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Rh  The Hon. Henry Curzon was born on the 24th May 1765; and went to Westminster School in April 1774, at which seminary he continued till the month of December 1776; when he entered the naval service as a Midshipman on board the AEolus frigate, commanded by Captain Atkins, whom he accompanied to the West Indies. Returning from thence in the autumn of 1779, as convoy to the homeward bound trade, the AEolus was obliged to put into Cork to avoid the combined fleets of France and Spain, then on a cruize in the mouth of the Channel.

In January 1781, Mr. Curzon was removed into the Magnanime of 64 guns, Captain Charles Wolseley, in which ship he proceeded to the East Indies; and on his arrival there early in 1782, was received on board the Superb, 74, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Hughes, the Commander-in-Chief on that station. In the course of the same year he was present in three general actions between the British fleet and that of France commanded by M. de Suffrein. The Superb’s loss on those occasions amounted to 70 killed and 167 wounded, among whom were several officers of distinguished merit.

