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Aug. 1832, this heroic officer was created a Knight Commander of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order; previous to which he had received the suhjoined flattering communication from His Majesty’s private secretary:

“Windsor Castle, July 28th, 1832.

“Sir,– I have not delayed to submit your letter of the 21st inst. to the King, and I have been honored with His Majesty’s commands to acquaint you, that he will have great satisfaction in taking the earliest opportunity of conferring upon you the Commander’s Cross of the Guelphic Order, and to assure you, that His Majesty is persuaded that he cannot grant this distinction to any individual who is more deserving of it, or whose character and services will do more credit to the Order. I have the honor to be. Sir, &c.

(Signed)“.”

“The King has ordered me to add the expression of his sincere concern that you continue to suffer so much from your wounds. I beg to return General Steinheil’s letter.”





officer is the third son of Cornwallis, first Viscount Hawarden, by his third wife, Isabella Elizabeth Stanley, sister to the first Viscount Monck. His ancestor, Christopher Maude, a member of the Irish House of Commons, emigrated from Yorkshire, and settled at Dundrum, co. Tipperary, about the year 1639.

Mr. entered the royal navy in 1799, as midshipman on board the Barfleur 98, Captain James Richard Dacres; and shortly afterwards joined the Prince, another second-rate, then bearing the flag of Sir Roger Curtis, and employed in the blockade of Cadiz; but subsequently the flag of Sir Charles Cotton, and attached to the Channel fleet. We next find him proceeding to join the Queen 