​BLANE. (Commander, 1846.)

George Blane was born, 7 Nov. 1813, at Winkfield Park, near Windsor.

This officer entered the Royal Naval College 6 April, 1827, and embarked, in April, 1829, on board the Seringapatam 46, Capt. Hon. Wm. Waldegrave, fitting for the South American station. He passed his examination in May, 1833; was promoted (while serving off Lisbon in the Donegal 78, Capt. John Drake) to the rank of Lieutenant, 28 June, 1838; and afterwards joined – 9 April, 1839, the Benbow 72, Capt. Houston Stewart, under whom he participated in all the operations of 1840 on the coast of Syria, including the bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre – 22 May, 1843, the Inconstant 36, Capt. Chas. Howe Fremantle, employed on the North America and West India station – and, 20 July, 1846, as First, the Spartan 22, commanded in the Mediterranean by Capt. Thos. Matthew Chas. Symonds. He acquired his present rank on 27 Nov. in the latter year.