BARNETT. (Captain, 1846.)
Edward Barnett entered the Navy on board the Sybille 44, Capts. Clotworthy Upton, Jas. Sanders, and Thos. Forrest. He was a Midshipman of the Malta 80, Capt. Wm. Chas. Fahie, at the siege of Gaeta in 1815; and of the Superb 74, Capt. Chas. Ekins, at the battle of Algiers 27 Aug. 1816. He received a vote of thanks from the Bahama Legislature for services rendered, in the Thunder, to that colony. His post commission bears date 20 June, 1846.
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