constantly employed in a tender from the capture of Washington until the attack on New Orleans. In Sept. 1815, at which period he was serving at Portsmouth on board the Brune troop-ship, Capt. Wm. Stanhope Badcock, he was nominated Admiralty Midshipman of the Cherokee 10, Capt. Wm. Ramage, on the Leith station; and, on 25 July, 1816, while filling the same rank at St. Helena in the Newcastle 50, flag-ship of Sir P. Malcolm, he received an order to act as Lieutenant of the Julia 14, Capt. Jenkin Jones. He was confirmed a Lieutenant 20 Aug. 1817, a few weeks after he had rejoined the Newcastle; and subsequently appointed – in Dec. 1821, to the Active 46, Capts. Andrew King and Hon. Robt. Rodney, engaged on particular service – 18 Oct. 1824, to the Ocean 80, bearing the flag of Lord A. Beauclerk in the Tagus – and, 9 Jan. 1827, to the Spartiate 76, Capt. Fred. Warren, on the same station. Being re-appointed to the last-mentioned ship on the occasion of his promotion to the rank of Commander, 26 May, 1828, he continued in her, as Second-Captain, until 1830. We next find him employed – from 6 Aug. 1831 until Dec. 1834, in the Isis 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Fred. Warren at the Cape of Good Hope – from 21 March, 1836, until April, 1837, in the Cornwallis 74, Capts. Robt. Worgan Geo. Festing and Sir Joshua Ricketts Rowley, on the Lisbon station – and, from 31 Aug. 1837 until June, 1839 (during which period he was advanced, 28 June, 1838, to Post-rank), in the President 52, flagship of Rear-Admiral Chas. Bayne Hodgson Ross in the Pacific. His last appointment was, 11 Oct. 1841, to the Southampton 50, fitting for the flag of Sir Edw. Durnford King, Commander-in-Chief at the Cape of Good Hope. While in that ship, in which he remained until Dec. 1842, he forced the entrance into Port Natal, and, by landing a body of troops, rescued a detachment surrounded at the time by a host of hostile tribes.
Capt. Ogle is a Knight of the Brazilian order of the Southern Cross. He married Mary, eldest daughter of John Garth, Esq., of Preston, Lancashire, by whom he has issue one son and two daughters. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
O’GRADY. (Captain, 1814.)
Hayes O’Grady is son of the late Darby O’Grady, Esq., of Mount Prospect, co. Limerick, by Mary, daughter of Jas. Smyth, Esq., and brother of the late and uncle of the present Viscount Guillamore. He is uncle also of Lieut. Hon. John O’Grady, R.N.
This officer was educated at the Royal Naval College, and embarked, 4 Dec. 1802, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Leda 38, Capts. Jas. Hardy and Robt. Honyman; in which ship, after contesting with the enemy off Boulogne, and serving for some months under the flag of Rear-Admiral Edw. Thornbrough, he assisted as Midshipman at the reduction of the Cape of Good Hope, and then accompanied the expedition to the Rio de la Plata; where we find him employed in the boats as Master’s Mate at the destruction of an armed brigantine off Montevideo 9 Sept. 1806.[1] On 21 March, 1807, he was confirmed a Lieutenant, nearly six months after he had been ordered to act as such, in the Howe alias Dromedary store-ship, Capt. Edw. Killwiok. He was sent in the course of the same year to England in charge of a prize; and he was subsequently appointed – 28 Dec. 1807, to the Thetis 38, Capts.Wm. Hall Gage and Geo. Miller, employed on the St. Helena, Channel, Leeward Island, and Halifax stations – 22 Aug. 1809, to the Comet sloop, Capt. Rich. Henry Muddle, attached to the force on the coast of North America – and, 15 Sept. following, to the Antelope 50, bearing the flag of Admiral Holloway at Newfoundland. He attained the rank of Commander 15 June, 1810, and between that period and April, 1814, was employed in the Shark receiving-ship at Jamaica, and for three years in the Sappho brig in various parts of the West Indies. Since his promotion to Post-rank, which took place 7 June, 1814, he has been on half-pay.
Capt. O’Grady married, in July, 1831, Susan, daughter of Jas. Finucane, Esq., and grand-daughter of the late Mr. Justice Finucane. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
O’GRADY. (Lieutenant, 1831.)
The Honourable John O’Grady is sixth son of the late Viscount Guillamore, several years Chief Baron of the Exchequer in Ireland, by Katherine, second daughter of the late John Thos. Waller, Esq., of Castletown, co. Limerick. He is brother of the present Viscount; brother-in-law of Viscount Gort; and nephew of Capt. Hayes O’Grady, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 13 July, 1822, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Genoa 74, lying at Sheerness. He served next in the Clio 18 on the coast of Scotland^ and in the Rainbow 28 and Fly 18 in the East Indies; and on his return to England at the close of 1828 in the Bombay 84 he passed his examination. After a further attachment, on the Home and West India stations, to the Victory 104, Blossom 24, Pincher schooner, and Falcon 10, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 17 Feb. 1831. His last appointment was, 19 Nov. 1834, to the Scylla 16, Capt. Edw. John Carpenter, in which vessel, until paid off in 1836, we find him employed, as sole Lieutenant, in North America and the West Indies. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
O’HEA. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 32.)
Matthew O’Hea is brother of Lieut. Dan. O’Hea, R.N. (1805), who died about the commencement of 1835; and nephew of the late Capt. Henry Power, R.N. This officer entered the Navy, 20 Oct. 1805, as L.M., on board the Sophie 18, Capts. Philip L. J. Rosenhagen and Wm. Mansell; in the boats of which sloop, and of the London 98, he distinguished himself at the cutting-out from Algeciras of two Spanish gun-vessels strongly defended. In March, 1807, at which period he had been serving for two months in the river Thames on board the Hindostan 50, he joined the Bedford 74; and in that ship, commanded by Capt. Jas. Walker, and for a short time by Capt. Adam Mackenzie, he continued employed for upwards of eight years. While stationed at first off Lisbon he assisted in destroying two forts at the entrance of the Tagus. He next escorted the Royal Family of Portugal in its flight to the Brazils; and when afterwards on the coast of North America he served with the boats of a squadron at the capture on Lake Borgne, 14 Dec. 1814, of five American gun-vessels under Commodore Jones, whose resistance was prolonged until the British had sustained a loss of 17 men killed and 77 wounded. He also took an active part in the operations against New Orleans, where he saw much arduous boat-service, and was severely wounded in the thigh and hand. The injuries he sustained not being, from some unaccountable reason, reported, he never received any compensation. In Feb. 1815 we find him present in the attack on Fort Bowyer, Mobile. He took up in the following June a commission bearing date 4 Feb. 1815; and has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. O’Hea married, in July, 1818, Miss Margaret Fitzgerald, and by that lady has issue two sons.
OKE. (Lieutenant, 1825.)
William Walter Oke entered the Navy 2 April, 1808; passed his examination in 1814; obtained his commission 10 Jan. 1825; and from 10 Oct. in that year until, we believe, 1827, was employed in the Coast Blockade as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Ramillies 74, Capt. Hugh Pigot. He has been in command, since 3 May, 1841, of the Asp steam-packet, of 50-horse power, on the Portpatrick station.
He is Senior of 1825.
OKES, K.W. (Lieut., 1807. f-p., 14; h-p., 33.)
Charles Okes entered the Navy, 17 Oct. 1800 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Prince George 98, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Cotton in the Channel,
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1807, p. 126.
