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748 Sir Thos. Byam Martin, and Sir John Thos. Duckworth. Besides participating in much arduous blockade-servioe, Mr. Mawbey, when in the, went to the West Indies in pursuit of the celebrated Rochefort squadron, and on his return thence with Lord Nelson was afforded an opportunity of sharing in the action off Cape Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805. He was in the same ship at the reduction of the islands of Ischia and Procida in 1809; and, during the term of his attachment to the and, was employed (part of the time as commanding officer) in a flat boat in co-operation with the British army in the , where the excessive fatigue he underwent produced an attack of fever, which rendered necessary his return for four months to England. In the he beheld the fall of Genoa. Since his promotion, which did not take place until more than six years after he had passed his examination, he has not been afloat.

Lieut. Mawbey married, 20 Feb. 1819, Miss Mary Ann Lancaster, and by that lady has issue two sons and two daughters. – Messrs. Stilwell.

 MAX. 

entered the Navy, 16 Nov. 1798, as Midshipman, on board the, Capt. Lord Wm. Stuart, on the Mediterranean station, where he continued, until Sept. 1802, to serve in the 74, Capt. Thos. Foley, and in the and, both commanded by the above-named nobleman. After a further employment, on Home service (particularly off Boulogne), in the sloop, Capts. Edm. Heywood and Chas. Pelly, and with Lord Wm. Stuart and Capt. Jas. Carthew in the frigate, he was promoted, 6 Feb. 1806, to the rank of Lieutenant, and appointed to the  sloop, on the Guernsey station. He remained in that vessel a period of two years and a half; and was next, between Feb. 1811 and April, 1814, employed, at Home and in the Baltic, on board the 10, Capts. Chas. Thurlow Smith and John Halsted, 74, Capt. Augustus Brine,  50, Capt. Sam. Butcher, and sloop, Capt. David Latimer St. Clair. He has since been on half-pay. – Joseph Woodhead.

 MAXEY. 

, born 5 Feb. 1790, is second son of the Rev. Lewis Maxey, of Byford Rectory, co. Hereford.

This officer entered the Navy, 2 Nov. 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 64, Capt. John Holloway, lying in the Downs; and in the following year joined the  64, Capt. Hon. Philip Wodehouse, on the Mediterranean station; where, on removing, after the capture of Capri and the siege of Gaeta, to the  32, Capt. Wm. Hoste, he came into daily collision, either in that ship or her boats, with the enemy on the coast of Calabria. After serving for short periods in the sloop, Capt. Thos. Whinyates, 74, Capt. Sam. Pym, and 98, Capt. Wm. Albany Otway, he was received, about 1808, on board the 74, Capt. John Sprat Rainier. Continuing in that ship until 1 May, 1814, he assisted, as Master’s Mate, at the embarkation of the army after the battle of Corunna, co-operated in the defence of Cadiz, aided in fitting out a Spanish fleet at Friedland and in escorting it to Minorca, and visited the latitude of Greenland in pursuit of the American frigate President, Commodore Rodgers. He was promoted (having passed his examination in 1809) to the rank of Lieutenant while serving with the Duke of Clarence in the yacht, 27 May, 1814; and was next appointed, on the American, Home, and West India stations, to the  16, Capt. Nicholas Pateshall,  40, Capt. Sir Wm. Bolton, 36, Capt. Wm. Woolridge, 38, Capt. Philip Carteret, and  18, Capt. Geo. Bennett Allen. He has been on half-pay since Oct. 1816.

Lieut. Maxey married, 2 Oct. 1829, Eliza, daughter of Joseph Edye, Esq., Alderman of the city of Bristol.

 MAXWELL. 

was born in Feb. 1789, at Bromyard, in Herefordshire.

This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1799, as Clerk, on board the schooner, Lieut.-Commander Geo. Lempriere, in which vessel, stationed off Jersey, he continued employed until taken off Toulon by four French frigates, 4 Aug. 1803. In Sept. 1807, having succeeded after many hardships in effecting his escape from France, he was received as Midshipman on board the gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Smith (2), on the Mediterranean station; where he was subsequently, for nearly three years, employed in the 98 and  110, flag-ships of Admirals Lord Collingwood and Thos. Fras. Fremantle. Being nominated, 12 Aug. 1811, Acting-Lieutenant of the sloop, Capt. Geo. Matthew Jones, Mr. Maxwell, whose promotion was confirmed 26 Sept. following, served for some time in that vessel at the defence of Cadiz. In the following Dec. he removed to the 16, Capt. Chas. Burrough Strong; and in the course of the next few months, while in command of the boats in shore, he had the good fortune to capture several of the enemy’s vessels. On one occasion he landed and intercepted a quantity of flour intended for the fortress of Barcelona. He remained in the, part of the time as First-Lieutenant, until compelled by ill health to invalid, in Aug. 1812; and he was lastly, from 6 Aug. 1813 until June, 1814, employed on the Cork station in the 18, Capt. Geo. Rose Sartorius. Sickness then again reduced him to the necessity of seeking half-pay. – Messrs. Chard.

 MAXWELL. 

entered the Navy, 2 July, 1796, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the, Capt. Fras. Pickmore, successive flagship of Admirals Sir Peter Parker and Mark Milbanke at Portsmouth, where he remained until Oct. 1801. In Dec. 1804 he joined the 32, Capts. Sam. Sutton and Wm. Hoste, on the Mediterranean station; and on 22 Sept. 1807 he was made Lieutenant into the 74, flag-ship of Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming, lying at Spithead. His succeeding appointments were – 26 Oct. 1807, to the 32, Capt. Edm. Heywood, in the West Indies; where, while under the temporary command of Lieut. Edm. Potenger Greenlaw, he was wrecked on a coral reef off the island of Anagada 24 May, 1808 – 13 Feb. 1809, to the 100, bearing the flag of Sir Jas. Saumarez, in the Baltic – and 4 May, 1810, and 11 Jan. 1813, to the 110 and  100, flag-ships of Sir Chas. Cotton and Lord Keith, in the Mediterranean and Channel. He acquired the rank of Commander 15 June, 1814, but did not again go afloat until April, 1829; on 7 of which month we find him receiving an appointment to the yacht. In that vessel, it appears, he conveyed Lady Heytesbury to St. Petersburg; Wm. Turner, Esq. (Envoy Extraordinary), to Carthagena; Lord Aylmer to Quebec; and Lieut.-General Sir James Kempt thence to England. Since his promotion to Post-rank 20 Nov. 1830, Capt. Maxwell has been on half-pay.

He married, 10 May, 1821, Laetitia, daughter of John Clerk, Esq., of Downham House, co. Gloucester, and by that lady has issue.

 MAXWELL. 

, born in 1799, is only son of the late Capt. Sir Murray Maxwell, R.N., Kt., C.B., F.E.S.; nephew of the late Capts. Keith