WESTROPP. (Lieutenant, 1825.)
Berkley Westropp entered the Navy 2 April, 1810; passed his examination in 1316; and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 30 Dec. 1825. He has since been on half-pay. At present he is Secretary to the Royal Humane Society.
WETHERALL. (Captain, 1826. f-p., 14; h-p., 33.)
Frederick Augustus Wetherall was born 20 Feb. 1788.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Boston 32, Capt. John Erskine Douglas, stationed on the coast of North America where, after having served as Midshipman with different Captains in the Leander 50, Leopard 50, and Cambrian 40, he was nominated, 30 Oct. 1806, Acting-Lieutenant of the Observateur sloop, Capt. Hon. Geo. Alfred Crofton. While in the Leander, under the present Sir John Talbot, he assisted at the capture, 23 Feb. 1805, of La Ville de Milan of 46 guns, and her prize the Cleopatra 32, both which ships had been much shattered during a recent engagement. Being confirmed a Lieutenant of the Observateur 24 Feb. 1807, he continued employed in that vessel, on the North American and West India stations, until Nov. 1810. He was afforded an opportunity in consequence of co-operating in the reduction of Martinique and Guadeloupe; and was in company (as Acting-Commander of the Observateur) with the Junon 38, Capt. John Shortland, when that ship was capiured, after a noble defence, by four French frigates, 13 Dec. 1809.[1] He was appointed, 18 Aug. 1812, to the Owen Glendower 42, Capt. Brian Hodgson, on the East India station; he attained the rank of Commander 15 June, 1814; and from 26 July, 1825, until Posted 13 Nov. 1826, he served in that capacity in the Fly 18, again in the East Indies, where he was present at Rangoon during the Burmese war. He accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
Capt. Wetherall married Mary, eldest daughter of H. Hamilton, Esq., and niece of Mr. Hamilton, M.P. for co. Meath, by whom he has issue five children. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
WETTENHALL. (Lieutenant, 1830.)
Robert Wettenhall entered the Navy 12 July, 1810; and on 2 Feb. 1811, being then in the Theban 36, Capt. Stephen Thos. Digby, assisted in the boats of that frigate, commanded by Lieut. Henry Meynell, at the capture of a French merchant-brig lying aground under the batteries near Dieppe. He was also present at the cutting out of a sloop in the neighbourhood of Boulogne. He passed his examination in 1817; obtained his commission 22 July, 1830; was employed in the Coast Guard from 1 March, 1832, until 1835; and has since been on half-pay. Agent – J. Hinxman.
WHARTON. (Commander, 1848.)
John Anthony Lawrence Wharton is son of the late Retired Commander John Fras. Wharton, R.N.
This officer passed his examination 26 Sept. 1836; and, after having served on the Mediterranean, North America and West India, Plymouth, Pacific, and Portsmouth stations, as Mate, in the Pique 36, Capts. Edw. Boxer, Rich. Augustus Yates, and Henry Forbes, Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir David Milne, Fisgard 42, Capt. John Alex. Duntze, and Flying Fish 12, Capt. Robt. Harris, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 12 Sept. 1844. In the following month he was appointed to the Osprey 12, Capt. Fred. Patten, under whom he was wrecked, in March, 1846, on the coast of New Zealand, where he had been of late actively employed. Soon after the court-martial, which assembled to try the officers and crew, he was appointed, 19 April, 1847, to the Philomel 6, Capt. Wm. Cotterell Wood, fitting for the coast of Africa, whence he returned on the occasion of his promotion to the rank of Commander 29 Feb. 1848.
WHARTON. (Retired Commander, 1838.)
John Francis Wharton died in Oct. 1848.
This officer entered the Navy, 6 July, 1792, as Captain’s Servant, on board the St. George 98, in which ship and the Windsor Castle 98, both commanded by Capt. Byard, he served for about 12 months at Plymouth. He was next, from July, 1793, until Aug. 1798, employed in the Channel and Mediterranean, and off Cadiz, as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, in the Gibraltar 80, Capts. Thos. Mackenzie and Hon. Thos. Pakenham, Majestic 74, Capt. Geo. Blagden Westcott, and Ville de Paris 110, flag-ship of Lord St. Vincent. In the Gibraltar he fought in Lord Howe’s action 1 June, 1794. He was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of his former ship, the Majestic, 28 Oct. 1798 (she was then commanded by Capt. Robt. Cuthbert); he was confirmed 26 Dec. following; and he was appointed afterwards – 12 June, 1799, to the Pallas frigate, Capt. Edmonds, in the Mediterranean – 28 April, 1800, to the Resolution 74, Capt. Alan Gardner, on the Home station – 25 April, 1801, to the Good Design armed-ship, Capt. Robt. Elliot, under whom he obtained the Turkish gold medal for his services in Egypt – 7 Jan. and 19 Dec. 1803, to the Camilla 20, Capt. Henry Hill, and Falcon sloop, Capt. Henry Manaton Ommanney, at Newfoundland – 16 March, 1804, and 12 Aug. 1806, to the Goliath 74, Capts. Chas. Brisbane and Robt. Barton, and Achille 74, Capt. Sir Rich. King, employed off Brest, Rochefort, and Corunna – in 1809, to the command, for a short time, of the Harlequin armed-ship at Plymouth – and, in 1811-12-13, to the Vengeance, Firm, and Téméraire prison-ships at Portsmouth and Plymouth, the first and last commanded by himself, the Firm by Lieut. Duncan Menzies. In the Camilla, Falcon, and Achille he was First-Lieutenant, as he was also, for some time, in the Goliath, in which ship he assisted at the capture, 11 and 18 Aug. 1805, of Le Faune French brig, of 16, and La Torche corvette, of 18 guns. He left the Téméraire in June, 1814. He was admitted to the Out-Pension of Greenwich Hospital 18 July, 1837; and placed on the List of Retired Commanders 10 May, 1838.
Commander Wharton, whose first wife died at the commencement of 1837, married a second time, 19 Dec. in the same year, Eliza, eldest daughter of the late Timothy Lyon, Esq. He has left, with other issue, two sons, one of them, John A. L., a Commander, the other, R. H., a Lieutenant, R.N.
WHARTON. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Richard Hill Wharton is son of the late Retired Commander J. F. Wharton, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 6 May, 1826; and on 20 Oct. 1827 was present in the Genoa 74, Capt. Walter Bathurst, at the battle of Navarin. He passed his examination 7 May, 1834; and, while serving at the Cape of Good Hope as Mate in the Arrow 10, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Robinson, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 27 Nov. 1841, and nominated Additional of the Southampton 50, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Durnford King on the same station, where he was transferred, in 1842, to the Winchester 50, bearing the flag of Hon. Josceline Percy. He was afterwards, from 12 April, 1843, until paid off at the close of 1847, employed as Second and First-Lieutenant in the Cormorant steam-sloop, of 300 horse-power, Capts. Geo. Thos. Gordon and Fred. Beauchamp Paget Seymour, on the South American station.
WHEATLEY. (Commander, 1832.)
John Wheatley was born 15 Nov. 1801.
This officer entered the Navy, 5 Aug. 1813, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Duncan 74, Capt. Robt. Lambert. He served subsequently, as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, in the Royal Sovereign 100, Eurotas 38, Capts. Robt. Bloye and Jas. Lillicrap,
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1810, p. 176.
