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SWEETLAND. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 12; h-p., 32.)

Henry Sweetland entered the Navy, in March, 1803, as A.B., on board a ship commanded, on the Lisbon station, by Capt. Jas. Dunbar. From Dec. 1805 until Jan. 1808 he served in the West Indies in the Canada 74, Capt. John Harvey; he was then employed for five years and three months in the Mediterranean as Quartermaster, Midshipman, and Master’s Mate, in the Leonidas 38, Capt. Dunbar, and Sultan 74, Capts. Edw. Griffith and John West; and after serving for a year and ten months at Newfoundland, as Master’s Mate, in the Bellerophon 74, flag-ship of Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats, he was promoted, 8 Feb. 1815, to the rank of Lieutenant. He has since been on half-pay. Agents – Case and Loudonsack.


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