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Rh  74, as Flag-Lieutenant, on the latter station, to Rear-Admiral T. B. Martin – 19 May, 1813, to the of 48 guns, Capt. Henry Hope, on the coast of North America, whence he returned in Sept. 1815 – 25 July, 1816, to the  98, in which ship, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral David Milne, he remained until the following Oct. – 15 March, 1818, to the  42, Capt. Hyde Parker, under whom he escorted the Duke of Richmond as Governor-General to Canada, and then made a voyage to Jamaica, whence, in Aug. 1819, he invalided – towards the close of 1820, to the  28, Capt. Henry Bourchier – and, after about two years of half-pay, to the  104, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Martin at Portsmouth. In 1812 Mr. Ormond, at that time a Lieutenant of the, was attached to the flotilla at the defence of Riga. While serving in the he commanded a division of gun-boats, under the orders of Capt. Robt. Barrie, in an expedition up the Penobscot river, on which occasion he contributed, and was honourably mentioned for the able assistance he afforded, at the capture of the towns of Castine, Hamden, and Bangor, and the destruction, by the Americans, of the U.S. corvette Adams, a brig pierced for 18 guns, a large privateer, and eight merchant-vessels. He was also present in the ’s boats in an unsuccessful attack upon the American privateer Prince de Neufchâtel, whose opposition occasioned the assailants a loss of 28 killed and 37 badly wounded; and, on 15 Jan. 1815, he contributed in that ship to the memorable capture, after a close action of two hours and a half, a loss to the British, out of 319 men, of 11 killed and 14 wounded, and to the enemy of 35 killed and 70 wounded, of the President American frigate of 56 guns and 465 men. He was Second-Lieutenant of the at the battle of Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816. Since his last promotion, which took place 27 May, 1825, he has been on half-pay.

Commander Ormond married, 20 June, 1822, Fanny, daughter of J. Hedges, Esq., of Wallingford.

 OSBORN. 

was born 17 Feb. 1775.

This officer entered the Navy, 22 Aug. 1793, as A.B., on board the 74, Capt. John Henry; and in the early part of the following year was present at the reduction of the French islands in the West Indies, where, at Port-au-Prince, he was employed on shore with the army. Joining next the 74, Capts. Chas. Chamberlayne, Jas. Macnamara, and Thos. Sotheby, he was afforded an opportunity of sharing, as Midshipman, in Hotham’s second partial action, 13 July, 1795. In Dec. 1796, when the latter ship was wrecked in the river, Mr. Osborn was struck by lightning while in the act of cutting away the masts, and greatly injured in the head. On his return to England in charge of a prize at the commencement of 1797, he was ordered to join the 110, bearing the broad pendant at first of Sir Robt. Calder, and the flag, next, of Earl St. Vincent, off Cadiz and in the Mediterranean, where from June, 1799, until May, 1803, he served, as Master’s Mate and Acting-Master, in the sloop, Capts. Geo. Long, Robt. Yarker, Geo. Chas. Mackenzie, Jas. Murray Northey, and Jas. Prevost. While in that vessel, besides participating in a variety of cutting-out affairs, he was present at the blockade and surrender of Malta, at the capture of Le Guillaume Tell of 84 guns and 1000 men, and in the operations against the French in Egypt. He was also severely wounded by the passage of a ball through his right arm in an action fought between the and two Greek vessels; and in Oct. 1801 he was again wounded while serving on shore in a partially successful attack on the enemy’s batteries at Porto Ferrajo, where the British sustained a loss of 15 (including Capt. Long) killed, 33 wounded, and 77 missing. In Oct. 1803 Mr. Osborn became Master’s Mate of the 74, Capt. Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge, under whom he witnessed the capture, 13 March, 1806, of the French 80-gun ship Marengo, bearing the flag of Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate Belle Poule. His appointments as Lieutenant, a rank he had attained 22 Jan. preceding, were – 26 May, 1806, to the bomb, Capt. Robt. Elliot, in the North Sea, where he was superseded from ill health in the ensuing Sept. – 30 Jan. 1807, to the 74, flag-ship in the Downs of Vice- Admirals Bartholomew Sam. Rowley and Geo. Campbell – and, 18 March, 1808, to the command of the 4. In the latter vessel, until he invalided in Feb. 1813, he was employed in escorting convoys to diflferent places, and in bearing despatches to Sir Edw. Pellew off Toulon. He accepted his present rank 13 Oct. 1838.

Commander Osborn married, 6 Nov. 1806, Miss Johannah Catmore, of Aldborough, by whom he has issue three children.

 OSBORN. 

was Midshipman of the 18, Capt. Wm. Warren, at the reduction of Canton in 1841, and of the 18, Capt. Edw. Norwich Troubridge (with whom he served on shore), at the capture of the batteries of Woosung, 16 June, 1842. He passed his examination 6 Dec. 1843; served as Mate on board the gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, and 80, bearing the flag in the Pacific of Sir Geo. Fras. Seymour; and obtained his commission 4 May, 1846. He was then reappointed to the Collingwood, in which ship he is still employed.

 OTTER. 

entered the Navy 12 Jan. 1822; passed his examination in 1828; obtained his first commission 5 Dec. 1831; was employed at Sheerness, from 15 Aug. 1833 until the close of 1835, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant, in the 80 and  120, Capts. Sam. Chambers, Edw. Barnard, and Alex. Ellice; assumed command, 5 March, 1844, of the surveying-vessel, on the coast of Scotland; acquired his present rank 26 Aug. following; and, since 1 Jan. 1847, at which period he left the, has been in command, on the same station, of the  steam surveying-vessel, of 160-horse power.

When a Midshipman, Commander Otter’s heroic exertions saved the lives of a boat’s crew; and in 1845 he again displayed the intrepid humanity of his disposition by jumping overboard from the for the purpose of affording assistance to some of his crew who had been capsized.

 OTTY. 

entered the Navy, 15 Aug. 1803, as A.B., on board the, guard-ship in the river Humber, Capts. Edw. Hawkins and Benj. Walker. From April, 1806, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 14 April, 1810, he served, chiefly in the capacity of Master’s Mate (a rating he had attained 9 May, 1805), in the and  of 110 guns,  120, and  98, flag-ships on the Channel and Lisbon stations of Sir Chas. Cotton, Lords Gardner and Gambier, and Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley. His succeeding appointments were to the 74, Capt. John Lawford,  gun-brig, Capt. Christopher Bell, and  sloop, Capts. Jas. Lilburn, Thos. Ball Clowes, and Hon. Wm. John Napier; to the gun-boat service on the river ; and to the 18 and  20, both commanded by Capt. Peter Fisher. On the night of 29 April, 1812, we find him serving with the boats of the and of a squadron under the orders of Capt. Thos. Ussher, and acquiring the greatest praise for his courage, in a brilliant attack on the enemy’s privateers and batteries in