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a lieutenant’s commission on the 7th May, 1800; and served as first of the Raisonnable 64, Captain (now Sir Josias) Rowley, who in his official letter to Vice-Admiral Bertie, reporting the capture of St. Paul’s, in Isle Bourbon, says, “I have given the charge of la Caroline (French frigate) to Lieutenant Bluett, to whose steadiness and good conduct I feel much indebted, both on this and other occasions.” At the close of the late war with France, he was senior lieutenant of the Princess Caroline 74, Captain Hugh Downman. His promotion to the rank of commander took place Dec. 6th, 1816. 



made a lieutenant on the 26th Jan. 1805; and commander Dec. 9th, 1816. Previous to his obtaining the latter rank, he had served in the Belle Poule frigate. Captain (afterwards Sir James) Brisbane; and San Josef and Queen Charlotte, first rates, bearing the flags of the late Sir Charles Cotton and Viscount Keith, successive commanders-in-chief on the Channel station. 



his examination, and obtained a commission in Sept. 1814; subsequently served as flag-lieutenant to Sir Richard King, on the East India station; and was promoted by that officer to the command of the Bacchus sloop, Dec. 12th, 1816. 



his first commission on the 8th Dec. 1812. His subsequent appointments were, Feb. 5th, 1813, to the Indus 74, Captain (now Rear-Admiral) William Hall Gage, fitting