tion; obtained his commission 13 Dec. 1845; and has been since employed in the East Indies in the Ringdove 16, Capts. Sir Wm. Hoste, Wm. John Cavendish Clifford, and Edw. Augustus Inglefield, and, as First-Lieutenant, in the Scout 14, Capt. Fred. Erskine Johnston.
WODEHOUSE. (Capt., 1841. f-p., 15; h-p., 17.)
The Honourable Edward Thornton Wodehouse, born 5 June, 1802, is second son of Lord Wodehouse, by Charlotte Laura, only daughter and heiress of John Norris, Esq., of Wilton Park, co. Norfolk; and brother of Hon. Berkeley Wodehouse, a Major in the Army and Colonel in the Norfolk Militia. He is nephew of the late Hon. Philip Wodehouse, Vice-Admiral of the White;[1] and cousin of Commander Geo. Wodehouse, R.N., and Capt. Geo. Baker, R.N.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 7 Sept. 1815; and embarked 7 Sept. 1818, as a Volunteer, on board the Liffey 50, Capt. Hon. Henry Duncan; of which ship, stationed in the Channel, he was rated Midshipman in Oct. 1819. In May, 1820, he removed to the Créole 42, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy in South America; where he was nominated, 28 Dec. 1822, Acting-Lieutenant of the Blossom 24, Capt. Archibald Maclean. He was confirmed to that ship 24 Feb. 1823; he left her in June, 1824; and he was appointed next – 18 March, 1825, to the Tweed 28, Capt. Fred. Hunn, at the Nore – 10 Aug. 1825, 4 Aug. 1826, and 18 Jan. 1827, to the Warspite 76, Boadicea 46, and Java 52, all commanded by Capt. Wm. Fairbrother Carroll, as flag-ships, in the East Indies, of Rear-Admiral Wm. Hall Gage – and, 12 Nov. 1828, as Senior, to the Ferret 10, Capt. Thos. Hastings, in the Mediterranean. He was promoted to the command of the Ferret 23 July, 1830, and was continued in her until paid off in the early part of 1831. He has not been since afloat. He was advanced to his present rank 23 Nov. 1841.
Capt. Wodehouse married, in Oct. 1838, Diana, only daughter of the late Colonel Thornton, of Falconers’ Hall, Torkshire, by whom he has issue. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
WODEHOUSE. (Commander, 1844.)
George Wodehouse, born 8 July, 1810, is second son of the Hon. and Rev. Wm. Wodehouse, M.A. (fourth son of the first Lord Wodehouse), by Mary, eldest daughter of the late Thos. Hussey, Esq., of Galtrim, co. Meath, by Lady Mary Walpole.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 6 March, 1823; served as Midshipman in the Asia 84, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Codrington, at the battle of Navarin 20 Oct. 1827; and obtained his first commission 8 June, 1833. His succeeding appointments were – 2 Oct. 1833 and 1 Aug. 1834, as a Supernumerary-Lieutenant, to the Asia again and to the Hastings 74, flag-ships of Rear-Admirals Wm. Parker and Sir Wm. Hall Gage off Lisbon – 19 Nov. 1834, 10 May, 1836, and 1 Feb. 1838, to the Rover 18, Capt. Chas. Eden, Dublin 50, flag-ship of Sir Graham Eden Hamond, and Samarang 26, Capts. Wm. Broughton and Jas. Scott, all on the South American station, whence he returned in the early part of 1840 – 3 May, 1841, to the Queen 110, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Codrington at Portsmouth – 26 Oct. following, as First, to the Madagascar 44, Capt. John Foote, on the coast of Africa – and, 28 Dec. 1842, in a similar capacity, to the Thunderbolt steam-sloop, Capt. Geo. Nathaniel Broke, at the Cape of Good Hope. Since he attained his present rank 30 July, 1844, he has been on half-pay.
Commander Wodehouse married, 20 June, 1848, Eleanor Charlotte, daughter of A. Mortimer, Esq. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
WOLFE. (Commander, 1843.)
James Wolfe entered the Navy 22 June, 1814; passed his examination in 1823; and attained the rank of Lieutenant 14 July, 1829. His succeeding appointments were – 25 Feb. 1830, as a Supernumerary, to the Meteor surveying-vessel, Capt. Rich. Copeland, in the Mediterranean – 22 Nov. following, to the command of the Mastiff, another surveying-vessel, on the same station, whence he returned in the spring of 1832 – 9 March and 5 Sept. 1835, again as a Supernumerary, to the San Josef 110 and Royal Adelaide 104, on the books of which ships, bearing each the flag of Sir Wm. Hargood at Plymouth, he remained but a few months – and, 19 Aug. 1842, as Senior, to the Shearwater steamer, Capt. John Washington, from which vessel he was superseded in the following Oct. His promotion to the rank he now holds took place 15 Feb. 1843. His appointments have since been, on Surveying service – 26 Dec. 1843, to the Tartarus steamer, on the coast of Ireland – and, 8 Nov. 1846 and 24 Oct. 1847, as Additional-Commander, to the William and Mary yacht and Fisgard 42, bearing the broad pendants of Commodores Sir J. J. G. Bremer and Henry Eden at Woolwich.
Commander Wolfe is married, and has issue.
WOLLASTON. (Vice-Admiral, of the Blue, 1841. f-p., 21; h-p., 43.)
Charles Wollaston died 19 Feb. 1845, at Bury St. Edmunds, in the 78th year of his age. He was third son of the Rev. Fred. Wollaston, LL.D., Prebendary of Peterborough, by his second wife, Priscilla, daughter of D. Ottley, Esq.; of St. Kitts. His grandfather and great-grandfather each represented the borough of Ipswich in Pailiament; and his eldest brother. Colonel Fred. Wm. Wollaston, of Shenton Hall, co. Leicester, formerly Colonel commanding the 22nd Light Dragoons, and Brigadier-General in Ireland, is a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for Leicestershire.
This officer entered the Navy, 24 Nov. 1781, as Captain’s Servant, on board the Formidable 98, Capts. Sir Chas. Douglas and John Symons, flagship of Sir Geo. Brydges Rodney in the West Indies; where he continued to serve until the close of 1783, chiefly in the capacities of Midshipman and Master’s Mate, in the Resolution and Warrior 74’s, both commanded by Capt. Symons, Boreas, Capts. Augustus Montgomery and John Wells, and St. Eustatius, Capt. Matthew Smith. He was present in the Formidable in the actions of 9 and 12 April, 1782. In Feb. 1784 he joined, at Deptford, the Royal Charlotte yacht, Capt. Hon. Wm. Cornwallis; with whom, after having been for four years employed on the coast of North America in the Assistance and Leander, Commodores Sir C. Douglas and Herbert Sawyer, he sailed for the East Indies, in the early part of 1789, in the Crown 64. Subsequently to his arrival he was made Lieutenant, 25 Oct. 1790, into the Phoenix 36, Capts. Geo. Anson Byron and Sir Rich. John Strachan. In Dec. 1792, having returned to England with Capt. Robt. Manners Sutton in the Crown, he joined the Boyne 98, flag-ship in the Channel of Admiral Philip Affleck; he was next, in 1793-5, appointed, on the Halifax station, to the Oiseau, Capt. Robt. Murray, and Resolution, bearing the flag of Admiral Geo. Murray; he attained the rank of Commander 6 Dec. 1796; he served as such in the Cruizer 18 in the North Sea from 2 Feb. 1798 until posted 1 Jan. 1801; and from April, 1802, until Dec. 1805, he was employed in the Sea Fencibles at Colchester and at
- ↑ Vice-Admiral Philip Wodehouse was born 16 July, 1773. He attained the rank of Lieutenant in 1794; was made Commander into the Albacore sloop in 1796; and was posted 23 Dec. in the same year. He served next in the Mignonne frigate, Volage 24, Brilliant 28, Iris 32, and Resistance 36. In 1804 he was appointed to the Harwich district of Sea Fencibles; and in 1805 and 1807 he obtained command of the Intrepid 64, and Cumberland 74. He was wrecked, in the Resistance, near Cape St. Vincent, 31 May, 1803; and he united, in the Cumberland, in the pursuit, which led to the self-destruction, in Oct. 1809, of the French ships of the line Robuste and Lion near Cape Cette. From 1811 until promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral, 12 Aug. 1819, he filled the appointment of Resident Commissioner at Halifax. He became a Vice-Admiral 22 July, 1830, and died 21 Jan. 1838.
