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Rh KINGSTON. 

entered the Navy 19 July, 1827; passed his examination in 1833; and was made Lieutenant, 3 July, 1840, into the 16, Capt. Wm. Tucker, on the coast of Africa. Since the paying-off of the latter vessel in 1841 (with the exception of a short time passed towards the close of 1843 in the 26, Capt. Sir Wm. Dickson)

 KINGSTON. 

entered the Navy, 25 Nov. 1809, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the brig, Capt. Clement Sneyd, on the Guernsey station; removed, in Aug. 1810, to the  110, Capt. John Nash, lying in Portsmouth Harbour; and from the close of the same year until April, 1812, was employed at the defence of Cadiz in the  74, flag-ship of Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge. He then joined the sloop, commanded at first by Capt. Sneyd, and afterwards by Capt. Henry Bourchier, off Lisbon, whence, on his removal with the latter officer, in 1813, to the  20, he proceeded to Newfoundland. Returning home in Jan. 1816, he next, in April, 1817, joined the 80, Capt. Sir Archibald Collingwood Dickson. In Oct. 1818 he was placed on board the 42, Capt. Hyde Parker, of which ship he was created a Lieutenant 25 July, 1820. While in her he visited Jamaica, and was employed in the North Sea and Mediterranean. He was paid off 12 June, 1821 : and has not been since afloat.

 KINGSTON. 

entered the Navy, 3 Aug. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 28, Capt. Hon. Geo. Elliot, with whom, after having intermediately served in the Mediterranean, he removed, in Oct. 1806, to the 36, and sailed for the East Indies; where, in Oct. 1808, he assisted at the capture of La Jena French national corvette of 18 guns and 150 men, at the end of a running fight of nearly an hour, in which the  had her Master killed and 1 man wounded. On his return to Europe in 1809, in the 74, Capt. John Ferrier, he joined the  of 46 guns and 300 men, Capt. Jas. Alex. Gordon, under whom he saw much service in the Adriatic. In March, 1811, in particular, having been left in charge of one of two prizes in the port of Lissa, he actually, in conjunction with Mr. Jas. Lewe, a Midshipman, who had been placed in command of the other, successfully summoned a body of 200 French seamen and troops to surrender, who had escaped thither after the famous battle of the 13th of that month. These two spirited young men also at the same time rescued from capture a Sicilian privateer brig of 14 guns, besides beating off a Venetian schooner of 1 gun, and preserving the British and Venetian vessels in the bay from being destroyed by her. After a servitude of nearly three months with the late Sir Wm. Hoste, in the 32, Mr. Kingston was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant by a commission bearing date 17 Sept. in the same year. His succeeding appointments were – 23 Oct. 1811, and 30 Jan. 1813, to the 38, and  74, Capts. Hon. Henry Duncan and Rich. Hussey Moubray, both in the Mediterranean, where, in the former ship, he witnessed the destruction of a French convoy under the batteries of Languelia and Alassio, and shared in a spirited skirmish with a powerful Neapolitan squadron in the Bay of Naples – and, in Nov. 1815, to the 74, Capt. Thos. Alexander, lying at Portsmouth. While in the latter ship, Lieut. Kingston was for some time employed in cruizing in the Channel in command of her tender, the. He has been on half-pay since Sept. 1818. – Messrs. Stilwell.

 KINSMAN. 

is son of the late Major Kinsman, R.M.

This officer passed his examination 10 Dec. 1833; served for some time, as Mate, in the 72, Capt. John Toup Nicolas; obtained his commission 23 Nov. 1841; and, from Dec. 1841 until paid off in 1846, was employed in the Mediterranean, on board the  50, Capt. Provo Wm. Parry Wallis. Since 30 April, 1847, he has been First-Lieutenant of the steam-frigate of 650 horse-power, Capt. Sidney Colpoys Dacres.

He married Josephine, daughter of Capt. John Pasco, R.N.

 KINSMAN. 

, whose commission bears date 21 Jan. 1846, was appointed, on 25 March in that year, to the 12, Capt. Philip Hodge Somerville, on the African station. He has been attached, since 14 Feb. 1847, to the store-ship at the Ascension, Capt. Fred. Hutton.

 KIRBY. 

, born 2 Nov. 1790, is third son of the Rev. John Kirby, Vicar of Mayfield, co. Sussex. His younger brother, William, was promoted for his services as Acting-Lieutenant of the at the capture of the American frigate Essex in 1814, and afterwards died from the effects of the fatigue he had undergone in bringing some prizes home from the South Sea.

This officer entered the Navy, 14 May, 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 74, Capts. Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge and John Halliday, in which ship he was employed for upwards of seven years, chiefly as Midshipman and Master’s Mate. He was, in consequence, present in Sir Robt. Calder’s action 22 July, 1805; at the capture of the Marengo of 80 guns, bearing the flag of Admiral Linois, and 40gun frigate Belle Poule, 13 March, 1806; at the taking, 27 Sept. following, of Le Président French frigate; at the passage of the Dardanells, and destruction of the Turkish squadron at Point Pesquies, in Feb. 1807; at the siege of Flushing in Aug. 1809; and, on 30 Aug. 1810, when the, in gallant style, rescued the sloop from capture, by interposing herself between that vessel and an advanced division of the Toulon fleet, which she compelled to put back. In Aug. 1811 Mr. Kirby became Acting-Lieutenant of the 16, Capt. Wm. Stephens, with whom (the appointment being confirmed on 17 of the following Oct.) he continued to serve until 30 Nov. 1813 – witnessing in the interim the reduction of the islands of Augusta and Curzola. He has since been on half-pay.

He married, in Jan. 1831, Louisa, eldest daughter of Robt. Becher, Esq., of Tunbridge Wells, by whom he has issue two sons and two daughters. – Case and Loudonsack.

 KIRBY, K.H.

, born 14 Nov. 1791, is son of the late W. Kirby, Esq., M.D., F.L.S., and belongs to a respectable Norfolk family.

This officer entered the Navy, 23 Oct. 1823, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the sloop, Capts. W. C. Brownrigg, Thos. Tudor Tucker, Mich. De Courcy, and Joseph Spear; and, until the early part of 1805, was constantly employed with the inshore into frequent collision with the enemy at Boulogne and Calais, and was engaged in the celebrated catamaran expedition of Oct. 1804. In March, 1807, the being at the time in the West Indies, he there removed to the  32, Capt. Henry Matson. On next joining the 32, Capt. Edm. Heywood, he had the misfortune to be wrecked, near the island of Anagada, 24 May, 1808. During the 12 ensuing months we find him serving with the present Sir Thos. John Cochrane, in the 32, and  38; and, while in the latter of those ships, sharing in a skirmish with the French 40-gun