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Rh Barraok-Master-General for North Britain, and niece of General Robertson, of Lawyers, Perthshire, N.B., and by that lady has several children, of whom two are in the Bombay Cavalry and one in the Royal Navy. – Messrs. Stilwell.

 LOCH. 

is son of John Loch, Esq., formerly M.P. for Hythe, a Director of the East India Company, by Marion, daughter of Archibald Cullen, Esq., K.C.; and nephew of

This officer passed his examination 16 April, 1842; and served as Mate, on the East India, Home, North America and West India, and African stations, in the 44, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Grey, gunnery-ship, Capt. Sir. Thos. Hastings, 72, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Adam, and 16, Capt. Thos. Hope. He obtained his commission 15 Jan. 1846; and since 20 of that month has been serving, still on the coast of Africa, in the 20, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres.

 LOCH. 

, born in 1813, is second son of Jas. Loch, Esq., of Drylaw, co. Edinburgh, an Advocate at the Scottish bar, and M.P. for Kirkwall, &c., by Ann, youngest daughter of P. Orr, Esq., of Kincardineshire; and nephew of

This officer entered the Navy 23 Feb. 1826; passed his examination in 1832; obtained his first commission 23 Oct. 1833; was appointed, 21 Aug. 1834 and 27 Aug. 1835, to the 80 and  120, as Flag-Lieutenant at the Nore to Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming; joined, 18 March, 1836, the 80, Capt. Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie, fitting for the Mediterranean; ascended the next step in his profession 28 Feb. 1837; and was invested, 12 July, 1838, and 26 Dec. 1840, with the command of the  18 and  steamer, in which vessels (with the exception of a short period which intervened between his paying off the one and his appointment to the other) he served, on the South American and Mediterranean stations, until advanced to his present rank 26 Aug. 1841.

On his return to England on the occasion of his last promotion, Capt. Loch volunteered to join the expedition in China, where, it appears, he acted as extra Aide-de-Camp to Sir Hugh Gough at the storming of Chin-Kiang-Foo 21 July, 1842, and was present with Sir Henry Pottinger in his negociations with the natives. In the course of 1842 he published an able and very interesting work entitled ‘The closing Events of the War in China.’ – John P. Muspratt.

 LOCK. 

is son, we understand, of the late Vice-Admiral Walter Lock (who served as Lieutenant of the in Lord Howe’s action, commanded the  hospital-ship in the affair off Ile de Groix, and was for some time Agent for Prisoners of War), by a sister of Capt. Michael Head, R.N. His brother James, a Lieutenant in the R.N., fell a victim to the climate of the West Indies in 1808.

This officer entered the Navy, 11 Nov. 1806, as Third-cl. Boy, on board the 74, Capt. John Irwin, lying at Spithead; and from 14 Dec. 1808 until 19 Jan. 1811 served as Midshipman and Master’s Mate in the  38, Capt. Robt. Mends; under whom he witnessed the capture, 6 April, 1809, of the French 40-gun frigate Le Niemen, and actively co-operated with the patriots on the north coast of Spain, where, with the exception of Castro, he assisted at the destruction, during the summer of 1811, of all the batteries from St. Sebastian to St. Andero, upon which were found altogether about 100 pieces of cannon. On leaving the we find him successively joining, on the Home and North American stations, the  74, Capt. Sir Jas. Athol Wood, 38, Capt. Edw. Pelham Brenton, and 74, Capt. Robt. Lloyd. He was confirmed a Lieutenant, 30 May, 1814, in the sloop, Capts. David Scott and Vincent Newton, stationed, until July, 1815, at Halifax and Bermuda; and he was lastly, from 1 Feb. 1827, until promoted to the rank of Commander 17 July, 1828, employed in the 104, guard-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Hon. Geo. Elliot.

Commander Lock is married, and has issue. – J. Hinxman.

 LOCKYER, C.B.

died 27 Feb. 1847, while in command of H.M.S., at Malta, aged 65. He was brother of the present Colonel H. F. Lockyer, K.C, commanding H.M. 90th Regt., now in garrison at that place.

This officer (whose name had been borne from 1790 to 1792 on the books of the 32, Capt. John Manley) embarked, in 1799, as Master’s Mate, on board the  sloop, Capts. Thos. Geo. Shortland and Lennox Thompson, with whom he served until 1801 in the Channel and at Newfoundland. He then joined in succession 24, and  36, both commanded by Capt. Zachary Mudge; and on 17 Dec. 1803, after having been for some time actively employed on the Lisbon and West India stations, especially at the blockade of St. Domingo, he was promoted to a Lieutenancy in the  32, Capts. John Perkins, Keith Maxwell, Edw. Hawker, and Stephen Poyntz. While with Capt. Maxwell, Mr. Lockyer assisted, as second in command of three boats under Lieut. Henry Mullah, in boarding and carrying, on a reef of rocks midway between the islands of Saona and St. Domingo, L’Hirondelle privateer, of 10 long 4-pounders and 50 men, notwithstanding that the British in their advance, besides having to pull against a strong sea-breeze, were assailed by a heavy fire of grape and musketry, and on reaching the vessel found the whole crew drawn up round the deck. Although the victors in this very gallant affair had but 2 men hurt, their opponents sustained a loss of 9 killed and 6 wounded. The spirit and perseverance of the former were most highly eulogized by Capt. Maxwell, who, in regard in particular to Lieuts. Mullah and Lockyer, declared himself unable to express the sense he entertained of their brave and intrepid_ conduct. Obtaining a second promotal commission 25 Sept. 1806, the subject of the present narrative assumed command, 25 March, 1807, of the bomb; which vessel, in Aug. 1808, bore the flag of Rear-Admiral Rich. Goodwin Keats, and assisted in embarking the Spanish troops under the Marquis de la Romana from the vicinity of Nyeborg. On 26 Oct. 1809 Capt. Lockyer removed to the 18 and in her he continued most actively and successfully employed on the Channel and Halifax stations for more than five years; effecting the capture or destruction during that period of one privateer (the Pioneer) of 320 tons, 17 guns, and 170 men, of another of 2 guns and 25 men, and of a merchant-ship, two brigs, 10 schooners, and two sloops. The also, while attached to the Chesapeake squadron, proved instrumental to the taking of numerous merchantmen; and, on 15 Sept. 1814, forming part at the time of a small force under Capt. Hon. Wm. Henry Percy, she endured a loss of 6 men killed and 16 wounded in an attack on Fort Bowyer. In command, 14 Dec. 1814, of the boats of a squadron, 45 in number, containing altogether about 980 persons, Capt. Lockyer, after a tedious row of 36 hours on Lake Borgne, attacked a flotilla of five gun-vessels, under the American Commodore Jones, with such judgment and determination, that, in spite of the enemy’s formidable force (consisting of 16 long guns, 14 carronades, 2 howitzers, 12 swivels, and 245 men), their advantage of a chosen position, and their studied and deliberate preparation, they were all 