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446 into the Bellerophon of 74 guns, employed in the blockade of Brest, on which service he remained until the suspension of hostilities. Subsequent to the renewal of the war he commanded the Ajax of 80 guns; and during Lord Barham’s naval administration we find him holding a seat at the Board of Admiralty, which he relinquished on the demise of the Right Hon. William Pitt. His Lordship was advanced to the rank of Rear-Admiral July 31, 1810; and became a Vice-Admiral Aug. 12, 1819. He succeeded to the title on the demise of his father, in November 1806.

The Earl married, in April 1797, Lady Jane Paget, daughter of Henry, late Earl of Uxbridge, and sister of the present Marquis of Anglesey. His eldest daughter married, Jan. 11, 1819, George, Marquis of Blandford, son of the Duke of Marlborough.

Chief seat.– Garlies, Wigtownshire.



 immediate ancestor of this officer was Lieutenant-Colonel John Laforey, Governor of Pendennis Castle, only son and heir of Louis Laforey, the descendant from a family of that name in Poictou, and brother to the Marquis de la Forest, who came over with King William, at the revolution.

Governor Laforey died in 1753, and left two sons, the eldest of whom, John, created a Baronet Nov. 3, 1789, married Eleanor, only surviving daughter of Francis Farley, Colonel of the corps of artillery; a member of the council; and one of the judges in the island of Antigua; by whom he had only one son, the subject of this memoir.

Our officer was born at Virginia, Dec. 31, 1767, and in 1791, we find him commanding the Fairy sloop, at the Leeward Islands, where he continued under the orders of his father until the spring of 1793, when he was sent home with an account of the capture of Tobago, an island which had been ceded to the French government, at the preceding peace.

