HUNTLEY

Sir Henry Vere ( 3 son of Rev. Richard Huntley of Box well court, Gloucs. 1776–1831 ). b. 1795; entered navy 10 March 1809; accompanied Napoleon to St. Helena in the North umber land 8 Aug. to 15 Oct. 1815; employed in suppre ing slave trade 1826–37; commander 28 June 1838; lieut. gov. of settlements on river Gambia 23 Dec. 1839; lieut. gov. of Prince Edward’s Island 20 Aug. 1841 to 26 Oct. 1847; knighted by patent 9 Oct. 1841; consul at Loanda, Aug. 1858; consul at Santos, Brazil, May 1862 to death; author of Peregrine scramble, or thirty years’ adventures of a bluejacket 2 vols. 1849; Observation on free trade policy in connection with the Sugar act 1846; Seven years’ service on the Slave coast 2 vols. 1850; California, its gold and its inhabitants 2 vols. 1856. d. Santos, Brazil 7 May 1864.