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410 he commanded the Ceres, of 32 guns, from which ship he was removed into the Vengeance, 74, and returned to England with the homeward-bound trade. On his arrival, the Vengeance was paid off, and Captain Incledon remained unemployed till the year 1800, when he was appointed to the Texel, of 64 guns, one of the ships engaged in watching the Dutch squadron in Helvoetsluys.

On the 31st July, 1810, Captain Richard Incledon Bury was advanced to the rank of Rear-Admiral; and on the 4th June, 1814, to that of Vice-Admiral.



 Vice-Admiral of the White; Knight Commander of the most honourable Military Order of the Bath, and Member of Parliament for Queenborough.

officer is a son of the late Richard Moorsom, Esq. one of the magistrates for the North Riding of Yorkshire. Early in 1789, he commanded the Ariel, of 14 guns, in which sloop he accompanied the squadron under Commodore Cornwallis, to the East Indies, where he remained until promoted to the rank of Post-Captain, Nov. 22, 1790.

At the commencement of the war with revolutionary France, in 1793, he was appointed to the Astrea frigate, and continued in her until the Spring of 1795, when he removed into the Hindostan, of 54 guns. About the month of April, 1805, Captain Moorsom obtained the command of the Revenge, a new 74, forming a part of the fleet under the orders of Lord Nelson.

In the ever-memorable battle of Trafalgar, the Revenge was rather severely handled. She sustained a loss of 28 men killed, and 51 wounded. Among the latter number was her commander.

At the grand procession from Greenwich Hospital, on the occasion of the public funeral of the heroic Nelson, Captain Moorsom bore that lamented nobleman’s great banner. On the 28th April, 1808, he was nominated to one of the vacant