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 the command of Rear-Admiral Linois. On his return home, he was appointed a lieutenant of the Thunderer 74, Captain William Lechmere, by commission dated April 8th, 1805. On the 22d July following, he assisted at the capture of two Spanish line-of-battle ships, by the fleet under Sir Robert Calder. He also bore a part at the glorious battle of Trafalgar ; and was slightly wounded in action with the Turks, during Sir John T. Duckworth’s operations against the Sublime Porte, in Feb. 1807. On the latter occasion, the Thunderer was commanded by Captain (now Sir John) Talbot.

During the ensuing campaign in Egypt, Lieutenant Colby was employed on the river Nile. In 1809, he proceeded to the West Indies, on Lord Mulgrave’s promotion list; but returned home from thence without advancement, in consequence of a change in the naval administration. After this, he was again sent, by Mr. Yorke, to the Mediterranean; and there promoted from the Prince of Wales 98, Captain John Erskine Douglas, to the command of a prize brig captured at Genoa, in April, 1814. This appointment was confirmed by the Admiralty on the 17th of the following month.

Commander Colby married, in April 1826, Mary, daughter of the Rev. John Palmer, of Torrington, and niece of the late Marchioness of Thomond. His eldest brother, James, a surgeon, died in 1819; his youngest, Henry, was the midshipman alluded to, who perished on board a prize belonging to the Sheldrake sloop, Feb. 19th, 1809. 



made a lieutenant on the 12th June 1806; and promoted from the America 74, Captain Sir Josias Rowley, to the command of a French prize brig, at Genoa, in April, 1814. The services which led to his advancement are officially detailed. His 