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772 After further serving at the bombardment of Gaeta in 1815, and accompanying Lord Exmouth in the early part of 1816 in his visits to Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli, Lieut. Monk was appointed with Capt. Brace, in July, 1816, to the 104; in which ship, on 27 of the proximate Aug., he bore a warm part under the flag of Rear-Admiral David Milne in the bombardment of Algiers; where he was wounded and burnt, and sustained serious injury in the eyes, resulting in the loss of the sight of one of them. He was discharged from the Berwick in Oct. 1816; and has since been on half-pay.

Although their efforts were not attended with success, it may be as well here to record the fact, that after the battle of Algiers a memorial praying for Lieut. Monk’s promotion was drawn up by the Mayor and Corporation of Chester for presentation to the Lords of the Admiralty; and others, with the same intent, by the Mayor, Corporation, and Merchants of Liverpool, to Mr. Canning, Lord Sandon, and Mr. Huskisson; by the last-mentioned of whom he was personally introduced to H.R.H. the Lord High Admiral. From 1818 until 1844 Lieut. Monk was employed in command of his own ships in trading to all parts of the globe.

 MONTAGU. 

, born 23 April, 1791, is eldest son of the late Gerard Montagu, Esq., formerly of Burlingham, co. Norfolk (a direct descendant of Henry, first Earl of Manchester, ancestor of the present Duke of that name), by Mary Anne, daughter of Geo. Doughty, Esq., of Theberton Hall, co. Suffolk. He is brother-in-law of Capts. and, R.N.; and second-cousin of

This officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the, Capt. John Wainwright, bearing the flag at Spithead of his relative Admiral Geo. Montagu. On his return from a voyage to the East Indies in the 64, Capt. Robt. Rolles, he became Midshipman, about Jan. 1808, of the 32, Capt. Chas. Otter; in which ship it was his misfortune, on the night of 28 Feb. 1809, to be captured, while off the port of Toulon, by the French 40-gun frigates Pénélope and Pauline, despite a noble resistance on the part of the British, whose loss extended to 1 man killed and 10 wounded. On his restoration to liberty, after four years of captivity, Mr. Montagu was successively received, in the course of 1813, into the 32, flag-ship at Yarmouth of Rear-Admiral Geo. Murray, and, on the North American station, into the 74, Capts. Hon. Henry Hotham and Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel, 74, bearing the flag of Sir John Borlase Warren, and  36, Capt. Hugh Pigot. He was confirmed a Lieutenant of the last-mentioned ship 1 July, 1814, but left her in the following Oct., and has not been since afloat.

He married, in 1817, Mary Anne, daughter of Capt. Everard, and by that lady has had issue ten sons and three daughters. His eldest son, Gerard, is a First-Lieutenant R.M. (1843); and his second, Jas. Van Harthals, an officer in the 10th Foot. – Messrs. Ommanney.

 MONTAGU. 

, born 10 April, 1791, is brother of

This officer entered the Navy, in 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 98, Capt. Jas. Vashon, bearing the flag at Portsmouth of his father. Admiral Geo. Montagu; under whom, from 1804 to 1806, he served in the. He then joined the 32, Capt. Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie, in which frigate he participated, as Midshipman, in all the operations (including the capture of Maldonado and the island of Gorriti) that took place in the Rio de la Plata between Oct. 1806 and her return to England, in Sept. 1807, with Lieut.-General Whitelocke. After having further, in company with the 36, gone in fruitless pursuit of two French frigates to the latitude of Greenland, and endured three months of great privation on the coast of Labrador, he removed, in 1808, to the  38, Capt. Rich. Raggett, and sailed for the Mediterranean, where, in Jan. 1809, he was received on board the 74, Capt. Benj. Hallowell. On the night of 31 Oct. following we find him serving in the boats of a squadron under Lieut. John Tailour at the capture and destruction, after a desperate struggle and a loss to the British of 15 killed and 55 wounded, of the French store-ship Lamproie of 16 guns and 116 men, bombards Victoire and Grondeur, and armed xebec Normande, with a convoy of seven merchant-vessels, defended by numerous strong batteries in the Bay of Rosas. He had, a few days previously, assisted in causing the self-destruction of the French ships-of-the-line Robuste and Lion. On 17 Aug. 1810 he was confirmed a Lieutenant (having been ordered to act as such on 21 of the preceding June) in the 110, Capt. Rich. Thomas; and he was next, 29 Sept. following, appointed to the 38, Capt. Murray Maxwell. In that ship he aided, in company with the 38, in destroying, 5 May, 1811, a French national brig lying in the harbour of Parenza and defended by a galling cross fire from two batteries. He also took part, 29 Nov. 1811, and obtained mention for the admirable manner in which he directed the main-deck guns, in an action of two hours and a half, fought with consummate gallantry, between the and  38 on one side, and the French 40-gun frigates Pomone and Pauline on the other, which terminated in the capture of the Pomone and escape of the Pauline, after a loss had been occasioned to the  of 7 men killed and 13 wounded, At the end of a period of two years passed as Lieutenant of the  and  74’s, flag-ships of Rear-Admiral Geo. Cockburn on the North American station, Mr. Montagu was awarded a second promotal commission 7 June, 1814, and on 23 of the same month appointed to the command of the 12, which sloop he brought home and paid off in Sept. 1815. His last appointment was, 9 April, 1823, to the 18, fitting for the Halifax station, where he remained until posted, 17 July, 1824. He accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846. – Messrs. Ommanney.

 MONTAGU. 

, born 18 Jan. 1790, is second son of the late Admiral Sir Geo. Montagu, G.C.B., by Charlotte, daughter and co-heir of