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528 , where our officer continued until the arrival of Sir Hudson Lowe, to whom he transferred his charge; and being relieved in the command of the squadron by Sir Pulteney Malcolm, returned to England.

On the 20th Feb. 1818, Sir George Cockburn was created a G.C.B.; in the following month he obtained a seat at the Board of Admiralty; and at the general election in the same year, was chosen representative in Parliament for the Borough of Portsmouth. His promotion to the rank of Vice-Admiral took place Aug. 12, 1819; and on the 5th April, 1821, he received the honorable appointment of Major-General of the Royal Marines.

Sir George represents Weobley, co. Hereford, in the present Parliament, having been elected for that borough in 1820.

Residence.– Admiralty.



 officer is an old follower of the present veteran Admiral of the Fleet, whom he accompanied to the West Indies as a Lieutenant of his flag-ship, the Boyne of 98 guns, and was there promoted to the command of the Nautilus sloop. He served on shore with a detachment of seamen under the orders of Captain Eliab Harvey, at the reduction of Martinique in 1794; and received the public thanks of Sir Charles Grey, the military Commander-in-Chief, for his active co-operation. He was advanced to the rank of Post-Captain in the Bien Venu, a prize frigate by commission bearing date March 25, 1794. From that ship he afterwards removed into the Alarm of 32 guns; and early in the following year, co-operated with the army under General Sir John Vaughan in reducing to submission the Charibs and negroes of St. Vincent, Grenada, and Dominica, who, encouraged by the French republicans from Guadaloupe, were committing the most horrid acts of cruelty on the defenceless inhabitants, putting to death men, women, and children; and burning the plantations. The insurgents were completely defeated with great slaughter in several attacks. The loss on 