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Rh  Master of the 32, and  64, commanded, on the Newfoundland and North Sea stations, by Capt. Herbert Sawyer. He was made Lieutenant, 5 July, 1796, into the sloop, Capt. Henry Wray, attached to the force in the North Sea; and was afterwards appointed – 8 Sept. 1798, to the  32, Capt. John Erskine Douglas, under whom, besides serving off Havre and visiting the West Indies, he was for a whole year employed in blockading the Sémillante, a French frigate of far superior force, in the Chesapeake – in 1802-3, to the  18 and  44, the latter commanded by Capt. Joseph Spear, under whom he brought troops home from Halifax – and, in 1804, to the  frigate, Capt. Lord Wm. Stuart, employed off Flushing, in attendance upon the King off Weymouth, and off the Black Rocks at Brest. In all the above ships Mr. Maynard filled the post of Lieutenant. He acquired the rank of Commander 12 Jan. 1805; and retired with that of Captain 17 Oct. 1840.

Capt. Maynard is a Commissioner of Lighthouses. His third daughter, Charlotte, is the wife of  – Messrs. Stilwell.

 MAYNARD. 

entered the Navy 10 May, 1810; passed his examination in June, 1816; and while Mate, we believe, of the 20, Capt. Hon. Fred. Noel, was second in command of the boats of that vessel, under Lieut. Wm. Hobson, at the capture of a noted piratical vessel at Smyrna in 1820. He obtained his commission 20 Dec. 1828; and has since been on half-pay.

He married, first, 14 Sept. 1830, Henrietta Frank, eldest daughter of Colin Chisholm, Esq., M.D.; and (that lady dying 27 Feb. 1839) secondly, 30 March, 1841, Louisa Francis, eldest daughter of the present He has issue by both marriages.

 MAYNE. 

, born 24 Dec. 1799, in Dublin, is seventh son of the Hon. Mr. Justice Mayne, of the Court of Queen’s Bench in that city; and cousin of the late Retired Commander Robert Mayne, R.N.

This officer entered the Navy, 18 Nov. 1812 (under the auspices of Admiral Sir John Colpoys), as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 110, Capt. Geo. Burlton, lying at Portsmouth; and in the following March sailed with a large convoy for the East Indies and China, in the 36, Capt. Robt. O’Brien. While in that frigate he was employed blockading several American merchantmen in the harbour of Whampoa; during his stay off which place, having landed on an island with a party of four boys, he was attacked by a body of Chinese, who dragged him up a hill with a rope round his neck, and were only prevented from carrying him off through a feeling of alarm, induced by the appearance of the and another frigate in the offing. Removing, in Jan. 1815, as Midshipman (a rating he had attained more than twelve months previously), to the 36, Capts. Donald Hugh Mackay and Geo. Henderson, he returned soon to England; and in the course of the same year was successively received on board the, flag-ship at Cork of Sir Herbert Sawyer, and 60, Capts. Wm. Skipsey and Edw. Chetham. After assisting, 27 Aug. 1816, in the bombardment of Algiers, where a slight wound in the foot and a severe one in the thigh procured him a grant from the Patriotic Fund, and a pension which lasted until his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, Mr. Mayne proceeded with the flag of Sir David Milne to North America, where, in July, 1817, he joined the 18, Capt. Sir Chas. Thos. Jones, and, in Jan. 1819, the 60, flag-ship of Rear-Adrairal Edw. Griffith, under whom he continued employed as an Acting and confirmed Lieutenant (order and commission respectively dated 16 Oct. 1820 and 5 Feb. 1821) until Jan. 1822. His next appointments were, 26 July, 1825, and 18 May, 1828, to the 46, Capt. Sam. Chambers, and 50, bearing the flag of Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming; in the former of which ships (they were both stationed in the West Indies) we find him escorting General Bolivar and suite from La Guiara to Carthagena. On 14 Aug. 1829 he was promoted to the command of the 10, also in the West Indies; where, on 22 July, 1830, he was transferred to that of the  18. He was nominated, 28 Oct. 1831, Acting-Captain of the receiving-ship at Port Royal, Jamaica, in which he continued until Feb. 1832, when she was reduced to a Lieutenant’s command. He was afterwards employed as an Inspecting Commander in the Coast Guard at Sheerness, Hastings, and Brighton, from 25 Sept. 1834 until Oct. 1837; and on the north coast of Ireland and again at Hastings from 2 May, 1839, until Feb. 1840.

Commander Mayne has filled the post, since 6 Feb. 1840, of Chief Constable of the Rural Police for co. Salop. He married, 14 May, 1840, Elizabeth Mary, youngest daughter of the late Wm. Hewitt, Esq., of the island of Jamaica, and cousin of Viscount Hill. – Hallett and Robinson.

 MAYNE. 

died, 19 Jan. 1846, at Jersey, aged 63. He was cousin of the present

This officer entered the Navy, 3 March, 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 50, commanded in the North Sea by Capt. John Lawford; on accompanying whom as Midshipman into the  64, he fought in the action off Copenhagen 2 April, 1801. He was next, between May, 1802, and the receipt of his commission, 2 Oct. 1804, employed on the West India station, latterly as Acting-Lieutenant, in the 74, under the command of various officers; and was subsequently appointed – on 22 of the month last mentioned, again to the, Capts. J. Lawford, Robt. Redmill, Wm. Robt. Broughton, and Peter Heywood, during his attachment to which ship he served at the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805, and was attached, when under the flag of Rear-Admiral Geo. Murray, to the naval brigade in the operations of 1807 against Copenhagen – 1 June, 1808, to the command of a Signal station at Cork – 16 March, 1813, to the 110, Capts. Henry Bourchier and Stewart, lying in Hamoaze – and, 22 Dec. 1813, to the office of Agent for Transports, which he continued to fill in Portugal, Spain, France, Canada, America, Ireland, the West Indies, and Flanders, until 1816. He retired with the rank of Commander 22 Dec. 1842. – Burnett and Holmes.

 MEADE. 

, born 2 March, 1782, is son of the Rev. Rich. Meade, by Hon. Mary De Courcy, daughter of John, 25th Lord Kinsale, and sister of.

This officer entered the Navy, 1 Sept. 1796, as Midshipman, on board the of 48 guns, commanded by his uncle, Capt. Hon. M. De Courcy, under whom, besides contributing to the capture of several privateers, he assisted at the taking, off Cape Finisterre, 24 Aug. 1798, of La Décade French frigate of 36 guns, and at the defeat, 12 Oct. following, of the squadron under Commodore Bompart intended for the invasion of Ireland. Removing, as Master’s Mate, in the early part of 1799, to the 74, commanded at first by Capt. De Courcy and next by Capt. Joseph Sydney Yorke, he was on board that ship in the winter of 1800-1, when she had the fortune, at much risk to herself, of saving the  74, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Edw. Thornbrough, from being wrecked on the