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  of the late Commander Job Hanmer, R.N., and nephew to Sir Thomas Hanmer, Bart.

This officer was made lieutenant Jan. 4, 1808; promoted to the command of the Flamer brig, June 6, 1814; and posted, while commanding the Heron 18, on the St. Helena station, July 19, 1822. He married. May 13, 1823, Harriet, youngest daughter of the late Thomas Dawson, of Edwardston Hall, in Suffolk, Esq.

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  lineally descended from Patrick Fitz-Stephen French, who died at Dungar (now called French Park) co. Roscommon, Ireland, in the year 1600, and was a junior branch of the family of de Berneval, originally from Lower Brittany, in France, and allied to the dukes of that province.

This officer was born at Dublin, Sept. 29, 1785; and he appears to have entered the navy, as midshipman on board the Caesar 80, Captain Charles Edmund Nugent, Dec. 10, 1796. In 1799, we find him at the Royal Naval Academy, Portsmouth; from whence he was discharged into the Carysfort 28, Captain Adam Drummond, during the peace of Amiens. His next ship was the Hydra 38, Captain George Mundy, who makes honorable mention of his conduct in a boat attack, near Havre de Grace, Aug. 1, 1803; on which occasion the French lugger Favori, pierced for 4 guns, was captured and brought out under a heavy and constant fire of musketry from the shore. His promotion to the rank of lieutenant took place Oct. 24, 1807; previous to which he had seen much active service on the coasts of Spain and Italy; and acted for some months in the Madras 54, Captain Charles Marsh Schomberg, at Malta.

After serving successively in the Spartan frigate. Captain Jahleel Brenton; Montague 74, Captain Robert Waller 