which a grateful nation can bestow.”[1] In the action fought off Cape St. Vincent 14 Feb. 1797, being again in the Captain, he occupied a conspicuous position in the brilliant part enacted by Nelson and his gallant companions; with whom he boarded and assisted in carrying in succession the San Nicolas of 80 and San Josef of 112 guns. On 27 of the same month his continued meritorious conduct was rewarded with a Commander’s commission. His last appointment was to the Sea Fencible Service in Sussex, in which he remained from 29 May, 1798, until Nov. 1802. His promotion to Post-rank took place 29 April in the latter year. He was placed on the Retired List of Admirals 10 Jan. 1837, but was removed to the Active List 17 Aug. 1840, and on 9 Nov. 1846 advanced to the rank he now holds.
Vice-Admiral Noble married, first, in 1801, Sarah, daughter of Jas. Lamb, Esq., of Rye, co. Sussex, by whom, who died in 1818, he had issue seven sons and three daughters; secondly, in 1820, Dorothy, daughter of the late ___ Halliday, Esq., M.D.; and, that lady dying in Aug. 1840, thirdly, 2 Feb. 1842, Jane Anne, widow of Edm. Spettigue, Esq. One of his sons, Jeffery Wheelock, is a Captain R.N.; and another, Edward Meadows, a Lieutenant in the same service (1841), died 22 Jan. 1843, at Amoy, in China, while belonging to the Serpent 16, Capt. Wm. Nevill. Agent – Joseph Woodhead.
NOBLE. (Captain, 1846.)
Jeffery Wheelock Noble is son of Vice-Admiral Jas. Noble.
This officer entered the Navy 5 Nov. 1816; passed his examination in 1824; served as Mate of the Boadicea frigate during the Burmese war; and was made Lieutenant, 11 Oct. 1826, into the Tamar 26, Capt. Jas. John Gordon Bremer. His appointments after he left that ship were, in the capacity of Senior Lieutenant – 17 April, 1831, to the Pallas 42, Capts. Manley Hall Dixon and Wm. Walpole, under whom he was for three years employed on the North America and West India station – 19 May, 1834, to the Tribune 24, Capt. Jas. Tomkinson, fitting for the Mediterranean, whence he returned to England and was paid off in the early part of 1833 – and, 29 Nov. in the latter year, to the Inconstant 36, Capts. Dan. Pring and Fred. Thos. Michell. In the last-mentioned ship, until promoted to the rank of Commander, 23 Nov. 1841, he was again employed on the Mediterranean station; where, and in North America and the West Indies, he officiated, from 4 Jan. 1842 until paid off in 1844, and from 5 March, 1845, until advanced to his present rank, 9 Nov. 1846, as Second Captain of the Indus 78, Capt. Sir Jas. Stirling, and Vindictive 50, flag-ship of Sir Fras. Wm. Austen. He is now on half-pay. Agents – Holmes and Folkard.
NOBLE. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 12; h-p., 32.)
William Blackmore Noble entered the Navy, 18 Aug. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Roebuck 44, Capt. Geo. M‘Kinley, with whom, as Midshipman of the same ship, and of the Quebec 32, and Lively 38, he continued very actively employed, as shown in the memoir of that officer, until wrecked off the island of Malta 10 Aug. 1810. In the following Dec. he joined the San Josef 110, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Cotton in the Mediterranean and Channel; and in June, 1812, he accompanied Capt. M‘Kinley, who had latterly had command of that ship, into the Bellona 74. After a servitude of 20 months in the North Sea and again in the Channel, he proceeded in the early part of 1814 to Lake Ontario, where he was received on board the Prince Regent 56, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo, by whom he was nominated Lieutenant of the Charwell schooner, Capt. Edw. Rowley. He was confirmed to that vessel 27 Aug. 1814. In Sept. 1815 he returned to England, and he has since been on half-pay. Agents – Holmes and Folkard.
NOLLOTH. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
Charles Nolloth passed his examination 6 June, 1838; and was for several years employed in the East Indies as Mate in the Druid 44, Capt. John Smith, Pylades 18, Capt. Louis Symonds Tindal, Apollo troop-ship, Capts. Chas. Frederick and Wm. Maclean, and Daedalus 20, Capt Peter M‘Guhae. On 19 Aug. 1845, he had charge of the pinnace belonging to the latter ship, and served with the boats of a squadron, carrying altogether 530 officers, seamen, and marines, at the destruction, under Capt. Chas. Talbot, of the piratical settlement of Malloodoo, on the north end of the island of Borneo, where the British encountered a desperate opposition, and had 6 men killed and 15 wounded.[2] As a reward for his conduct he was presented with a commission bearing date the day of the occurence. He was appointed, 3 Dec. following, Additional-Lieutenant of the Agincourt 72, flag-ship of Sir Thos. John Cochrane, also on the East India station; where, since 28 Aug. 1846, he has been serving in the Ringdove 16, Capts. Sir Wm. Hoste, Wm. John Cavendish Clifford, and Edw. Augustus Inglefield.
NOLLOTH. (Lieutenant, 1828.)
Henry Ovenden Nolloth entered the Navy 15 Aug. 1818; passed his examination in 1825; obtained his commission 18 Sept. 1 828; and was employed for several months in 1831, in the Galatea 42, Capt. Chas. Napier, on particular service, and, from 10 April, 1839, until the close of 1840, in the Belleisle 72, Capt. John Toup Nicolas, on the Mediterranean station. Since the latter date he has been on half-pay.
NOLLOTH. (Commander, 1846.)
Matthew Stainton Nolloth entered the Navy 27 Aug. 1824; passed his examination in 1830; and obtained his first commission 28 June, 1838. His succeeding appointments were – 16 May, 1839, to the Childers 16, Capts. Edw. Pellew Halsted and Geo. Greville Wellesley, in which vessel, paid off in 1844, he participated in the operations of 1842 in the Yang-tse-Kiang, and served for some time as First-Lieutenant – and, 22 Nov. 1845, in the capacity last mentioned, to the Bittern 16, Capt. Thos. Hope, fitting for the coast of Africa. Since his attainment of the rank he now holds, 12 March, 1846, he has been on half-pay.
NOPS. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 24; h-p., 28.)
John George Nops entered the Navy, in Sept. 1795, on board the Juste 84, Capt. Hon. Thos. Pakenham, with whom he served in the Channel until the mutiny of 1797 at Spithead. He then became Midshipman of the Gibraltar 80, Capt. Wm. Hancock Kelly, off Cadiz; and, on 10 April, 1802, after a servitude of three years on the Irish station in the Hussar 38, Capts. Lord Viscount Garlics and Wm. Brown, he was advanced to the rank of Lieutenant. Being next, in Sept. of the latter year, appointed to La Déterminée frigate, armée en flûte, Capt. Alex. Becher, he was wrecked in that vessel, off Jersey, 24 March, 1803. He served during the 18 following months In the Channel on board the Dreadnought 98, flag-ship of Hon. Wm. Cornwallis, and Neptune 98, Capts. Edw. O’Brien Drury and Sir Thos. Williams; and he afterwards, between 25 Oct. 1804 and 11 Sept. 1810 (at which period the date of his commission was altered), held successive command of the Defender gun-brig, Princess Augusta cutter, Turbulent gun-brig, Poll cutter, Defender again, and Hardy gun-brig, on the Home, Baltic, and Cadiz stations. During his original command of the Defender he was wounded on the coast of France in 1806, and in consequence presented with a gratuity from the Patriotic Fund. His succeeding appointments were – 7 Nov. 1810, for three years, to the Impress service in London – 18 Feb. 1814, to the Achille 74, Capt. Aiskew Paffard Hollis, on the Brazilian station, whence he returned in Oct. 1815 – for a few
