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the rank of lieutenant in Aug. 1306; and commanded the boats of the Defiance 74, Captain (now Sir Henry) Hotham, at the capture of three French coasting vessels, laden with wine and resin, under the batteries of Belleisle, June 1st, 1810. He was subsequently employed in the flotilla service at Cadiz, where a gun-vessel, the Camperdown, under his command, was wrecked, Oct. 28th, 1810. His commission as commander bears date Feb. 1st, 1812. We lastly find him commanding the Gannet sloop, employed in escorting the remains of Queen Caroline, from Harwich to Cuxhaven. 



made a lieutenant in Oct. 1801; and commander Feb. 7th, 1812. 



son of the late Framingham Thruston, of Market Weston Hall, co. Suffolk, Esq.

This officer entered the naval service, at the latter end of 1798, as midshipman on board la Volage 24, Captain (now Vice-Admiral) the Hon. Philip Wodehouse, with whom he sailed for Jamaica early in 1799. Shortly after their arrival on that station, Captain Wodehouse relinquished his command, from ill health, and returned to England as passenger in la Renommée frigate, accompanied by Mr. Thruston. The passage home, with a numerous convoy, was long and tedious; and the very shattered state of la Renommée rendered it at one time rather problematical whether they would ever reach England. Near the banks of Newfoundland, they encountered a most