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 Dorothea, daughter of Sir William Knighton, Bart. G.C.H., Receiver-General of the Duchy of Cornwall, and Keeper of his late Majesty’s Privy-Purse.



 of the late Rear-Admiral Sir Home Riggs Popham, K.C.B., &c.

This officer was made a lieutenant, July 16th, 1811; appointed to the Magicienne frigate, Captain the Hon. William Gordon, Aug. 20th, 1812; advanced to the rank of commander, June 15th, 1814 ; appointed to the Bermuda sloop, fitting out for the Jamaica station, Sept. 4th, 1815; and to the Harrier sloop, employed on the coast of Ireland, Aug. 16th, 1825. His commission as captain bears date, Aug. 26th, 1826.

Agents.– Messrs. Cooke, Halford, and Son. 

 son of the Marquis of Anglesey, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, K.G., G.C.B., &c. &c. &c., by Lady Caroline Elizabeth, daughter of the fourth Earl of Jersey.

This officer was born on the 1st of March, 1803; and he appears to have first embarked as midshipman, on board the Severn 50, commanded, pro tempore, by Captain the Hon. Robert C. Spencer, in Mar. 1817. He shortly afterwards followed that officer into the Ganymede 26; and we subsequently find him serving on board the Glasgow and Briton frigates. His first commission beats date April 18th, 1823; from which period he served as a lieutenant of the Aurora 46, Captain Henry Prescott, and Fly 18, acting Commander William F. Martin, on the South American station, until promoted to the command of the Fly, April 20th, 1825. On the 23d of Dec. following, he was appointed to the Philomel sloop, fitting out for the Mediterranean station; and an the 18th of Oct. 1826, advanced to the rank of captain. From