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Rh Harvey, Sir Edw. Berry, and Jonas Rose, part of the force employed in the actions off Capes Finisterre and Trafalgar and the island of St. Domingo, 22 July and 21 Oct. 1805, and 6 Feb. 1806. On 8 Dec. 1807, four months after he had been removed to the 44, Capt. Christopher John Williams Nesham, he was nominated Acting-Commander of the  sloop on the West India station, where he was confirmed by commission dated 9 Feb. 1808; and next, towards the close of the same year, appointed to the  98, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, and 14. The latter vessel he had the misfortune to lose in Feb. 1810. He accepted his present rank 10 Sept. 1840. – Messrs. Stilwell.

 PIPER. 

entered the Navy, 5 April, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 74, Capt. Wm. Hargood; and on 14 Sept. following was present at the destruction, off Cape Henry, of the French 74-gun ship L’Impétueux. After visiting the West Indies he accompanied Capt. Hargood as Midshipman, in July, 1807, into the 74, commanded subsequently by Capt. Hon. Henry Hotham, under whom, while cruizing off L’Orient, we find him assisting, in company with the  gun-brig, at the gallant destruction, 22 May, 1812, of the French 40-gun frigates L’Arienne and L’Andromaque and 16-gun brig Mamelouck whose united fire, conjointly with that of a heavy battery, killed 5 and wounded 28 of the ’s people. He had previously, in 1809, lost a leg in an attack upon a large convoy in the Adriatic. Proceeding in the summer of 1812 to the Cape of Good Hope, as a Supernumerary, in the 74, Capt. Alex. Skene, he was there made Lieutenant, 21 Nov. in the same year, in the sloop, Capt. Henderson Bain. He invalided home in May, 1813, and has since been on half-pay. In consideration of his wound he received a pecuniary grant from the Patriotic Fund, and was awarded, 28 May, 1816, a pension of 91l. 5s. per annum.

 PITFIELD. 

obtained his commission 6 Dec. 1824; served in the Coast Blockade as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the 74, Capt. Hugh Pigot, from 22 Dec. 1826 until 1829; and from 15 Dec. 1830 until 1838 held command of a station in the Coast Guard. He has not been since employed.

 PITFIELD. 

entered the Navy, 8 Nov. 1807, as Master’s Mate, on board the 32, Capt. Chas. Otter, which ship, despite a noble resistance, productive of a loss to her of 1 man killed and 10 wounded, was captured off the port of Toulon, on the night of 28 Feb. 1809, by the French 40-gun frigates Penélope and Pauline. Regaining his liberty early in 1811, he served from that period until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 9 Jan. 1815, on the Home station, in the 98,  110, and  104, flag-ships of Sir Harry Burrard Neale and Sir Wm. Domett. His last appointments were – 3 April, 1815, to the 24, Capt. Alex. Renton Sharpe, in the North Sea – 22 Nov. following, to the 74, Capt. Chas. Ekins, under whom he fought at Algiers 27 Aug. 1816, and continued to serve until paid off in Oct. 1818 – and, 28 Dec. 1820, to the 18, Capt. David Buchan, on the Newfoundland station, where he remained about 12 months.

 PITMAN. 

, born 22 March, 1814, is fourth son of Jas. Pitman, Esq., of Dunchideock House, co. Devon, Major of the 1st or East Devon Militia, and a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for that shire, by Catherine, eldest daughter of John Harris, Esq., of Radford, co. Devon. His eldest sister, drowned by the upsetting of a boat, was wife of the present ; and a younger one, also deceased, of the late Sir Edw. Wm. Corry Astley, Kt., Capt. R.N. (1829).

This officer entered the Navy 8 Jan. 1827; served on board the 18, Capt. Lewis Davies, at the battle of Navarin, 20 Oct. 1827, and in the  28, Capt. Hon. Fred. Spencer, in co-operation with the French, at the reduction of Morea Castle in Oct. 1828; passed his examination in 1833; obtained his first commission 3 July, 1840; and was employed during the operations in China in the 72, flag-ship of Hon. Geo. Elliot, 72, Capt. Sir Humphrey Le Fleming Senhouse, and  44, Capt. Henry Smith. In 1841 he officiated as Aide-de-Camp to Sir Hugh Gough and Sir H. Le F. Senhouse on the heights of Canton. He was rewarded for his services with a Commander’s commission bearing date 7 Dec. 1842; and, since 28 Feb. 1846, has been in command of the 12, in the East Indies.

Commander Pitman married, 5 Oct. 1843, Elizabeth, daughter of the gallant Sir Humphrey Le Fleming Senhouse, Kt., C.B., K.C.H., Capt. R.N. (1814), who died in command of the, in China, in 1841.

 PITMAN. 

entered the Navy, 19 April, 1795, as a Volunteer, on board the 74, Capt. Sir Chas. Cotton; and on 16 and 17 June following was present in Cornwallis’ celebrated retreat. From July, 1796, until Dec. 1800, he served on the Home and Cape of Good Hope stations, as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, in the sloop, Capts. Hon. John Colville, David Atkins, and John Gardner. He was then made Prize-Master of the Guadeloupe in the West Indies, whence, in Oct. 1801, he returned to England in the sloop. In the course of 1802-3 we find him joining in succession the 74,  sloop, Capt. Henry Manaton Ommanney,  74, Capt. John Irwin, and  of similar force, Capt. Frank Sotheron. In the he visited Newfoundland; and in the  he was employed in the Mediterranean from Aug. 1803 to Aug. 1806. His appointments in the capacity of Lieutenant, a rank he had attained 31 Jan. in the latter year, were – 3 Nov. 1806, to the sloop, Capt. Thos. Young, lying at Sheerness – 28 April, 1807, to the 74, Capt. Hon. J. Colville, part of the force employed in the expedition against Copenhagen – and, 7 Feb. 1808, to the Impress service at Folkestone, where, and at Bristol, he remained until 31 May, 1816. He has since been on half-pay. He was admitted to the out-pension of Greenwich Hospital 1 Jan. 1845.

He married, in 1833, Anne, daughter of Mr. Wm. Abraham, Landing-Waiter at the port of Liverpool, by whom he has issue. – J. Hinxman.

 PITT. 

, born 14 Jan. 1790, at Ealing, co. Middlesex, is eldest son of Joseph Pitt, Esq., Surgeon, by Elizabeth Browne, co-heiress of the late Thos. Browne, Esq., of Drayton Green, in the parish of Ealing.

This officer entered the Navy, 29 May, 1801, on board the 74, Capt. John Bligh, with whom, after serving in the North Sea and Channel, he proceeded to the West Indies, where he was present as Midshipman, in 1803-4, at the blockade of Cape Franjois, St. Domingo; the capture, with Port Dauphin, of two forts and a 28-gun ship La Sagesse; the surrender of the French squadron with the remains of General Rochambeau’s army from Cape François; and the unsuccessful attempt upon Curaçoa. Continuing with Capt. Bligh in the 38, on the West India station, until 1806, he saw much other active service, and assisted at the reduction of the Spanish island of St. Andreas. After an attachment of some months to