, 5 Jan. 1808, as a Volunteer, on board the 36, Capt. John Dick, under whom he served, as Midshipman, at the reduction of Martinique in Feb. 1809. Until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 9 Feb. 1815, he was further actively employed on the Halifax and Newfoundland stations, chiefly as Master’s Mate, in the 32, Capt. Lord Jas. Townshend, and 74, flag-ship of Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats. Between April and Sept. of the latter year we find him doing duty at Portsmouth in the 98, bearing the successive flags of Sir Rich. Bickerton and Sir Edw. Thornbrough. He next, from June, 1824, until July, 1827, served on the North American and West India stations, as First of the 28, Capts. Wallis, Canning, and Simeon. He was subsequently appointed to the command – in Sept. 1828, of the, the first Government steamer stationed between Corfu and Ancona, in which he was employed in carrying despatches relative to the war between Turkey and Russia, and also in communicating with the Pacha of Egypt on the subject of steam with India – 24 June, 1830, of the , another steam-vessel, also stationed in the Mediterranean – 27 Nov. 1832, and 4 June, 1834, of the and  Falmouth packets – and, 27 Nov. 1838, of the  steamer. In the, the first steam-vessel that returned to England from the West Indies, Lieut. Kennedy went 208 miles up the river Orinoco, as far as Angostura, where no British man-of-war had ever before been. He proved, in the, what had been before doubted, namely, the ability on the part of a steamer to resist the effects of a hurricane; and when in the , in which vessel he remained until Dec. 1841, he conveyed to Sir Robt. Stopford the despatches directing the attack upon St. Jean d’Acre, and afforded a passage to the British ambassador from Constantinople to Malta, and thence to Naples. He was advanced to his present rank 27 May, 1842, but has not been since employed.

Commander Kennedy married Maria, daughter of Dennis Pinnock, Esq., of the island of Jamaica, by whom he has issue six children.

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was born in March, 1811. This officer entered the Navy, 28 June, 1824, on board the 18, Capt. Thos. Martin, and was soon afterwards severely hurt by a fall from aloft while on duty. The being ordered to South America, he was afforded an opportunity of there witnessing the revolutionary proceedings in Brazil, Chili, and Peru. In 1828, on his arrival in the Mediterranean in the 46, Capt. Edm. Lyons, he was present, it appears, at the reduction of the Morea Castle. In the course of 1830 Mr. Kennedy successively joined the 76, Capt. Sir Jahleel Brenton, and  10, Capt. Chas. Hotham, of which latter vessel, on his return to the Mediterranean, after having visited the West Indies and North America, he was created, in 1831, an Acting-Lieutenant by Sir Henry Hotham – the last appointment of the kind ever conferred by that Admiral. During this second sojourn in the Mediterranean, we find Mr. Kennedy affording protection to the trade against the pirates of Smyrna, and employed in the boats in cruizing against those in the neighbourhood of Grabusa. The being paid off in 1834, he was at once appointed to the  gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Thos. Hastings. He next, in 1835, proceeded to South America in the 46, Commodore Fras. Mason, who, upon the death of the Commander-in-Chief, Sir Michael Seymour, again gave him an order, as a reward for his services and conduct, to act as Lieutenant, although at the time there were 11 Mates on the station senior to him. About this period Mr. Kennedy was often engaged on shore with a party of men for the protection of British property during the civil commotions in Peru and Chili. He continued to serve in South America on board the 18, Capt. Robt. Smart, and again in the, until the return of the latter ship to England in 1837, when he immediately joined the 120, bearing the flag at Portsmouth of Sir Philip Chas. Durham. His appointments since his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 6 Sept. 1838, have been – 26 June, 1839, to the 46, Commodore Thos. Ball Sulivan, on the South American station – 25 Sept. 1839, to the 16, Capt. Stephen Grenville Fremantle, employed in cruizing for slaves off Rio de Janeiro and other places – 28 April, 1841, to the  16, Capt. John Adams, on the coast of Africa, where, among a host of other captures, he assisted in taking, at the close of a running fight of nine hours, the pirartical slave-brig Gabriel, a vessel 10 feet longer than the, noted for its injury to commerce and the frequency of its insults to the British flag; as also, after a boat-chase of seven hours, the Minerva, having 550 slaves on board – and, 27 May, 1842 (four months after his health had obliged him to invalid), to the command of a station in the Coast Guard, which he still retains.

Lieut. Kennedy married, 25 Dec. 1840, Miss C. Jenkins, only daughter of A. Jenkins, Esq., of Navany, co. Donegal, by whom he has issue two children. – Messrs. Stilwell.

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passed his examination 28 July, 1841; and served, as Mate, in the 72, Capt. John Lawrence,  steam-vessel, Capt. Jas. Hamilton Ward, 120, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Rowley, 12, Capt. Henry Jas. Matson, and steamer, Lieut.-Commander Henry Eden, chiefly on the Mediterranean station. He obtained his commission 2 June, 1846, and has been since employed as First-Lieutenant of the receiving-ship at Malta, Capt. Thos. Graves.

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, born in April, 1821, at Waterford, is son of the Venerable Jas. Kennedy, Archdeacon of that place.

This officer entered the Royal Naval College in June, 1833, and embarked, in June, 1835, as a Volunteer, on board the 24, Capt. Geo. Wm. St. John Mildmay, employed off the coasts of Spain and Portugal. Becoming Midshipman, in Nov. 1837, of the 18, Capt. Walter Croker, he proceeded in that vessel to the East Indies, where, in Oct. 1839, he joined the  72, Capt.Thos. Maitland. Uniting afterwards in the operations against) China, Mr, Kennedy served, as Mate, either