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 1805; and posted Jan. 22, 1806. He subsequently commanded the Fylla of 20 guns, and Africaine frigate, on the Jamaica and East India stations.



 Was made a Lieutenant, Dec. 11, 1799; promoted to the rank of Commander, April 8, 1805; and posted Jan. 22, 1806. During the latter part of the war, he commanded the Owen Glendower frigate, in the East Indies, from whence he returned to England in the spring of 1816. Mrs. Hodgson died on the continent, Nov. 11, 1824.

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 son of the late Rear-Admiral Sir Hugh Cloberry Christian, K.B., by Anne, only daughter of Barnabas Leigh, of Thorleigh, in the Isle of Wight, Esq.

This officer was born July 23, 1784; made a Lieutenant in 1800; promoted to the rank of Commander Mar. 21, 1805; and posted Jan. 30, 1806. He commanded the Heroine, a 32-gun frigate, at the reduction of Flushing, in 1809; and was subsequently appointed to the Iris 38, which latter ship formed part of the squadron employed co-operating with the patriots on the north coast of Spain, in 1811 and the following year. In 1813, she captured three American letters of marque, viz. the Union, of 12 guns and 53 men; the Cashier, and the Price, each mounting 6 guns, the former carrying 40 men and the latter 30.

From this period we lose sight of Captain Christian until Sept. 16, 1824; when he was appointed to the Owen Glendower of 42 guns, in which frigate he proceeded to the Cape of Good Hope, and there hoisted a broad pendant as Commodore of the squadron on that station.

Captain Christian married, 29th Feb. 1808, Harriet, second