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 In Sept. 1817, Lieutenant Crease was appointed first of the Impregnable 108, bearing the flag of Viscount Exmouth, commander-in-chief at Plymouth, where he continued until promoted to his present rank, Feb. 12th, 1821. 



son of Sir Charles Blois, Bart., by Clara, daughter of Jocelyn Price, Esq. of Camblesworth, co. York.

This officer served as midshipman under Captain William Mounsey, in the Furieuse frigate, on the Mediterranean station; obtained the rank of lieutenant in March 1815; was appointed to the Euryalus frigate, Captain Thomas Huskisson, fitting out for the Leeward Islands station, July 7th, 1818; and promoted to the command of the Bann sloop, at Jamaica, Mar. 6th, 1821. He has since been employed as an Inspecting Commander of the Coast Guard. He married, Feb. 15th, 1827, Eliza Knox, eldest daughter of the Rev. John Barrett, rector of Inniskeel, co. Donegal, Ireland. 



his first commission in Jan. 1801; and was appointed senior lieutenant of the Royal Naval College, near Portsmouth, April 26th, 1816. He subsequently held the appointment of Secretary to the Royal Naval Asylum, at Greenwich, where he continued until the incorporation of that establishment with the Royal Hospital, in April 1821. His commission as commander bears date May 30th following. 



born near Kirkaldy, in Scotland, June 21 st, 1795; and entered the navy under the patronage of the present Admiral Sir Philip C. H. Durham, as midshipman on board the Archer gun-brig, in 1810. After bearing a part in an