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968 de L’Homme 74, on which occasion the, whose consort in the engagement had again been the , sustained a loss of 3 men killed and 15 wounded. On 5 Jan. 1798, having regained his liberty, Mr. Reynolds was present, on board, in a stiff action which terminated in the capture, with a loss to the frigate of 1 man killed and 4 wounded, and to the enemy of 15 killed and 19 wounded, of Le Chéri French privateer of 26 guns and 230 men. He shortly afterwards joined the above mentioned, Capt. Sir Edw. Pellew; and on 8 Aug. in the same year contributed to the capture of La Vaillante corvette of 20 guns and 175 men. Removing with Sir E. Pellew into the 74, he sailed in that ship with a squadron sent in June, 1800, to co-operate with the French royalists and Chouans in Quiberon Bay and the Morbihan; and in the following Aug. accompanied the expedition against Ferrol. On the former occasion he assisted, while detached in a boat under the late Capt. Jer. Coghlan, in silencing the forts at the south-west end of Quiberon, where, with a loss to the British of only 2 men killed and 1 wounded, several vessels were brought off and some scuttled. This took place on the 4th of June; and on the 6th we find Mr. Reynolds employed in the boats under Lieut. John Pilfold at the capture, in the Morbihan, of two brigs, two sloops, two gun-vessels, and about 100 Frenchmen, and the destruction of L’Insolente 16-gun brig, some smaller vessels, a fort, and a magazine. On the night of 29 Aug. 1800 he fought in the boats of a squadron, 20 in number, commanded by Lieut. Henry Burke, at the cutting out, close to the batteries in Vigo Bay, of La Guêpe privateer of 18 guns and 161 men, which vessel, 25 of whose people were killed and 40 wounded, was in 15 minutes boarded and carried, with a loss to the British of 3 seamen and 1 marine killed, 3 Lieutenants, 12 seamen, and 5 marines wounded, and 1 seaman missing. For his conduct on this occasion Mr. Reynolds, while serving with his father on board the 74, was made Lieutenant, 18 Sept. 1801, into the  74, Capt. Thos. Sotheby. In the ensuing June he removed to the 38, Capt. Philip Wilkinson; and he next, from 17 Aug. 1803 until 13 Sept. 1809, served on the Channel and Irish stations in the  alias  40, Capts. Matthew Henry Scott and John Wentworth Loring. On the night of 28 March, 1806, the having come up, off L’Orient, with Le Néarque corvette of 16 guns and 97 men, the rearmost of a French squadron, consisting of that vessel and three frigates, of which she had alone and with much gallantry gone in pursuit, dropped two boats from her quarters full of men. The command of these being given to Lieut. Reynolds, he, with a degree of skill and upon which the whole success of the enterprise depended, contrived to obtain full possession of the corvette without the circumstance being observed by any of her consorts. On 3 Dec. 1809, at which period he was serving in the East Indies on promotion in the 74, he was nominated Acting-Commander of the  hulk, to which he was confirmed 3 Oct. 1810. His next appointment was, early in 1811, to the 18, part of the force employed in the expedition against Java; where he assisted at the bombardment and storming of Fort Cornelis and served on shore with a party of seamen throughout all the operations. After the reduction of the town of Cheribon Capt. Reynolds was appointed Commandant pro tempore of that place. On the final subjugation of the island of Java he was advanced, as a reward for the manner in which he had distinguished himself, to the acting-command, 26 Sept. 1811, of the frigate, rendered vacant (the only vacancy that occurred) by the departure of her Captain, Geo. Harris, with the despatches for England. In Aug. 1812 Capt. Reynolds (who had been officially promoted on 22 of the preceding Jan.) was removed by Sir Sam. Hood, the Commander-in-Chief, into the 32, in which he continued until paid off in Aug. 1813. At an early period of the peace he was offered the command of a frigate by Lord Melville, but the nature of his services in the East Indies had so impaired his health that he was unable to accept it; nor did he again go afloat until appointed, 17 Oct. 1838, to the 84. In that ship, in which he remained until put out of commission, 18 April, 1842, he superintended, during the campaign of 1840 in Syria, the landing of the troops at D’Journi, and aided at the bombardment of Beyrout. He was also present at the blockade of Alexandria. He was allotted the Captain’s Good-Service Pension 3 Nov. 1846, and advanced, 8 Jan. 1848, to Flag-rank. He had been nominated a C.B. 20 July, 1838.

Rear-Admiral Reynolds married, 28 June, 1832, Eliza Anne, third daughter of M. Dick, Esq., of Pitkerro, Forfarshire, N.B., and Richmond Hill, co. Surrey. – J. Hinxman.

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was born in Oct. 1766. This officer entered the Navy, 6 June, 1781, as Ordinary, on board the 64, Capt. Chas. Buckner, with whom, after sharing in Rodney’s action, 12 April, 1782, he removed to the 74. He returned from the West Indies in June, 1783, and between the following Oct. and July, 1794, was employed at Home, in the South Seas and Mediterranean, and again in the West Indies, as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, in the 18, Capt. Ralph Dundas,  16, Capt. Benj. Hulke, 14, Lieut.-Commander Geo. Hurne, 24, Capt. Edw. Edwards, 64, Capt. Jas. Vashon, and 50, Commodore John Ford. The, having been sent to the Pacific in search of the mutineers of the Bounty, was wrecked on her passage home in Torres Strait 29 Aug. 1791. Thirty-five of the crew perished; and the remainder, in number 99, were reduced to the necessity of proceeding in four open boats to Timor, a Dutch settlement distant 1100 miles, upon 2 ounces of biscuit and 2 wine-glasses of water each a-day. On_leaving the Mr. Reynolds was made Lieutenant, 10 July, 1794, into his former ship the, commanded in succession by Capts. Jas. Vashon and Thos. Macnamara Russell; under the latter of whom he remained for some time in the West Indies and then took convoy to St. Helena. Removing with Capt. Russell, as First-Lieutenant, in Feb. 1796, into the 74, he served in that ship at the capture of Ste. Lucie and Trinidad and in the unsuccessful attack upon Puerto Rico. With the exception of a few months during the peace of Amiens and of a short attachment as Senior Lieutenant on the renewal of hostilities to the 32, Capt. Wm. Mitchell, Mr. Reynolds was employed, from Sept. 1799 until July, 1807, in the 64, flag-ship at the Nore of Vice-Admirals Graeme and Rowley. During the next seven years and five months he had charge of a Signal-station at West Wittering, near Chichester. He accepted his present rank 30 March, 1831.

Commander Reynolds is a widower with four children.

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entered the Navy 19 Feb. 1814; passed his examination in 1821; obtained his first commission 29 Jan. 1829; and was appointed in succession – 11 May, 1833, and 9 June, 1834, to the 78, Capt. Arthur Fanshawe, and  74, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Hall Gage, both on the Lisbon station – and, 25 April, 1837, as Senior, to the 18, Capts. Patrick John Blake and Augustus Leopold Kuper, fitting for the East Indies. For his services in the latter vessel at the capture of Canton he was promoted, 8 June,