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Rh His promotion to the rank of Vice-Admiral took place Dec. 4, 1813; and on the 12th Aug., 1819, he was nominated a K.C.B.

Sir Manley has been twice married. His first lady died in 1810; she was taken ill while in the act of serving some friends at a dinner party, at Deal, and expired almost immediately. The present Lady Dixon is a daughter of Gabriel Jeffreys, of Swansea, Esq. His brother is a Major-General in the Royal Artillery.



 officer commanded the Termagant sloop, on the Leeward Island station, at the conclusion of the American war; and was promoted to the rank of Post-Captain, Nov. 22, 1790.

On the 12th April, 1796, he sailed for the Cape of Good Hope, in the Jupiter of 50 guns, and was present at the capture of the Dutch fleet in Saldanha Bay, in the month of Aug. following.

Early in 1799, on the demise of Sir Hugh C. Christian, Captain Losack succeeded to the command of the squadron on that station, and continued to act as Commodore until the arrival of the late Sir Roger Curtis, who for a short time hoisted his flag in the Jupiter; and that ship being in a very leaky state, he determined, instead of sending her to the East Indies, where her repairs would have cost an immense sum, to make the experiment whether it was not possible to refit her at the Cape; she was accordingly hove down and put in perfect repair in Simon’s Bay; thus was accomplished an object of considerable importance to the Navy, and which reflected high credit on all those concerned. The Cape of Good Hope had never before been used, either by the Dutch or British, as a place to repair at, nor was it supposed that a large ship could be hove down there.

