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  Bon of the late Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Louis, Bart., K.F.M., &c., by Jacquetta Belfield, a lady of very respectable connexions in the west of England.

This officer was made a Commander, by Nelson, early in 1805; and his post commission bears date Jan. 22, 1806. During the latter part of the late war, he commanded l’Aigle frigate, on the Mediterranean station. The principal services in which he participated have been described in our memoirs of Captain John Tower, Rear-Admiral Moubray, C.B., and Sir James Brisbane ; the latter of whom, when reporting the capture and destruction of a French convoy at Port Maurice, expressed himself as follows:–

Sir John Louis married, 15th Oct. 1807, the eldest daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Kirkpatrick, Commandant of the 8th regiment of Bengal Native Infantry. His youngest brother, Charles Belfield Louis, is a Commander R.N.

Agent.– A. C. Marsh, Esq. 

 son of the late gallant Admiral Lord Rodney, K.B., Vice-Admiral of Great Britain, who died May 24, 1792.

This officer was born in 1783; made a Lieutenant, 29th Aug. 1799; promoted to the rank of Commander, April 8,