6 Oct. 1815), in the Prince 98 and Queen Charlotte 100, flag-ships of Sir Edw. Thornbrough, Tagus 38, Capt. Jas. Whitley Deans Dundas, Harlequin 18, Capt. Sir Chas. Christopher Parker, Superb 78, Capt. Sir T. Staines, and Britannia 120, Capt. Philip Pipon. He was made Lieutenant, 3 June, 1826, into the Sybille 48, Capt. Sir Sam. John Brooke Pechell, in the Mediterranean; he returned, in the following Nov., to England; and he was appointed next, as Senior Lieutenant – 15 July, 1831, and 3 May and 2 Sept. 1834, to the Arachne 18, Capt. Wm. Gapper Agar, Wasp 16, Capt. John Sam. Foreman, and President 50, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Cockburn, all on the North America and West India station – and 13 Jan. 1837, after seven months of half-pay, to the Rodney 92, Capt. Hyde Parker, again in the Mediterranean. He attained the rank of Commander 28 June, 1838; served off Lisbon as Second-Captain in the Blenheim 72, Capt. Humphrey Fleming Senhouse, from 25 April until Dec. 1839; was appointed in a similar capacity 26 Oct. 1841, to the Alfred 50, Capt. John Brett Purvis, fitting for South America; and in honour of the Queen’s visit to the squadron at Spithead was advanced to Post-rank 7 March, 1842.
Capt. Woodthorpe married, 6 Sept. 1838, Emily, second daughter of the Rev. Robt. Howard, of Throxenby Hall, co. York, Rector of Burythorpe, by whom he has left issue.
WOODWARD. (Lieutenant, 1812. f-p., 9; h-p., 33.)
Augustine Woodward entered the Navy, 31 May, 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Flora 36, Capt. Loftus Otway Bland, employed in succession in the North Sea and off Lisbon and the Western Islands. From Dec. 1807 until April, 1810, he served in the Mediterranean, as Midshipman (a rating he had already attained) and as Master’s Mate, in the Sultan and Excellent 74’s, both commanded by Capt. Edw. Griffith; he cruized during the next 10 months, off Cherbourg, Flushing, and Lisbon, in the Elizabeth 74, Capts. Hon. Henry Curzon and Thos. Searle; and at the close of 1811, after he had been again for a few months stationed off Flushing in the Christian VII. 80, flag-ship of Admiral Wm. Young, he sailed, in the Barbadoes 24, Capt. Edw. Rushworth, for the West Indies; where he joined, in Feb. 1812, the Dragon 74, flag-ship of Sir Fras. Laforey, and acted, from May until July following, as Lieutenant in the Orpheus 36, Capt. Hugh Pigot. He then returned to England, having been promoted by the Admiralty to the rank of Lieutenant 21 March preceding; and was employed lastly, from Jan. 1813 until Sept. 1814, and from July until Sept. 1815, in the Prospero 10, Capt. John Hardy Godby, and Alert 18, Capts. Joseph Gulston Garland and John Smith, in the North Sea, at Gibraltar, in the Downs, and off Brighton.
WOOLCOCK. (Lieutenant, 1809. f-p., 17; h-p., 30.)
William Woolcock (a) entered the Navy, in May, 1800, as A.B., on board the Vésuve, Lieut.-Commanders Wm. Eliot, Wm. Chapman, and Benj. Crispin, stationed in the North Sea. He served next, from April, 1801, until July, 1802, part of the time as Midshipman, in the Powerful 74, Capt. Sir Francis Laforey, in the Baltic, off the port of Cadiz, and in the West Indies; and from March, 1803, until June, 1807, under Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, in the Antelope 50 and Pompée 74. In the Antelope he was often in action with the enemy’s flotilla between Flushing and Ostend; and in the Pompée he passed the Dardanells and assisted at the destruction of a Turkish squadron anchored under the guns of a redoubt on Point Pesquies. On 8 July, 1807, he was nominated Sub-Lieutenant of the Pincher[1] gun-brig, Lieut.-Commanders Jas. Aberdour and Sam. Burgess, in the North Sea; he was promoted to the full rank of Lieutenant 25 March, 1809; and he was afterwards, from June following until April, 1812, and from the latter date until June, 1814, employed in the Persian 18, Capts. Sam. Martin Colquitt and Chas. Bertram, and Iris 36, Capt. Hood Hanway Christian, on the West India, Home, and Brazilian stations. We believe that he assisted, in the Persian, at the capture of the privateers Embuscade of 14 guns and 63 men, and Petit Jean, of 16 guns, only 8 mounted, and 65 men. His last appointment was to the Poictiers 72, Capts. Wm. Henry Shirreff and Sir Thos. Bourchier, Depôt-ship of Ordinary at Chatham, where he served as First-Lieutenant from 4 April, 1844, until the summer of 1847.
WOOLCOCK. (Lieutenant, 1810. f-p., 12; h-p., 34.)
William Woolcock (b) died, we believe, in 1846. This officer entered the Navy, 16 Sept. 1801, as a Supernumerary, on board the Révolutionnaire 38, Capt. Thos. Twysden, for the purpose of joining the Dryad 36, Capts. Chas. John Moore Mansfield and Robt. Williams, with whom he served on the coast of Ireland from the following Oct. until June, 1802. In Jan. 1804, after having cruized for 10 months in the Channel and Bay of Biscay in the Doris 36, Capts. Rich. Harrison Pearson and Patrick Campbell, he was received on board the Minotaur 74; in which ship he continued employed as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, at first under Capt. Mansfield and next under the flags of Admirals John Child Purvis, Sir Chas. Cotton, and Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, in the Channel, off Cadiz and Lisbon, and in the Baltic, until transferred, in March, 1809, to the Africa 64, Capts. Loftus Otway Bland, John Orkney (Acting), Geo. Fred. Ryves, and John Bastard. In the Minotaur he fought at Trafalgar and accompanied the expedition of 1807 against Copenhagen. He was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the Africa 23 June, 1810; was confirmed, 28 Dec. following, into the Amaranthe 18, Capt. Geo. Pringle, on the West India station; and, having invalided thence in 1811, was subsequently, from March until Dec. 1813, and from March, 1814, until Aug. 1815, employed in the Channel and East Indies in the Warspite 74, Capt. Hon. Henry Blackwood, and Grampus 50, Capt. Francis Augustus Collier. He did not again go afloat.
WOOLCOMBE. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Belfield Woolcombe is nephew of Rear-Admiral Sir John Louis, Bart.
This officer entered the Navy 26 Nov. 1829; and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 8 June, 1841, as a reward for his services on the coast of China; where he continued employed in the Columbine 16, Capt. Wm. Henry Anderson Morshead, until his return to England in the early part of 1843. He was appointed, 2 Aug. in that year, to the Talbot 26, Capt. Sir Thos. Raikes Trigge Thompson, on the Pacific station; and since 7 May, 1847 (about which period the Talbot was paid off), has been serving at Plymouth in the Caledonia 120 and Agincourt 72, as Flag-Lieutenant to his uncle Sir John Louis, the Admiral-Superintendent. Agent – Joseph Woodhead.
WOOLCOMBE. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Frederick Woolcombe passed his examination 8 Feb. 1845; was nominated, 25 June and 23 Dec. 1846, Acting-Lieutenant, on the coast of Africa, of the Actaeon 26 and Kingfisher 12, Capts. Geo. Mansel and Fred. Wilmot Horton; and on the paying-off of the latter vessel in July, 1848, was presented with a commission bearing date 24 June, 1846. Since 4 Sept. 1848 he has been serving in the Southampton 50, as Flag-Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Barrington Reynolds, Commander-in-Chief at the Cape of Good Hope.
- ↑ In command of the boats of the Pincher and Basilisk he succeeded, in the early part of 1809, in capturing a Danish privateer, mounting 1 carriage gun and 4 swivels, and a galliot laden with deals. – Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 622.
