by John Marshall

“ This much-neglected officer’s eldest son, a fine youth, died of the yellow fever at Jamaica, whilst serving as midshipman of the Ferret sloop, commanded by his maternal uncle, the present Captain William Hobson. He has still four children surviving ”

“ In the spring of 1795, Lieutenant M‘Gwire followed Captain Pakenham into the Juste 80, attached to the Channel fleet; and he appears to have continued as first of that fine ship until his advancement to the rank of commander, May 22d, 1797. During the remainder of the French revolutionary war, the whole of the gun-vessels employed in protecting the Irish coast were under his command. ”