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2011955A Naval Biographical Dictionary — Wood, FrederickWilliam Richard O'Byrne

WOOD. (Captain, 1842. f-p., 27; h-p., 9.)

Frederick Wood died 6 March, 1847, at Southsea, aged 48. He was nephew of Mr. Justice Bayley.

This officer entered the Navy, 25 May, 1811, as Third-cl. Boy, on board the Edinburgh 74, Capt. Robt. Rolles, with whom he continued employed in the Union 98, on the North Sea and Mediterranean stations, until July, 1814 – the latter part of the time in the capacity of Midshipman. He served next, from July, 1814, until Nov. 1815, in the Eurydice 24, Capts. Hon. Valentine Gardner, Geo. Ourry Lempriere, and Rich. Spencer, and Lightning 20, Capt. Geo. Rennie, on the coast of Ireland; from Dec. 1815 until Jan. 1817, in the Madagascar and Maeander frigates, in the latter of which (they were both commanded by Capt. Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon) he was nearly wrecked, off Orfordness, in Dec. 1816; from March, 1817, until Aug. 1818, in the Shark sloop, Capt. Chas. Newton Hunter, Salisbury 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral John Erskine Douglas, Larne 20, Capt. Abraham Lowe, Shearwater 10, Capt. Douglas Cox, Esk 20, Capt. Geo. Gustavus Lennock, and Rifleman 18, Capt. Norwich Duff, all in the West Indies; and from Dec. 1818 until Jan. 1822, in the East Indies, in the Dauntless 26, Capts. Hon. Valentine Gardner, John Norman Campbell, and Geo. Cornish Gambier, Leander 60, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood, Alligator 28, Capt. Jas. Wilkie, Topaze 46, Capt. John Rich. Lumley, and Leander again. He was nominated Acting- Lieutenant of the Alligator and Topaze 30 March and 14 May, 1821; and was confirmed, 23 July following, into the Leander. His appointments, after he left the latter ship, were – in March, 1823, to the Sappho 18, Capt. Jenkin Jones, in the Mediterranean – 1 May, 1824, to the Genoa 74, Capts. Sir Thos. Livingstone, Wm. Cumberland, and Walter Bathurst, at Plymouth – 31 March, 1826, to the Melville 74, Capt. Henry Hill, at Portsmouth – 29 June, 1829, and 10 Aug. 1830, as Senior-Lieutenant (a post he had latterly filled on board the Melville), to the Lightning 18 and Tribune 42, Capts. Thos. Dickinson and John Alex. Duntze, both on the South American station, whence he returned at the close of 1831 – and 9 Dec. 1833, in a similar capacity, to the Belvidera 42, Capt. Chas. Burrough Strong, fitting for the West Indies. He was paid off from the ship last mentioned in Nov. 1837; was advanced to the rank of Commander 28 June, 1838; and was nominated, 20 Sept. following and 1 Feb. 1839, Second-Captain, on the North America and West India, and Mediterranean stations, of the Malabar 74 and Implacable 72, both commanded by Capt. Edw. Harvey. He served in the Implacable, in 1840, on the coast of Syria and at the blockade of Alexandria; and continued employed in her until paid off in Jan. 1842. His promotion to Post-rank took place 21 Sept. in the latter year.

Capt. Wood married, 2 Dec. 1824, the only daughter of T. Ferrar, Esct., of Mecklenburgh Square, London, by whom he has left issue. Agents – Messrs. Chard.