with a convoy reposing under the protection of a fort, which was stormed and carried. He left the Fly 14 March, 1816; and, with the exception of a few months, was afterwards, from 8 Feb, 1821 until advanced for his services to the rank he now holds 29 Jan. 1838, employed either in command of a station in the Coast Guard, or of the Mermaid and Eagle[1] Revenue-vessels; and from 10 Nov. in the latter year until 1848, again, as an Inspecting-Commander, in the Coast Guard.
Commander Umfreville married, in Feb. 1817, Miss Jane Clark, of Kingsand, co. Devon, the niece of a famous Government pilot at that place, by whom he has issue two sons and six daughters.
URMSTON. (Lieutenant, 1848.)
William Brabazon Urmston, born 11 Feb. 1828, is son of Sir Jas. Brabazon Urmston, Kt., President of Supercargoes at Canton, by Elizabeth, sister of the present John Oliver Hanson, Esq., of Killingbeck Hall, co. York, a Merchant in the City of London, a Director of the Bank of England, Chairman of the Atlas Assurance Company, and a Member of the Court of Lieutenancy of the City of London. He is nephew of Capt. John Hanson, 26th Light Dragoons, who fell at the head of his squadron in leading a charge against a very superior force of French cavalry, at Villa Franca, in Spain, 13 Sept. 1812, aged 25.
This officer passed his examination in Aug. 1847; was appointed, 8 Sept. following, Mate of the Collingwood 80, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Francis Seymour in the Pacific; and was advanced to his present rank 29 Sept. 1848.
USHER. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 33; h-p., 11.)
William Armstrong Usher entered the Navy, 1 Dec. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Triton guard-ship at Waterford, Capt. Wm. Cashman. In Nov. 1805 he removed to the Rose 18, Capts. Lucius Curtis, Philip Pipon, and Thos. Mansell, employed at first in the Mediterranean and next in the Channel; and he served afterwards, chiefly in the capacity of Midshipman – from Dec. 1807 until May, 1809, in the Pelican sloop and Daedalus and Bacchante frigates, all commanded, in the West Indies, by Capt. Wm. Ward – from May, 1809, until May, 1813, on the Home station, in the Magicienne 36, Capt. L. Curtis, Sarpedon 10, Capt. Jas. Green, Fylla 20, Capts. Hon. Edw. Rodney and Henry Prescott, Swan cutter, Lieut.-Commander Henry Rowed, Puissant 74, Capt. Benj. Wm. Page, and Bold 14, Capt. John Skekel – and from May to Oct. 1813, in the Crescent 38, Capt. John Quilliam at Newfoundland. He obtained his commission 30 May, 1815; was employed during the next 12 months in the Mediterranean in the Sparrowhawk 18, Capt, Fred. Wm. Burgoyne; and filled, from 17 Feb, 1821 until 1838, an appointment in the Coast Guard. He had since been on half-pay. Agents – Goode and Lawrence.
USHERWOOD. (Commander, 1830. f-p.,26;[2] h-p., 25.)
William Usherwood died 18 Dec. 1844, at Exmouth, co. Devon.
This officer entered the Navy, 27 Dec. 1793, as Boatswain’s Servant, on board the Terrible 74, Capts. Skeffington Lutwidge, Geo. Campbell, Sir Rich. Bickerton, Wm. Wolseley, and Fras. Faycrman; in which ship he continued employed in the Mediterranean and Channel, as Fst.-cl. Vol. and Midshipman, until Oct. 1801. He was in consequence, we believe, present at the occupation of Toulon, at the reduction of Corsica, and in Hotham’s partial actions with the French fleet off Genoa and the Hyères Islands, 14 March and 13 July, 1795. He next, in June, 1803, joined the Plover 18, Capt. Rich. Turner Hancock, on the Channel station; where, in Dec. 1805, he removed as Master’s Mate (a rating he had attained in the preceding Aug.) to the Formidable 98, commanded by his former Captain, Fayerman, with whom he ultimately returned to the Mediterranean. In Feb. 1809, at which period he had been serving for a few weeks on the latter station in the Ocean 98, flag-ship of Lord Collingwood, he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the Sabine sloop. In that vessel (he was confirmed to her 23 Dec. following) he was for upwards of six years and a half employed on the Mediterranean, North Sea, Baltic, Cadiz, Newfoundland, and Jamaica stations. She was commanded, during the period, by Capts. Peter Fisher, Jas. Donner, Joseph Bott, Geo. Price, Edw. Wrottesley, for two months (from 29 July to 28 Sept. 1814) by himself as Acting-Commander, and by Capt. Wm. Hall. With her boats under his command, Mr. Usherwood, as Senior Lieutenant, found frequent opportunities of distinguishing himself. Once he destroyed a schooner on the coast of Jutland; and on 26 May, 1811, while engaged at the defence of Cadiz, he cut out, in the most skilful and gallant manner, three French privateers, from the anchorage of Chipiona, near the mouth of the Guadalquivir. These vessels – the Guardia de Via, Canari, and Madina – mounted 2 4-pounders, with a complement of 25 men each, and had long daringly annoyed the commerce on the Spanish coast.[3] On the following morning the Sabine, in company with the Papillon, captured another privateer, which persisted in her endeavours to escape, although under a heavy fire of grape and musketry, until she was actually run on board by the latter brig. On leaving the Sabine in July, 1815, Mr. Usherwood returned to England, from the West Indies, in the Warrior 74, Capt. John Tremayne Rodd. During the passage he was present in a furious hurricane in which the ship was dismasted, received 11 feet water in her hold, and all but foundered. In 1825 he obtained an appointment in the Ordinary at Portsmouth; he commanded the Surly cutter, of 10 guns, at the Nore, from 3 June, 1828, until advanced to the rank of Commander, 22 July, 1830; and from 8 May, 1832, until the summer of 1835, he officiated as an Inspecting-Commander in the Coast Guard. He was not afterwards employed.
Commander Usherwood married, first, Ann, eldest daughter of the Rev. Digory Jose, of Ponghill, Cornwall; and, secondly, 18 Aug. 1832, Elizabeth Dennis, daughter of the late Rev. John Kingdon, an active Magistrate for cos. Cornwall and Devon, and Patron of the advowsons of the parishes of Bridgerule, Pyworthy, and Holsworthy, in the west of Devon, and of Whitstone and Marhamchurch, in the north of Cornwall.
USSHER. (Captain, 1846.)
Sydney Henry Ussher is eldest son of the late Rear-Admiral Sir Thos. Ussher, Kt., C.B., K.C.H.
This officer entered the Navy 7 Feb. 1822; obtained his first commission 12 Aug. 1828; and was successively appointed, on the North America and West India station – 22 Feb. 1830, to the Blanche 46, Capt. Arthur Farquhar – 19 July, 1833, as First-Lieutenant, to the Sapphire 28, Capt. Hon. Geo. Rolle Walpole Trefusis – 16 July, 1834, to the President 52, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Cockburn – and 4 Sept. following to the command, which he retained until March, 1836, of the Skipjack schooner, of 5 guns. While in the vessel last mentioned he made prize of a Spanish slave-brig of 8 guns (pierced for 20) and 75 men. He attained the rank of Commander 10 Jan. 1837; was employed in the Coast Guard from 8 Aug. 1838 until the close of 1843; and commanded the Wasp 16, on the coast of Africa, from 4 June, 1844, until advanced, on being paid off, to his present rank 23 Nov. 1846. He has since been on half-pay. Agents – Messrs. Ommanney.
USSHER, Kt., C.B., K.C.H. (Rear-Admiral, of the Blue, 1846. f-p., 26; h-p., 30.)
Sir Thomas Ussher was born in 1779, and died 6 Jan. 1848. He was son of the Rev. Henry Ussher,
