Frank Cutler

Notes on Officer

Frank Cutler entered the Navy, 5 April, 1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Caesar 80, Capt., afterwards Rear-Admiral, Sir Jas. Saumarez; under whom he successively bore a part, 6 June, 1801, in the battle off Algesiras, and, six days later, in the victory gained over the Franco-Spanish squadron near Cadiz. In Dec. 1802, he next joined the Minerve, of 48 guns, Capt. Jahleel Brenton, and was serving on board that frigate when she took the ground under the batteries of Cherbourg, and was compelled, in spite of a sanguinary resistance of several hours, to strike her colours, 2 July, 1803. After a period of nearly six years spent in bondage, Mr. Cutler at length regained his liberty in June, 1809; between which period and the date of his promotion, 21 March, 1812, he further served, as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, in the Ajax 74, Capt. Robt. Waller Otway, fitting at Portsmouth; Crocus sloop, Capt. Hon. Wm. Walpole, cruizing in the Channel; Curaçoa 36, Capt. John Tower (under whom he sailed with convoy for the East Indies); and Daphne 20, Capt. Philip Pipon, stationed in the Baltic. His next appointments were – 18 May, 1812, to the Clio 18, Capt. Wm. Ffarington, the boats of which sloop he commanded in conjunction with those of the Hamadryad 36, under Lieut. Pesley, at the capture, off Hermeren, of a French privateer, Le Pilotin, carrying 4 12-pounder carronades and 31 men. – and, 23 April, 1813, to the Medway 74, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Tyler at the Cape of Good Hope. He has been on half-pay since 2 April, 1816.

Lieut. Cutler at present fills the post of British Vice-Consul at Bordeaux. He married, 27 Sept. 1827, Clara Eliza, youngest daughter of the late John Chas. Lucena, Esq., Consul-General from the court of Portugal.