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RICHARD STUART, Esq.
[Commander.]

Obtained his first commission on the 14th June, 1809; and was slightly wounded while commanding a boat belonging to the Cumberland 74, at the capture and destruction of a French convoy, in the bay of Rosas, Nov. 1st following[1]. His promotion to the rank of commander took place Mar. 12th, 1827.

  1. See Suppl. Part III. p. 159.

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