West Indies, where he had taken part in the Centaur 74, Commodore Sir Sam. Hood, in the attack made upon Ste. Lucie in June, 1803, he joined, in the course of that year, the Immortalité 36, Capt. Edw. W. C. R. Owen; under whom, in 1804, he was wounded in an affair with the Boulogne flotilla. He was subsequently, for nearly four years, employed as Midshipman and Master’s Mate in the Ruby 64 and Eagle 74, both commanded by Capt. C. Rowley, and Melpomène frigate, Capt. Peter Parker. While attached to the Eagle he served on shore, in May, 1806, at the reduction of the island of Capri. He obtained his first commission 9 April, 1808; was appointed, 15 June following, to the Daedalus 32, Capt. Sam. Hood Inglefield, on the Jamaica station; and after there serving for about 18 months as Flag-Lieutenant in various ships to his uncle. Vice-Admiral Bartholomew Sam. Rowley, was nominated, 4 July, 1810, Acting-Commander of the Sparrow sloop. He was confirmed in the rank of Commander 8 Aug. following; and between that period and the date of his Post-promotion, 30 Sept. 1812, was employed as such in the Sappho , Shark, and Pelorus. He then joined the Blossom 24, on the Mediterranean station, where he remained for two years. His last appointments were – to the Sybille 44, fitting for the flag of Sir Chas. Rowley, with whom he served at Jamaica from 1820 until 1823 – and 24 June, 1836, to the Cornwallis 74, on the Lisbon station, whence he returned early in 1837. He attained Flag-rank 3 April, 1848.
Sir Joshua Ricketts Rowley is a Deputy-Lieutenant for Suffolk, of which co., in 1841, he was Sheriff. He married, 10 Aug. 1824, Charlotte, only daughter of John Moseley, Esq., of Great Glemham House, co. Suffolk. Agents – Messrs. Chard.
ROWLEY. (Captain, 1830. f-p., 16; h-p., 12.)
Richard Freeman Rowley, born in 1806, is fourth son of the late Admiral Sir Chas. Rowley, Bart., G.C.B., G.C.H.
This officer entered the Navy 4 Feb. 1819; passed his time as Midshipman on board the Medina 20 and Euryalus 42; obtained his first commission 17 May, 1825; served, from 21 of that month until promoted to the rank of Commander 8 May, 1827, in the Victory 104, as Flag-Lieutenant at Portsmouth to Sir Geo. Martin; and from 14 Jan. 1829 until advanced to his present rank 26 Feb. 1830, was employed in the capacity last mentioned on board the Badger 10, at Plymouth, in the North Sea, and at the Cape of Good Hope. On leaving that vessel the officers and crew presented him with a handsome piece of plate, “as a lasting testimonial of their esteem, and an expression of their gratitude for the happiness they had experienced under his command.” His subsequent appointments were – 4 April, 1835, to the Sapphire 28, fitting for the Mediterranean, whence he returned in the summer of 1838 – and 31 Dec. 1842, to the St. Vincent 120, as Flag-Captain to his father at Portsmouth. He has been on half-pay since Sept. 1845. Capt. Rowley married, 12 July, 1838, Elizabeth Julia, daughter of John Angerstein, Esq., by whom he has issue seven children. Agents – Messrs. Chard.
ROWLEY. (Commander, 1842.)
Robert Hibbert Bartholomew Rowley, born in 1817, is fifth and youngest son of the late Admiral Sir Chas. Rowley, Bart., G.C.B., G.C.H.
This officer entered the Navy, from the Royal Naval College, 20 Dec. 1832; obtained his first commission 1 June, 1837; served from 3 Nov. following until the spring of 1841 as Additional-Lieutenant and Lieutenant in the President 52, flag-ship in the Pacific of Rear-Admiral Chas. Bayne Hodgson Ross; was next, 24 Aug. in the latter year, appointed to the Formidable 84, Capts. Sir Edw. Thos. Troubridge and Sir Chas. Sullivan, fitting at Sheerness; and on 7 Feb. 1842 was advanced to the rank he now holds. From 3 Dec. 1843 until paid off at the close of 1847, he commanded the Satellite 18 in the East Indies and on the south-east coast of America. Agents – Messrs. Chard.
ROWLEY. (Rear-Admiral of the Red, 1837. f-p., 19; h-p., 38.)
Samuel Campbell Rowley was born 19 Jan. 1774, and died 28 Jan. 1846. He was third son of the late Clotworthy Rowley, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, and M.P. for Downpatrick, by Letitia, daughter and co-heir (with her sister, the late Lady de Clifford) of Sam. Campbell, Esq., of Mount Campbell, co. Leitrim; brother of Admiral Sir Josias Rowley, Bart., G.C.B., G.C.H.;[1] and first-cousin of Admiral Sir Chas. Rowley, Bart., G.C.B., G.C.H.
This officer (who had been educated at the Royal Naval Academy) embarked, 10 March, 1789, as a Volunteer, on board the Blonde, Capt. Affleck, in which vessel he served for nearly three years and a half on the West India station. In the course of 1793 he became attached in succession to the Alligator 28, Capt. Affleck, Romulus, Capt. Sutton, Sceptre, Capt. Dacres, and Boyne, bearing the flag of Sir John Jervis. On his arrival in the latter ship in the West Indies he was made Lieutenant, 30 Jan. 1794, into the Vengeance 74, Commodore Chas. Thompson. In the following summer, after he had served on shore at the capture of the French islands, he returned to England in the Reprisal, Capt. Jas. Young. On the night of 10 April, 1795, a few weeks prior to which he had joined the Astraea of 32 guns and 212 men, Capt. Lord Henry Paulet, he assisted at the capture of the French frigate La Gloire of 42 guns and 275 men, 40 of whom, in the course of a spirited action of 58 minutes, were killed and wounded, with a loss to the British of not more than 8 wounded. In the course of the same year he took part in Lord Bridport’s rencontre with the French fleet off the Ile de Groix. He continued serving in the Astraea in the Channel, West Indies, and North Sea, until made Commander, 6 April, 1799, into the Terror bomb. Having fought in that vessel at the battle of Copenhagen, 2 April, 1801, Capt. Rowley was advanced, 29 April, 1802, to Post-rank. His subsequent appointments
- ↑ Sir Josias Rowley was born in 1765, and went to sea in 1779. He was advanced to the rank of Lieutenant in 1783, to that of Commander in March, 1793, and to Post-rank (after having, in the Laurel sloop, escorted the Princess Caroline of Brunswick to this country) 6 April, 1795. He subsequently commanded the Braave of 40 guns, the Impérieuse 38, the Raisonnable 64, the Boadicea 38, and the America 74. In the Raisonnable he fought in Sir Robert Calder’s action, assisted at the reduction of the Cape of Good Hope, took part in the operations which preceded the evacuation of Spanish America by the British forces, and reduced the town of St. Paul’s, in the Ile de Bourbon. While stationed in the Rio de la Plata he commanded the detachment ofseamen landed with Lieut.-General Whitelocke’s army for the purpose of transporting the artillery from the place of debarkation towards the city of Buenos Ayres. During his servitude in the Boadicea, Capt. Rowley had charge of the squadron employed in the conquest of the Ile de Bourbon; he also re-captured the Africaine 38, and after a spirited action of ten minutes, productive to the British of a loss of 2 men wounded, and to the enemy of 9 killed and 15 wounded, took La Vénus of 44 guns and 380 men, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Hamelin, and her prize the Ceylon 32. In the same ship he distinguished himself greatly by his indefatigable exertions at the reduction of the Isle of France. In 1812-13 Capl. Rowley, in the America, commanded the squadrons stationed on the coasts of Sicily and Naples. In Dec. of the latter year he made an attack, defeated by untoward circumstances, upon the city of Leghorn, and in the early part of 1814 be co-operated with the forces under Lord Wm. Bentinck at the reduction of Genoa. For his signal services he was created a Baronet 2 Nov. 1813. He attained Flag-rank 4 June, 1814; was nominated a K.C.B. 2 Jan. 1815; held a command, during part of the same year, in the Mediterranean fleet under Lord Exmouth; was Commander-in-Chief on the coast of Ireland from 1818 until 1821; was presented in 1819 with the freedom of the City of Cork in a silver box; obtained a seat in Parliament for Kinsale in 1821; became a Vice-Admiral 27 May, 1825; commanded in chief in the Mediterranean from Dec. 1833 until Feb. 1837; and was made a G.C.M.G. 22 Feb. 1834, a full Admiral 10 Jan. 1837, and a G.C.B. 4 July, 1840. He was for some time equerry to the Duchess of Kent. He died 10 Jan. 1842 at Mount Campbell, co. Leitrim.
