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BATTEN—BATTERSBY—BAUGH. BATTEN. 

was born 27 Jan. 1793.

This officer entered the Navy, 2 May, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 22, Capt. Alex. Rich. MacKenzie, with whom he continued to serve, in the same ship and the 18, on the Baltic, Home, America, and Lisbon stations, until Jan. 1812. He was in attendance on Commodore Owen’s rocket-expedition against Boulogne, took part in the subsequent sieges of Dantzic and Copenhagen, as also in the operations of 1809 against Flushing, where the had the honour of leading a division of the fleet, and was employed, in 1810-11, at the defence of Cadiz. Removing, as Master’s Mate, in Jan. 1812, to the 74, Capts. Thos. Dundas and Tristram Robt. Ricketts, he eventually served on shore with the army during the attack on New Orleans, and contributed to the fall of Fort Bowyer, the last hostile operation of the American war. Since the receipt of his commission, which bears date 14 Feb. 1815, Lieut. Batten has been on half-pay.

 BATTERSBY. 

is eldest son of the late Rev. Leslie Battersby, LL.D., of Skreene, co. Sligo, by Anna Maria, daughter of Patrick Palmer, Esq., barrister-at-law; and nephew both of Lieut, Col. Battersby, C.B., and of the late Capt. Henry Robt. Battersby, R.N.

This officer entered the Navy 12 Aug. 1809; passed his examination in 1816; obtained his commission 28 Feb. 1828; was appointed, 12 Jan. 1839, pro tem., to the 20, Capt. Williams Sandom, on the lakes of Canada; and since the summer of 1840 has been unemployed.

He married, 4 Aug. 1835, Maria, second daughter of the late Chas. Jones, Esq., of Kilmacarick House, co. Wicklow. – Joseph Woodhead.

 BAUGH. 

entered the Navy 15 Oct. 1810; passed his examination in 1817; was promoted, 25 April, 1829, into the 46, Capts. Arthur Batt Bingham and Sam. Burgess, in which frigate he was wrecked, on Cape Frio, 5 Dec. 1830; and from 2 Oct. 1837, until the close of 1842, served in the Coast Guard. He has since been on half-pay.

Lieut. Baugh married, 17 Nov. 1842, Mary Charles, eldest daughter of the late C. S. Minshaw, Esq., of Sidcup, Foot’s Cray, co., and of Hove Lodge, co. Sussex. – Hallett and Robinson.

 BAUGH. 

entered the Navy, 7 Feb. 1793, as Midshipman, on board the 64, Capt. Jas. Vashon, employed in the Mediterranean and West Indies; removed, in May, 1795, with the same officer, to the 80; and continued to serve in that ship, off Cadiz and with the Channel fleet, until promoted, 19 Feb. 1799, into the  16, Capt. Micajah Malbou, stationed off Havre de Grace. After serving for a short time in the Trusty 50, Capt. Geo. Bowen, off the Texel, we find him in succession appointed – 16 Dec. 1799, to the 50, Capt. John Lawford, at Sheemess – 27 June, 1801, to the  98, Capt. Jas. Vashon, off Cadiz, whence he invalided 22 Jan. 1802 – and, 10 May, 1803, to 74, Capt. Thos. Byam Martin, employed in the Channel. On 2 Jan. 1806, Lieut. Baugh assumed command of the 14-gun brig, and on 23 April, 1808, being off Faro, on the south coast of Portugal, in company with the 18, Capt. Thos. , signalized himself by his gallantry in capturing, after a severe action of two hours and a half, fought among shoals and within grape-shot of a battery, two Spanish vessels laden with cargoes valued at 30,000l. each, and further protected by four gun-boats, two of which were forced to surrender, and the remainder driven on shore. The was subsequently, on 18 of the following month, sunk by the batteries in the river Tagus in an attempted attack on two feluccas. Capt. Baugh, whose meritorious conduct in the action we have above noticed was rewarded by a Commander’s commission, dated 19 May, 1808, afterwards served, from June, 1809, to Feb 1810, in the Isle of Wight district of Sea Fencibles, and from 6 Feb. 1812, until June, 1814, in command of the bomb, employed off Jersey and Guernsey. He has not since been afloat. Post-rank was conferred on him 23 Nov. 1841.

 BAUGH. 

died 31 Jan. 1846. He was eldest son of.

This officer entered the Navy (from the Royal Naval College) 15 Feb. 1830; passed his examination 23 Sept. 1834; served as Mate, in North America, the West Indies, and Mediterranean, in the 44, Capt. Provo Wm. Parry Wallis, 74, Capt. Edw. Harvey, and 104, Capt. Thos. Forrest; and while employed on the former station in the 72, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Adam, was awarded a commission, dated 23 Nov. 1841. He continued to serve for some weeks in the same ship as Additional-Lieutenant; then removed, 23 Feb. 1842, to the 16, Capt. Edw. Iggulden Parrey; and from the following Dec. until 1845 appears to have been employed in the East Indies on board the surveying-vessel, Capt. Sir Edw. Belcher. – Messrs. Stilwell.

 BAUGH. 

is uncle of Commander Francis Scott, R.N.

This officer entered the Navy, in 1784, as Captain’s Servant, on board the 74, Capt. Reeves, lying at Plymouth; joined, in 1786, the  44, bearing the broad pendant in the West Indies of Commodore Alan Gardner; and was subsequently employed as Midshipman, on the latter, and on the Home and Newfoundland stations, in the  50, Capt. Jas. Vashon, Drake, Capt. Geo. Countess, 74, Capt. Alan Gardner,  98, bearing the flag of Admiral Roddam, Drake again, Capt. John Dolling, and  28, and  32, both commanded by Capt. Alan Hyde Gardner, on the coast of Newfoimdland. Being promoted to a Lieutenancy, 2 Nov. 1793, in the sloop, Capt. Thos. Affleck, he assisted at the reduction, in 1794, of the French West India islands; and, on next joining the 74, Capt. Bartholomew Sam. Rowley, participated in Admiral Hotham’s action with the French fleet, off Cape Roux, 13 July, 1795. His subsequent appointments, as Lieutenant, were – 20 July, 1797, to the 98, flag-ship off Cadiz of Rear-Admiral Sir John Ogle – 8 July, 1798, to the  74, Capts. Robt. Campbell, Thos. Stevenson, and John Elphinstone, on the Mediterranean station – 1 Nov. 1800, to the frigate, Capt. Sir Edw. Berry, with whom he returned home – and, 8 April, 1801, to the command of the gun-brig, which he retained until shortly previous to the receipt of his second commission, 29 April, 1802. From 24 March 1804, until 2 April, 1807, we find Capt. Baugh holding an appointment in the Irish Sea Fencibles, and from the latter period until his advancement to Post-rank, 21 Oct. 1810, commanding the brig, on the Leith station, where he captured, 21 Sept 1808 a Danish privateer, of 6 guns and 11 men. He has since been unemployed. His acceptance of the rank he now holds took place 1 Oct. 1846.

The Rear-Admiral married, 2 April, 1809, Mary, only daughter of Fras. Scott, Esq., of Beechwood and niece of Sir Alex. Don, Bart., of Newton, co. Roxburgh, and of the first Lord Polwarth. By that lady he has had issue two sons and a daughter His eldest son was the late ; his second Charles Richard, is a Lieutenant in the 9th regt. Bombay Native Infantry.

