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 North Sea station, where he served under the orders of Lord Duncan, and made many captures.

His next and last appointment was at the close of 1799, to the Mars of 74 guns, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Berkeley; and he continued to serve as Flag-Captain to that officer until Jan. 1801; when a misunderstanding having arisen between the Rear-Admiral and Earl St. Vincent, commander-in-Chief of the Channel Fleet, the former resigned his command, and Captain Monkton was in consequence superseded. His superannuation took place June 18, 1814.

Rear-Admiral Monkton remained a batchelor until he was more than forty years of age, when he married Miss Charlotte Slade, of Burstock, co. Dorset, first cousin to the present Lieutenant-General Slade. By this lady, who died May 6, 1806, he had four children, three of whom are now living. His second wife was Charlotte, widow of his old messmate, Mr. Mackie, Purser of the ill-fated Ardent, and only daughter of George Button, Esq., a gentleman of considerable property, who had formerly kept an academy at Deptford. He married, lastly, Dec. 14, 1818, Elizabeth Patience, daughter of Thomas P. Phillips, of Tiverton, co. Devon, Esq., and sister of Thomas J. Phillips, of Landau House, near Launceston, Cornwall, Esq.

Residence.– Havre de Grace.

