of the Lords of the Admiralty, and adapted as well to the merchant as the naval service.[1] He married, 17 Dec. 1818, Mary Jane, eldest daughter of Lieut.-Col. J. C. Tufnell, of Bath, by whom he has issue three sons and two daughters.
JEPHSON. (Lieut, 1824. p-p.,12; h-p., 20.)
James Saumarez Jephson was born 15 Feb. 1802. This officer entered the Navy, 29 March, 1815, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Contest 12, Capt. Jas. Rattray, on the Home station, where he continued to serve until Aug. 1818 in the Childers 16, Capts. Rattray and Rich. Wales, Madagascar and Maeander frigates, both commanded by Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon, and Impregnable 104, flag-ship of Lord Exmouth. He was then employed for nearly four years in the Mediterranean as Midshipman of the Révolutionnaire 46, Capt. Hon. Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew; and on 25 March, 1824, after having acted for several months in the Owen Glendower 42, Commodore Sir Robt. Mends, and Cyrené 20, Capt. Percy Grace, he was confirmed in the rank of Lieutenant. His last appointment was, on 18 Oct. in the latter year, to the Britannia 120, flag-ship at Plymouth of Sir Jas. Saumarez, with whom, if we mistake not, he served until paid off in 1827.
Lieut. Jephson is Secretary to the Carlton Club. He is married and has issue. Agent – J. Hinxman.
JERNINGHAM. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 22; h-p., 2.)
Arthur William Jerningham, born 26 Feb. 1807, is second son of the late Wm. Chas. Jerningham, Esq., an officer of rank in the Austrian service, by Anne, eldest daughter of Thos. Wright, Esq., of Fitzwalters, co. Essex; brother of Fred. Wm. Jerningham, Esq., late of the 29th Regt.; and nephew of the present Lord Stafford. One of his sisters is married to the eldest son of Viscount Gormanston.
This officer entered the Navy, 13 June, 1823, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Mersey 26, Capt. John Macpherson Ferguson, stationed in South America, where he exchanged into the Fly 18, Capt. Wm. Fanshawe Martin. On being paid off in 1825 he became Mipshipman of the Victory 104, bearing the flag of Sir Geo. Martin at Portsmouth; and he afterwards, until Dec. 1829, served in the Channel and Mediterranean on board the Galatea 42, Capt. Sir Chas. Sullivan, and Pelican and Raleigh sloops, Capts. Alex. Wm. Baillie Hamilton, Fras. Deane Hutcheson, Geo. Haye, and Sir Wm. Dickson. In Jan. 1830 we find Mr. Jerningham, who had passed his examination in the previous Sept., joining the Britannia 120, flag-ship of Sir Pulteney Malcolm, also on the Mediterranean station, where, on 28 Feb. 1832, after having served as Mate with Capts. Hugh Berners and Wm. Smith in the Philomel 10, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, while employed under Hon. Sir Henry Hotham in the St. Vincent 120. His succeeding appointments were – 27 July, 1833, to the Raleigh, 16, Capt. Abraham Mills Hawkins, with whom he returned to England in the early part of 1834 – 17 Nov. 1835, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Thos. Hastings – and 23 June, 1837, to the Wellesley 74, bearing the successive flags of Sir Jas. John Gordon Bremer and Hon. Geo. Elliot. For his services as Gunnery and First Lieutenant in the latter ship during the early portion of the China war, he was advanced to his present rank by commission dated 22 Feb. 1841. He has been employed in the Coast Guard since 4 of the following Aug., at first as an Inspecting Commander and latterly as Inspector of small-arm exercise to that service, with his name on the books of the Excellent.
Commander Jerningham married, 19 April, 1836, Sophia Mary, eldest daughter of Rich. O’Farrell Caddell, Esq., of Harbourstown, co. Meath, by the Hon. Paulina Southwell, sister of the present Viscount Southwell. By that lady he has issue.
JERRARD. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 10; h-p., 32.)
Michael Jerrard entered the Navy, 1 March, 1805, as Midshipman, on board the Pluto sloop, commanded, we believe, by Capt. Rich. Gaire Janvrin, on the Channel station; whence, in 1809, he sailed for the coast of Africa in the Hawk 16, Capt. Henry Bourchier. With his name on the books of the Revenge 74, bearing the flag of Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge, we find him actively employed in command of a gun-boat at the defence of Cadiz in 1811 and 12. He afterwards served for about 12 months as Master’s Mate of the same ship in the Mediterranean under Sir John Gore; and on 30 Dec. 1813 he was there made Lieutenant into the Royal George 100, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Fras. Pickmore. He has been on half-pay since July, 1814. Agent – J. Chippendale.
JERVIS, Bart. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 9; h-p., 31.)
Sir Henry Meredyth Jervis White Jervis, born 20 Nov. 1793, is eldest son of the late Sir John Jervis White Jervis, by Jane, daughter of Henry Nisbett, Esq., of Ashmore, co. Longford. He succeeded his father, as second Baronet, in 1830.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 April, 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Kent 74, Capt. Thos. Rogers, of which ship, stationed in the Mediterranean, he became Midshipman in Jan. 1808. FVom Nov. 1809 until Feb. 1813 he served off Lisbon, and again in the Mediterranean, on board the Lavinia 40, Capts. Lord Wm. Stuart and Geo. Digby; and while so attached he assisted, in 1811, at the capture, under a heavy fire from a division of Suchet’s army, of a well-defended island in the Bay of Rosas, which had long been a place of refuge for French privateers. On 26 Aug. 1814, after having witnessed (in the San Josef 110, flag-ship of Sir Rich. King) the two partial actions fought by Sir Edw. Pellew with the Toulon fleet. Sir Henry was confirmed a Lieutenant in the Blenheim 74, Capt. Sam. Warren, with whom he returned to England. His last appointment was, on 16 of the ensuing Sept., to the Pelorus 18, Capts. Chas. Hole and John Gourly. In that vessel he served for 12 months on the Cork and Channel stations.
He married, 16 Dec. 1818, Marian, third daughter of Wm. Campbell, Esq., of Fairfield, in Ayrshire, by Catherine, his second wife, daughter of Capt. Geo. Gunning, of the Guards. By that lady he has issue four sons and three daughters – of the former, one, Henry, is a Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery; and another, Joscelyn, a Midshipman R.N.
JERVIS. (Captain, 1846.)
William Henry Jervis entered the Navy 16 April, 1816; passed his examination in 1823; and was made Lieutenant, 2 March, 1828, into the Hussar 46, bearing the flag at Halifax of Sir Chas. Ogle, who transferred him, in the following May, to the Ringdove 18, Capt. Chas. English. After nine months of half-pay he obtained an appointment, 3 Oct. 1829, to the Winchester 52, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys on the North America and West India station. He was nominated, 25 June, 1831, Flag-Lieutenant, in the Prince Regent 120, to Rear-Admiral Wm. Parker, off Lisbon, where he continued to serve, in the same capacity, on board the Asia 84, until promoted to the rank of Commander 16 July, 18.34. He was subsequently, with the exception of a few months in 1839-40, employed in the Coast Guard from 26 March, 1836, until July, 1843; and from the latter date until superseded in Oct. 1845 he commanded the Pluto 16, in the East Indies. He attained his present rank 9 Nov. 1846, and is now on half -pay.
Capt. Jervis married, 12 Jan. 1835, Susan Arabella, third daughter of the late John Starr, Esq., Member of the Provincial Parliament at Halifax for co. King’s, and has issue.
- ↑ ‘Practical Hints addressed to Seamen, for preventing Accidents on board Ship, and especially for guarding against Hurricanes, Collision, Fire, &c.’ Lond. 8vo. R. B. Bate, 1844.
