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716 of a respectable educational establishment in Montpellier Eoad, Brighton. He married, 8 April, 1828, Frances, eldest daughter of the Rev. Wm. Hodgson Cole, Rector of West Clandon, and Vicar of Wonersh, near Guildford, Surrey, by whom he has issue seven sons and one daughter.

 MALING. 

died 26 March, 1845, at sea, on board the brig, from Sierra Leone, aged 32, having invalided at that place from H.M. steam-frigate on 8 of the previous Feb.

This officer entered the Navy 2 Feb. 1823; passed his examination in 1831; obtained his commission 16 Dec. 1839; and was appointed – on 20 of the same month, as Additional, to the 104, flag-ship in the Mediterranean of Hon. Robt. Stopford – 14 March, 1840, to the steamer, of which vessel (commanded in the Mediterranean and in North America and the West Indies by Capts. Robt. Spencer Robinson and Alex. Murray) he became First-Lieutenant – and, 1 July, 1843, to the  steam-frigate, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Wm. Jones on the coast of Africa.

– Messrs. Halford and Co.

 MALING. 

, born 15 July, 1778, is son of Christopher Thompson Maling, Esq., J.P.,, of Hendon Lodge, co. Durham; and brother-in-law of the late Earl of Mulgrave, G.C.B., a General Officer in the Army, and Colonel of the 31st Regt., father of the present Marquess of Normanby.

This officer entered the Navy, 13 June, 1791, as Captain’s Servant, on board the 98, Capt. Robt. Kingsmill, lying at Spithead; joined, next, the 74, and  32, Capts. Sir Andw. Snape Douglas and Rich. Goodwin Keats; and in Aug. 1792 became attached to the 32, Capt. Bartholomew Sam. Rowley, on the Jamaica station, where he assisted at the capture, 16 April, 1793, of Le Goelan 14, the first republican vessel taken during the war. In Dec. of the latter year he became Midshipman of the 74, bearing the flag at Cork of Rear-Admiral Kingsmill; and on being again, in the spring of 1795, placed under the orders of Capt. Rowley in the  74, he took part, 13 July in that year, in the partial action fought by Admiral Hotham with the French fleet off the Hyeres Islands. In the course of the ensuing Oct. Mr. Maling removed to the 100, bearing the flag of Sir John Jervis, by whom, after having officiated as his Aide-de-camp and Signal-Mate in the action off Cape St. Vincent, he was nominated, in Feb. 1797, Lieutenant of  frigate, Capt. Geo. Cockburn. Previously to his confirmation in the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 6 Oct. following, we find him serving in the boats of the last-mentioned ship and the, and particularly distinguishing himself at the capture, close to the town of Santa Cruz, after a loss to the British of 15 men wounded, of La Mutine French national corvette of 14 guns, which was brought out, notwithstanding a smart fire of musketry from the crew, 113 in number, and a heavy discharge of artillery and small-arms from the shore, as also the fire of a large ship at anchor in the road. Attaining the rank of Commander 24 Dec. 1798, Capt. Maling was immediately appointed, in that capacity, to 20; in which vessel he had charge for many months of the blockade of Malta, and was present at the capture of Le Généreux 74, La Ville de Marseilles armed store-ship, and Le Guillaume Tell of 84 guns and 1000 men. He was nominated Acting-Captain of 11 April, 1800; was officially posted, on 6 of the next Sept., into the  54; and was subsequently appointed – 10 Oct. 1801 (after seven months of half-pay), to the  38, actively employed, during six years, on the Mediterranean, Cork, and North and South American stations – 27 Oct. 1807, to the  38, attached to the force in the West Indies and Channel, where he served until June, 1810 – 1 Sept. 1812, for two years, to the  74, in the Mediterranean – and, 31 July, 1821, and 31 May and 23 June, 1823, to the  78,  76, and  82, the two former on the Home, the latter on the South American station, whence he returned in 1827. It was his fortune, when in command of the, and in company with the 36, to effect the capture, in Dec. 1804, of the Spanish ship of war Diligentia of 28 guns; as also, 18 Feb. 1807, of the French privateer La Charlotte of 14 guns, pierced for 20, with a complement of 118 men. He conducted for a long time, too, the blockade of Curaçoa, and, by taking possession of the island of Oruba, whence it had drawn its supplies, succeeded in reducing it to the state in which it was found by the late Sir Chas. Brisbane previously to its surrender. The proved the captor, 12 Feb. 1809, of the San Josephe privateer of 14 guns and 96 men, and was for a time engaged at the defence of Cadiz: the, besides capturing two martello towers, was very successful against the enemy’s trade, and formed part of the force under Sir Edw. Pellew in his action of 5 Nov. 1813 with the Toulon fleet. The subject of the present narrative became a Rear-Admiral 22 July, 1830; and attained the rank he now holds 23 Nov. 1841.

The Vice-Admiral is a Magistrate for cos. Durham and Worcester, and a Deputy-Lieutenant for the latter. He married, first, 2 Dec. 1811, Harriet, youngest daughter of the late celebrated Dr. Darwin, of the Priory, near Derby; and, secondly, 29 July, 1828, Jemima, second daughter of the late Colonel Bromley, of Abberley Lodge, co. Worcester, by whom he has issue a son and two daughters.

 MALLARD. 

entered the Navy, 13 Nov. 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on borad the 98, Capt. Sir Thos. Williams, attached to the Channel fleet; and from Nov. 1808 until March, 181S, was employed as Midshipman in the frigate, Capt. Thos. John Cochrane (under whom he shared in a slight encounter with the French 40-gun frigate Amphitrite, and assisted at the reduction of Martinique and the Salutes), 74,  100, and  120, flag-ships of Admirals Sir Thos. Williams, Fras. Pickmore, and Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, and  74’s, Capts. Edw. Codrington and Sir Christopher Cole, and 80, bearing the flag of Sir Alex. Cochrane on the West India, Lisbon, Mediterranean, Home, and North American stations. In the he witnessed the capture, 21 Oct. 1813, of the French 44-gun frigate Le Weser. He returned home from America (after having acted for a short time as Lieutenant of the frigate) in Sept. 1815 on board the  74; and between that period and the date of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 29 Jan. 1821, served as Admiralty Midshipman, chiefly on the South American station, in the  20, Capt. Alex. Robt. Sharpe, 20, Capt. Stewart Blacker, and  78, Commodore Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy. He has since been on half-pay. - Messrs. Stilwell.

 MALLOCK. 

, born 11 June, 1799, is second son of Rawlin Mallock, Esq., of Axminster, co. Devon; and is closely related to the Mallocks of Cockington Court. His family had the honour of representing the borough of Lyme Regis in Parliament in the reigns of Edward 1., Mary, and Elizabeth. One of its members, a daughter of John Mallock, Esq., of Axmouth, was the wife of the first Baron Mountflorence.

This officer entered the Navy, 15 July, 1813, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 74, Capts. Robt. Waller Otway and Geo. Mundy, in which ship he