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Rh Midshipman, in March, 1810, into the 74, he witnessed the embarkation from Nyeborg of the Marquis de la Romana and his patriot army, and the capture, which attended it, of the Danish vessels Fama of 18, and Salorman of 12 guns. After assisting, in the, in causing the self-destruction, near Barfleur, 25 March, 1811, of the French 40-gun frigate L’Amazone, Mr. Macnamara successively joined, in the course of that and the following year, the armée en flûte, Capt. Hon. Edm. Sexton Pery Knox, 74, bearing the flag of Sir Rich. Strachan, and 38, Capt. Hassard Stackpoole. While attached to the last-mentioned ship we find him frequently employed in her boats on the coast of North America, particularly on one occasion, 3 April, 1813, when he served with those of a squadron, containing 105 men, under the orders of Lieut. Jas. Polkinghorne, at the dashing capture, 15 miles up the Rappahannock river, of four schooners, carrying in the whole 31 guns and 219 men – an exploit whose achievement proved inflictive of a loss to the British of 2 killed and 11 wounded, and to the enemy of 6 killed and 10 wounded. In May, 1813, Mr. Macnamara commanded a boat, under Rear-Admiral Cockburn, in an attack upon the town of Havre-de-Grace, at the entrance of the Susquehanna river, and assisted in destroying a valuable cannon-foundry in its immediate vicinity. He was similarly employed in an expedition against Frenchtown. In Aug. 1814, having returned to England and passed his examination, he volunteered his services on the Canadian lakes. Proceeding thither accordingly, he continued on that station until Dec. 1815 – the last nine months as Acting-Lieutenant of the, Capt. Henry Thos. Davies, and, Capt. Edw. Collier. He then took up a commission bearing date 1 of the previous July; but he did not again go afloat until July, 1820, on 25 of which month he received an appointment to the 48, Capt. Gawen Wm. Hamilton, fitting for the Mediterranean, where he was advanced, 19 July, 1822, to the command of the 10. During his continuance in that sloop, a period of two years, Capt. Macnamara was actively employed, owing to the revolution in Greece, in protecting the British and Ionian trade in the Archipelago against the violence of the contending parties. His exertions procured him the thanks of the Commander-in-Chief, Sir Graham Moore. His last appointment was, 1 June, 1825, to the Coast Guard, in which service he remained, stationed we believe in co. Clare, until the summer of 1832. In 1830, at a period of great disturbance, he appears to have been very active in the restoration of tranquillity. His Post-commission bears date 16 Nov. 1833.

Sir Burton Macnamara (who was knighted in 1839 by the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, the Marquess of Normanby) is a Magistrate for Clare, and in 1841 was a candidate for the representation of the borough of Ennis in Parliament. He married, 1 March, 1832, Jane, daughter of Daniel Gabbett, Esq., of Strand, Limerick. – Messrs. Halford and Co.

 MACNAMARA. 

entered the Navy, 26 April, 1809, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 74, Capt. Jas. Macnamara, stationed in the Baltic, where he saw much boat-service. Removing, as Midshipman, in March, 1810, to the 74, commanded by the same officer, he took part, 25 March, 1811, in the operations which led to the self-destruction, near Barfleur, of the French 40-gun frigate L’Amazone. In the following Oct. he joined the 74, Capt. John Halliday, under whom, it appears, he served on the West India, St. Helena, and Home stations, until Aug. 1815, and coalesced at one time with the troops in an attack upon Bergen-op-Zoom. During the first three years of the peace Mr. Macnamara was employed on the Irish station in the sloop, Capt. John Baldwin, and  80, flag-ship of Sir Benj. Hallowell. He then, in Nov. 1818, joined the Coast Blockade, as Midshipman of the 40, Capt. Wm. M‘Culloch, and while in that service, in which he continued until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 29 Jan. 1821, he received, in 1819, a severe contusion in an encounter with a band of smugglers. He has had charge, since 1 March, 1838, of a station in the Coast Guard.

Lieut. Macnamara has received a gold medal from the Royal National Shipwreck Institution. He was left a widower 18 Aug. 1838. – Hallett and Robinson.

 M‘NEALE. 

entered the Navy 1 April, 1814; passed his examination in 1821; and in the following year, while Mate of the 20, Capt. Percy Grace, assisted in the boats of that vessel in an attack on a slave-factory on the coast of Africa. He obtained his commission 4 Oct. 1825, and was subsequently appointed – 5 Oct. 1832, as Additional-Lieutenant, to the 50, Capt. Jas. Polkinghorne, at the Cape of Good Hope – 27 June, 1833, to the 10, Capt. Henry Dundas Trotter, on the same station – and, after he had been a few months on half-pay, 22 Dec. 1834 and 1 Sept. 1835, to the  104, and  120, flag-ships of Sir Thos. Williams at Portsmouth, where he remained until 1836. – John P. Muspratt.

 MACNEVIN. 

entered the Navy, 10 Aug. 1797, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 32, Capt. Alex. Fraser, on the coast of Ireland. He served, between 1799 and Aug. 1808, on the Mediterranean and Home stations, chiefly in the capacity of Midshipman, in the frigate, Capts. John Poo Beresford and Thos. Jas. Maling, and, , , and , flag-ships of Admirals Dacres, Sir John Thos. Duckworth, and Sir Alex. Cochrane; and on 31 Aug. 1810, after having intermediately acted as Lieutenant of the and  sloops, he was confirmed in that rank. His next appointments were – 24 Oct. 1810, to the 74, Capt. Rich. Raggett, off the Texel – 9 Dec. 1811, to the brig, Capt. Frank Gore Willock, in the West Indies – 3 Nov. 1813, to the command of the  schooner, on the same station – and, 22 April, 1814, to the  16, Capt. Jas. Clephan, under whom he accompanied the expedition against New Orleans. He was paid off from the last-mentioned vessel in Aug. 1815; and, since 27 Nov. 1822, has been in command of a station in the Coast Guard.

He married, in Jan. 1836, Eliza, second daughter of John M‘Mahon Blackhall, of Kilcard, co. Clare, Ireland. – J. Hinxman.

 MACONOCHIE. 

entered the Navy, in Aug. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 74, Captain (afterwards Rear-Admiral) Hon. Alex. Cochrane, under whom he was for some time employed off Ferrol, and then proceeded to the West Indies in pursuit of a French squadron escaped from Rochefort. In Sept. 1805 he removed as Midshipman (a rating he had attained in March, 1804) to the 36, Capt. David Atkins, also on the West India station, where, in Sept. 1806, he again joined Sir A. Cochrane in the  74. During the next two years we find him chiefly serving on board the, tender to the ship last mentioned. He then became attached to the 64, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Jas. Vashon in Leith Roads; -but, being a third time, in March, 1809, placed under the orders of Sir A. Cochrane, in the 74, was by that Admiral nominated Lieutenant, 15 Sept. following, of the  frigate, Capt. Thos. John Cochrane, stationed at first among the Leeward Islands and then off Cadiz – an act which the Admiralty confirmed. In Nov. 1810 Mr. Maconochie obtained an