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  , we believe, of Commissioner the Hon. Courtenay Boyle, R.N. He was made a lieutenant in Dec. 1821, a commander in Dec. 1826, and captain May 27th, 1830.



 descended from an ancient Staffordshire family (of which he is an elder branch), settled for many centuries at Whitmore Hall, near Newcastle-under-Lyne. He entered the royal navy in 1795, under the patronage of Sir John Laforey, and continued to serve in the flag-ship of that officer until his demise, which took place when returning from the West Indies to England, June 14th, 1796. He was also on board the Majestic 74, at the celebrated battle of the Nile, after which, in consequence of his captain having been killed, he was removed into the Thalia frigate, commanded by Lord Henry Paulet, under whom he completed his time as midshipman.

In Dec. 1801, Mr. Mainwaring was appointed lieutenant of the Harpy sloop. Captain Charles William Boys; an officer who had lost a leg on the memorable 1st of June, 1794, and who was cut off in the prime of life, while commanding the Statira frigate, on the Halifax station, Nov. 17th, 1809.

Mr. Mainwaring’s subsequent appointments were, to the Leda frigate. Captain Robert Honyman; the Terrible 74, Captain Lord H. Paulet; and, as first lieutenant, to the Narcissus and Menelaus frigates, in which latter ships he was most actively employed, off Brest, in the Bay of Biscay, on the coast of Portugal, in the West Indies, and on the southern coasts of France and Spain, under the successive commands of Captains Charles Malcolm, the Hon. Frederick W. Aylmer, and Sir Peter Parker, Bart., until some time after his promotion to the rank of commander, by commission dated Aug. 13th, 1812. On the 18th Aug. 1807, he assisted in capturing the Spanish national schooner Cantela, pierced

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