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Excerpt from The Naval Chronicle for 1810, Vol. 23: Containing a General and Biographical History of the Royal Navy, of the United Kingdom; With a Variety of Original Papers on Nautical Subjects
Addenda to the biographical memoir of Lord Collingwood, page 879.vi valance.
Craven-street, in the Strand: he was the architect ther fore of his own fortune, and the master of his own education - shits profess onal fame, and interesting letters, amply shew how well he succeeded in both respects. Our memoir of the late Captain Richard Bowen, as another erninedt'eleve of Lord St. Vincent, has been inserted in the same Volume, (pages 358 384) from documents that may be depended on. It was our duty to give this memoir a preference to any other; and we feel much indebted to an early friend, who procured the materials for us since no other monument exists of this gallant officer, excepting the one which his father raised in the church of his native place: however humble ours may appear, it may tend to render Captain Bowen's eminent services more generally known by his countrymen, and imitated by the rising characters in his profession. We trust that this memoir will he succeeded by one of the public services of his worthy brother, who is a Commissioner of the Transport Board. To these we have added some account of the professional career of the late Vice-admiral George Darby (page Of the late Admiral John Carter Allen (page Of the late Admiral Marriott Arbuthnot (page And of Admiral Shuldham (page To all of these memoirs, correct and well-engraven portraits are prefixed. Of the naval characters to which we are desirous to give our attention, we wish some friend would rescue the biography and services of Captain Jamie Ferguson from oblivion.
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