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  of Lieutenant-General Matthew Sharpe, and formerly an officer in the army. His first naval commission bears date Dec. 8, 1806; and he appears to have been advanced to the rank of commander, Mar. 25, 1809.

On the 1st May, 1811, Captain Sharpe, then in the Scout brig, assisted at the destruction of two French store-ships and an armed transport, all laden with ship-timber, a battery of 4 guns and 1 mortar, and a martello tower, in Sagone bay, Corsica; on which occasion his first Lieutenant (William Neame), boatswain, and 1 man were wounded. The official account of this affair will be found.

Captain Sharpe’s promotion to post rank took place Jan. 22, 1813; and from that period we find him commanding the Hyacinth 24, principally on the Mediterranean and South American stations, till towards the end of 1818. He was nominated a C.B. Dec. 8, 1815.

Agents.– Messrs. Maude and Co. 

 son of George, second Lord Rodney, by Anne, daughter of the Hon. Thomas Harley, son of Edward, third Earl of Oxford. He was born May 14, 1786; made lieutenant Aug. 15, 1806; and advanced to the rank of commander early in 1811. His post commission bears date Feb. 22, 1813.

Captain Rodney married, July 20, 1819, Anne, youngest daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Dennett, of Lock Ashurst, co. Sussex, Esq. He became a widower Feb. 24, 1824; and died, in command of the Dryad frigate, July 20, 1826.

