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JOSEPH BENJAMIN HOWELL, Esq.
[Commander.]
Obtained a lieutenant’s commission on the 22d Jan. 1806; served as first of the Minden 74, Captain William Paterson, at the battle of Algiers; and was promoted to his present rank, Sept. 16th, 1816. He married, Oct. 1st, 1823, Patience, youngest daughter of the Rev. William George, M.A. vicar of North Petherton, co. Somerset.
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