he joined, in Feb. 1805, the Saracen 18, Capts. Jas. Prevost and Buckland Stirling Bluett. In that vessel he was five years and five months employed, the last four years as Senior Lieutenant, in the Channel and West Indies, at the Cape of Good Hope, in South America (whence he returned with the naval and military despatches announcing the disastrous result of the attack upon Buenos Ayres in July, 1807), in the Mediterranean, and again in the West Indies; where he was next, in July, 1810, and April, 1811, appointed First of the Garland, Capts. Wm. Charlton and Thos. Graves, and Hebe, Capt. John Fyffe. He came home and was paid off in Aug. 1811; and was lastly, from Dec. 1812 until June, 1814, employed, again as First-Lieutenant, in the Ceres 32, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Thos. Surridge at Chatham.
During his career afloat he acted a part in a variety of boat affairs. He accepted his present rank 18 July, 1836; and was admitted to the out-pension of Greenwich Hospital 9 March, 1849. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
WELCH. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 25; h-p., 12.)
Robert Gregory Welch entered the Navy, 15 Sept. 1810, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tonnant 80, Capt. Sir John Gore, stationed off Lisbon. From March, 1811, until April, 1815, he was employed with the late Vice-Admiral Matthew Henry Scott, chiefly as Midshipman, in the Marlborough and Chatham 74’s, in the North Sea and Channel. After further serving on the Home station in the Astraea 36, Capt. Edw. Kittoe, Mutine sloop, Capt. Jas. Mould, and Vengeur 74, Capt. Thos. Alexander, he joined, in May, 1818, the Iphigenia 42, Capt. Hyde Parker. In the latter ship he sailed for Quebec with the Duke of Richmond, and then_ proceeded to the West Indies; where (he had attained the rating of Master’s Mate in Sept. 1818) he was nominated, 9 Nov. 1819, Acting-Lieutenant of the Confiance 18, Capt. Alex. Montgomerie. Four months after his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 15 April, 1820, he returned to England. His subsequent appointments were – 28 June, 1822, for upwards of two years, to the Egeria 28, Capts. John Toup Nicolas and Sam. Roberts, employed at first in suppressing an insurrection among the keelmen in the river Tyne, and next on the Newfoundland station – 23 Feb. 1827, to the Hussar 46, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Ogle at Halifax – 23 Feb. 1831, to the Alfred 50, Capt. Robt. Maunsell, engaged on particular service – 14 July, 1831, and 22 Sept. 1832, to the Hyacinth 18, Capt. Wm. Oldrey, and North Star 28, Capt. Lord Wm. Paget, both in the West Indies, whence he returned in the summer of 1833 – 24 Jan. 1838, to the Hercules 74, Capt. John Toup Nicolas, which ship, stationed off Lisbon, he left in Jan. 1839 – and 1 Feb. 1840, to the Cambridge 78, Capt. Edw. Barnard, fitting for the Mediterranean. In the Alfred, Hyacinth, Hercules, and Cambridge, Mr. Welch filled the post of First Lieutenant. In the ship last mentioned he was present, in 1840, in the operations on the coast of Syria and at the blockade of Alexandria. He was superseded from her on the occasion of his promotion to the rank of Commander, 23 Nov. 1841. He was afterwards, from 3 July, 1843, until July, 1848, employed in the Coast Guard. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
WELD. (Commander, 1825. f-p., 17;[1] h-p., 37.)
Daniel Weld entered the Navy, in Feb. 1793, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Amphitrite frigate, Capt. John Child Purvis; with whom, in the following month, he removed to the Princess Royal 98, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sam. Cranston Goodall. In that ship he served as Midshipman at the occupation of Toulon, at the reduction of Corsica, and in Hotham’s partial actions, 14 March and 13 July, 1795. After he had been for nearly three years employed in the Channel and North Sea, off the port of Cadiz, and again in the Mediterranean, part of the time as Master’s Mate, in the Prince 98, flag-ship of Sir Roger Curtis, London 98, Capt. J. C. Purvis, and Ville de Paris 110, and Queen Charlotte 100, flag-ships of Lords St. Vincent and Keith, he was made Lieutenant, 10 Sept. 1799, into the Leander 50, Capt. Michael Halliday; in which ship, as First-Lieutenant in the Lynx sloop, Capt. Alex. Skene, and in the Zealous 74, Capt. Sam. Hood Linzee, he served continuously in the Mediterranean, North Sea, and Baltic, again off Cadiz, and in the West Indies, until July, 1802. While at Cadiz in the Zealous he was often engaged with the enemy’s flotilla. After he left her he was employed – from March, 1803, until March, 1804, in the Minotaur 74, Capt. Chas. John Moore Mansfield, in the Channel – from April, 1804, until Dec. 1805, in command of a squadron of gun-boats on the coast of Ireland – from Jan. 1806 until Aug. 1808 (with one or two intervals) in the Ocean and Queen 98’s, both commanded by Capt. Fras. Pender, Princess of Orange 74, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral John Holloway, and Valiant 74, Capt. Jas. Young, off Cadiz, and in the Downs, Baltic, and North Sea – from July, 1810, until Sept. 1812, as First-Lieutenant (a rank he had held in the Ocean), in the Banterer sloop and Mermaid 32, armée en flûte, Capts. Chas. Warde and Hon. Wm. Henry Percy, off Lisbon and again off Cadiz – and from 1 April until 19 Aug. 1815, in the Impress Service in London. He was advanced to his present rank “for long and active services,” 27 May, 1825; and was appointed an Inspecting-Commander in the Suffolk Coast Guard District about June, 1827. Since he left that service he has been on half-pay.
Commander Weld was left a widower 24 Jan. 1837.
WELD. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 12; h-p., 32.)
Richard Weld entered the Navy, 19 Nov. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Illustrious 74, Capts. Sir Chas. Hamilton and Wm. Shield; the latter of whom, after having served in the Channel, in the West Indies, and on the coast of Spain, he followed, in July, 1806, as Midshipman (a rating he had already attained), into the Queen 98 and Malta 80. On his return in the latter ship from the Mediterranean with Capt. Robt. Waller Otway, he joined, in Nov. 1808, the Ville de Paris 110, bearing the flag of Hon. Michael De Courcy; under whom we find him, in Jan. 1809, assisting at the embarkation of the troops after the battle of Corunna. In the course of the ensuing month he removed to the Repulse 74, Capt. Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge, part of the force employed in the expedition to the Walcheren; and in Nov. of the same year he was received on board the Curaçoa 36, Capt. John Tower. In her he served for three years and nine months off Madeira and the coast of France, at the Cape of Good Hope, and in the Mediterranean, latterly as Master’s Mate; in which capacity and as Lieutenant (commission dated 29 Sept. 1814) he was employed, from Jan. 1814 until Aug. 1815, in the Leander 60, Capt. Sir Geo. Ralph Collier, in the Channel, again off Madeira, in the West Indies, and on the coast of North America. He has since been on half-pay.
WELLER. (Commander, 1843. f-p., 21; h-p., 16.)
John Hotham Weller entered the Navy, 27 Nov. 1810, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal William, Capt. Robt. Hall, bearing the flag of Sir Roger Curtis at Portsmouth. In Jan. 1811 he removed to the Formidable 98, Capt. Jas. Nicoll Morris, on the Lisbon station; and in Oct. 1814, after having served for three years and a half in the Mediterranean and North Sea, off the Western Islands, and in the Channel, part of the time as Midshipman, in the Centaur 74, Capt. John Chambers White (under whom he witnessed the fall of
- ↑ Exclusive of Coast Guard time.
