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Rh  Craufurd, sent from England for the reduction of the province of Chili, but which was afterwards ordered to Buenos Ayres, in consequence of the recapture of that city by the Spaniards. Being overtaken at the Cape of Good Hope, it sailed accordingly for its new destination, and arrived in the Rio de la Plata on the 14th June, 1807. The disastrous result of the pernicious measures pursued by the military Commander-in-Chief, Lieutenant-General Whitelocke, are well known, as also that every facility was afforded to the enterprise by the navy, during the whole of the operations carried on in that quarter. We shall therefore content ourselves with observing, that on the arrival of the armament to which Captain Bayntun was attached, our officer was directed to superintend the debarkation of the troops, which he conducted with the greatest regularity. He ultimately commanded the flotilla sent up the North river to Colonia; and the Rear-Admiral, in his official despatches, bore ample testimony to the zeal and activity displayed by him during that unfortunate campaign.

Captain Bayntun’s subsequent appointments were, to the Milford, of 74 guns, about June, 1809; to superintend the payment of ships afloat at Plymouth, in the autumn of 1810; and in the ensuing year, to the command of the Royal Sovereign yacht. His promotion to the rank of Vice-Admiral took place, Aug. 12, 1812; on the 2d Jan., 1815, he was nominated a K.C.B.; and at the last general promotion, July 19, 1821, he obtained the rank of Vice-Admiral. Sir Henry W. Bayntun married a Miss Mayhew, Aug. 23, 1809.



 officer is the eldest and only surviving son of the late Admiral Sir Richard King, (who received the honor of knighthood for his zealous and meritorious services in India, during the American war; and was created a Baronet June 18, 1792,)