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 officers and men fell victims to the climate. He was put out of commission June 12, 1821.

This officer married, July 16, 1821, Caroline, youngest daughter of Sir Frederic Morton Eden, Bart.

Agents.– Messrs. Brine and Chards. 

 son of the Rev. William Hawtayne, thirty-four years Rector of Elstree, co. Hertford, in early life an Ensign in the third regiment of foot-guards; and at the commencement of the French revolutionary war, being offered the chaplaincy of the Defence 74, by Captain Gambier, he embarked in that ship, and entered the subject of this memoir, July 18, 1793.

Having served the usual period of six years, this officer was appointed Lieutenant of the Espiegle sloop, employed in the expedition against Holland, Aug. 24, 1799; and subsequently joined the Greyhound frigate, Captain Charles Ogle, on the Mediterranean station, where, in common with many other officers, he received a gold medal from the Turkish government, at the close of the Egyptian campaign. His next appointment was, in 1803, to the Isis 50, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Gambier, commander-in-chief at Newfoundland; and in the following year we find him proceeding to India with Sir Edward Pellew, by whom he was successively appointed acting Captain of the Duncan frigate, and Governor, pro tempore, of the Royal Naval Hospital at Madras. His commission as Commander was confirmed Jan. 31, 1806.

In the summer of 1807, whilst commanding the Cephalus of 18 guns, he conveyed Mr. Gambier, Consul General, to Lisbon; and on the 13th Oct. in the same year, was promoted to post rank. The Rev. Mr. Hawtayne having accompanied Admiral Gambier, on board the Prince of Wales, to Copenhagen, on the memorable fall of that place the Admiral made this special request in favor of the son; an instance