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  son of John, sixth Duke of Bedford, by his second wife, Lady Georgiana, youngest daughter of Alexander, fourth Duke of Gordon.

This officer entered the royal navy in 1819, at the age of fourteen years; was made lieutenant into the Philomel sloop, Oct. 18th, 1826; and promoted to the rank of commander, Nov. 15th, 1828. His subsequent appointments were, – Nov. 22d, 1830, to the Britomart 10; – Jan. 10th, 1831, to the Savage 10; – and, April 9th, 1832, to the Nimrod 20, the command of which vessel he resigned, from ill health, whilst employed on the Lisbon station, in Aug, 1833. His Lordship was made a captain on the 19th Nov. following; and appointed to the command of the Actaeon 26, fitting out at Portsmouth, Nov. 17th, 1834. 

 the royal navy in 1807; obtained his first commission on the 30th June, 1813; and, subsequently to the peace, served for several years in the Rochfort 80., successively bearing the flags of Sir Thomas F. Fremantle and Sir Graham Moore, on the Mediterranean station. His next appointment was, July 6th, 1824, to the Cambrian 46, Captain Gawen W. Hamilton, in which ship he continued until advanced to the rank of commander, April 21st, 1825.

On the 25th Feb. 1831, this officer was appointed to the St. Vincent 120, Captain (now Sir Humphrey F.) Senhouse, under whom we find him serving for a period of nearly three years, on the Lisbon station and in the Mediterranean. His promotion to the rank of captain took place on the 24th Dec. 1833, at which period he was acting in the Malabar 74. Previous to his quitting the St. Vincent, the junior officers of that ship entertained him in very handsome style; the gun-room was fitted up in an elegant manner, sixty sat down to dinner,