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  made lieutenant about May, 1795; and promoted to the rank of commander, while serving on the Jamaica station, Aug. 6, 1806. He there successively commanded tiie Mignonne and Ferret brigs.

Captain Lennock’s next appointment was, Oct. 18, 1809, to the Raven 16, in which vessel he continued upwards of four years. The following is his official account of a dashing little service performed in sight of the enemy’s fleet at Flushing, in an intricate passage, and on a lee shore, July 3, 1812:–

On reconnoitring next morning. Captain Lennock found the three brigs still on the beach, and apparently bilged. “His quickness in deciding on this attack, and his skill and spirit in executing it,” obtained him very high approbation.

On the 21st Jan. 1814, this officer was appointed to the Esk corvette, of 20 guns, which ship he paid off, and recommissioned for the Jamaica station, in Sept. 1815. His post commission bears date June 4, 1814.

Captain Lennock married, in 1829, Anne, eldest daughter of J. Walker, of Crawfordtown, Esq.

