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Rh dated 16 June, 1814. He has since been on half-pay.

 MAGIN. 

, born about Christmas 1785, is brother of Wm. Magin, Esq. First-Lieutenant R.M. (1805), who fought in that capacity on board the 80, at the battle of Trafalgar; and nephew of Dr. John Magin, Surgeon R.N., who served in the  74, flag-ship of Sir Rich. Onslow, in the action off Camperdown 11 Oct. 1797, and died Head Surgeon of the Royal Marine Infirmary at Stonehouse, Plymouth, in 1812.

This officer entered the Navy, 30 April, 1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 98, Capt. Thos. Macnamara Russell, of which ship, stationed in the Channel, his uncle was at the time Surgeon. In the course of 1801 he successively joined the, Capt. Rich. Poulden, and 74, bearing the flag in the North Sea of Sir Archibald Dickson; and on becoming, in 1803, attached, as Midshipman, to the  18, Capt. Henry Burke, he took part in a running fight of 12 hours which terminated in the capture, although not without loss, of the Lord Nelson, East Indiaman. Removing, in Dec. 1804, to the 32, Capts. Sam. Sutton and Wm. Hoste, Mr. Magin was on board that frigate when, in Nov. 1805, she effected the defeat, notwithstanding that she was simultaneously opposed by the fire of an immense battery, of a division of about 30 Spanish gun-boats, which had come out of Algeciras in the hope of capturing a British convoy. On 25 Sept. 1806, a few months after he had passed his examination and been transferred to the 74, Capt. Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge, he witnessed the capture of Le Président French frigate; and in Feb. 1807 we find him present, in the same ship, at the passage of the Dardanells. On the occasion of the attack made upon the Turkish squadron at Point Pesquies, Mr. Magin volunteered and proceeded with two boats under the orders of Lieut. Kidd for the purpose of setting fire to the Admiral’s ship. During the stay of the party between decks, the boats, owing to the blaze which had speedily resulted from their exertions, were under the necessity of putting off; in consequence whereof, the Lieutenant and his companions were compelled to jump overboard, and were picked up when the ship exploded. On his arrival home Mr. Magin, in consideration of a wound he had received in the operations, was presented by the Patriotic Society with a gratuity of 30l. He was promoted (while serving in the 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral John Child Purvis, off Cadiz) to a Lieutenancy, 4 Jan. 1808, in the  36, Capt. Geo. M. Honey, one of the prizes recently taken at Alexandria. His succeeding appointments were – 6 Oct. 1808, as Senior, to the sloop, Capt.;Thos. Oliver, under whom he accompanied the expedition to the Walcheren, and commanded the boats at the cutting-out of a vessel from under a very severe fire of the enemy’s batteries at Etaples – 13 Jan. 1810, to the 74, flag-ship of Hon. Robt. Stopford, in which he co-operated in the reduction of Java – and, 24 Nov. 1812, again as First-Lieutenant (after six months of half-pay) to the sloop, Capt. Geo. Barne Trollope, stationed in the Downs, where he cruized until Dec. 1813. He accepted his present rank 13 Sept. 1844.

Commander Magin married, 6 April, 1815, Elizabeth, daughter of Rich. Magin, Esq., of Greenhill House, co. Down, by whom he has issue five children. – J. Hinxman.

 MAGUIRE. 

entered the Navy (from the Royal Naval College) 12 Nov. 1830; passed his examination in 1835; and in consideration of his services as Mate of the 16, Capt. Geo. Mansel, during the operations on the coast of Syria, where he was severely wounded at the capture of Sidon, and behaved most gallantly, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 28 Sept. 1840. His appointments have since been – 23 Jan. 1841, to the 50, Capt. Wm. Walpole, stationed in the Mediterranean, whence he returned in the early part of 1844 – 30 Nov. in the latter year, as Additional, to the 72, flag-ship of Sir Thos. John Cochrane in the East Indies – and 10 Feb. 1845, as Senior, to the 26, Capt. Henry Kellett, now employed on Surveying-service in the Pacific. – Messrs. Ommanney.

 MAINGAY. 

was born 26 Oct. 1785, in Guernsey, and died 22 Aug. 1846, at Stoke, Devonport. He was first son of the late John MaingyMaingay [sic], Esq., of the island of Guernsey, and cousin of the present

This officer entered the Navy, in the summer of 1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 80, Capt. Jahleel Brenton, bearing the flag of Sir Jas. Saumarez, under whom he fought in the actions of 6 and 12 July, 1801, off Algeciras and in the Gut of Gibraltar. The being paid off in Aug. 1802, he next, between the following Oct. and Feb. 1806, served as Midshipman, in the Mediterranean and Channel, on board the  and  frigates, Capts. Walter Locke and Wm. Geo. Rutherford,, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Robertson, and, Capt. Dnmaresq. He was confirmed a Lieutenant (after having acted for some months as such in the, , and , Capts. Selby, Marshall, and Shortland, on the West India and Halifax stations) 17 Sept. 1806; and was subsequently appointed – in the course of 1807, to the 32, Capts. Aiskew Paffard Hollis, and, as First-Lieutenant, to the and  sloops, Capts. Jas. Mein and Wm. Fisher – 28 March, 1808, to the 100, flag-ship of Sir Jas. Saumarez in the Baltic – 15 Jan. and 9 June, 1813, again as Senior, to the 20 and  36, Capts. Henry Prescott and Wm. Paterson, with whom he served in the Channel until paid off in Oct. 1815 – 8 March, 1816, in a similar capacity, to the 76, which ship, commanded at Plymouth by Capt. Wm. Robert Broughton, was put out of commission 31 Aug. 1818 – and, 5 July, 1821, still as First-Lieutenant, to the yacht, Capt. Hon. Sir Chas. Paget. On 14 of the ensuing Dec. Mr. Maingay, after having accompanied Geo. IV,. on his visits to Ireland and Hanover, was promoted to the rank of Commander. He did not again go afloat.

He married, 26 Oct. 1818, Harriet, fourth daughter of the Rev. W. Smith, formerly Rector of Meavy, Devon.

 MAINGAY. 

, born 16 Dec. 1784, at Newton Bushel, co. Devon, is son of Peter Maingy, Esq., of the island of Guernsey; and first-cousin of the late Commander Jas. Maingay, R.N.

This officer entered the Navy, 1 Sept. 1800, as Midshipman, on board 74, Capt. Sir Edw. Pellew, in which ship he accompanied an expedition to Vigo, and was employed off Brest and Rochefort until April, 1802; during the latter months of which year we find him serving in the Channel with Capt. Edw. Bass, of the sloop. In March, 1803, he rejoined Sir E. Pellew on board the 80, and in the following year, after having been engaged in the blockade of Ferrol, he sailed with him in the  74 for the East Indies, whence in 1805 he returned to England in the  64, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Peter Rainier. He then became attached in succession to the 110, bearing the flag in the Channel of Sir Chas. Cotton, 74, Capt. Thos. Le Marchant Gosselin (under whom he