THE ANNUAL 103 BIOGRAPHY AND OBITUARY, 1833. VOL. XVII. LONDON: PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, REES, ORME, BROWN, GREEN, & LONGMAN, PATERNOSTER-ROW. 1833. 1. Sir Richard Hussey Bickerton 11. Joseph Shepherd Munden, Esg. 12. Admiral William Peere Williams Freeman THE ANNUAL BIOGRAPHY AND OBITUARY, OF 1832. PART I. MEMOIRS OF CELEBRATED PERSONS, WHO HAVE DIED WITHIN THE YEARS 1831-1832. No. I. SIR RICHARD HUSSEY BICKERTON, THE SECOND BARONET, of upwood, cO. HUNTINGDON, K. C.B. AND K. C.; ADMIRAL OF THE RED; GENERAL OF THE ROYAL MARINES; VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE NAVAL CHARITABLE SOCIETY; AND F.R.S. SIR RICHARD BICKERTON, the father of Sir Richard Hussey Bickerton, was himself a very gallant and celebrated officer, who attained the rank of Rear-Admiral. He was made a Lieutenant about the year 1745; became a Post-Captain in 1759; bore a part in the battle between Sir Edward Hughes and M. de Suffrein, June 20. 1783; was Commodore of the squadron at the Leeward Islands in 1786; and subsequently held the chief command at Plymouth. In 1773, when George III. reviewed the fleet at Portsmouth, he commanded the Princess Augusta yacht, and had the honour of steering |