where he served until April, 1802. In the following Aug. he joined the Ranger, Capt. Chas. Coote, lying at Deptford; and he was next, for nearly four years, employed in the Mediterranean and West Indies, off Cadiz, and in the Downs, as Midshipman, in the Seahorse 38, Capts. Hon. Courtenay Boyle, Robt. Corbet, and John Stewart, and Defence 74, Capt. Chas. Ekins. He was then, 18 Feb. 1807, promoted to a Lieutenancy in the Indefatigable 46, Capts. John Tremayne Rodd, Henry Edw. Reginald Baker, and John Broughton, in which frigate he was for three years and a half chiefly stationed off Bordeaux and the north coast of Spain. He subsequently, from 3 Aug. 1810 until 25 Feb. 1811, had command of a gun-boat attached to the division under the present Sir Thos. Fellowes at the defence of Cadiz; where he was next for 15 months attached to the St. Albans 64, Capts. Edw. Bruce, Chas. Grant, and John Ferris Devonshire. His last appointment afloat was, 8 Aug. 1812, to the San Domingo 74, flag-ship in North America of Sir John Borlase Warren, with whom he continued until 3 June, 1814.
Lieut. Okes has for many years formed one of the Naval Knights of Windsor, of which respectable body he is now Governor.
OLDMIXON. (Commander, 1847. f-p., 13; h-p., 26.)
George Oldmixon is son of the late Sir John Oldmixon, and brother of Lieuts. John William and William Henry Oldmixon, R.N. A third brother, Edward, having fought and bled on the Canadian lakes without reward, entered the service of the United States.
This officer entered the Navy, 23 June, 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Bellona 74, Capt. John Erskine Douglas, with whom he continued to serve, as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, in the same ship and in the Prince of Wales 98, on the Halifax, Home, and Mediterranean stations, until July, 1814. In the Bellona he witnessed Lord Cochrane’s destruction of the French shipping in Basque Roads, and was present at the siege of Flushing in 1809; and, when in the Prince of Wales, he served on shore at the reduction of Genoa in April, 1814. After cruizing six months in the Channel on board the Hope 10, Capt. Henry Fyge Jauncey, he sailed for Jamaica as a Supernumerary in the Warrior 74, bearing the flag of his former Captain, then Rear-Admiral Douglas. He was promoted, on his arrival, to a Lieutenancy, 1 June, 1815, in the Tanais 38, Capt. Joseph James, in which frigate he remained until June, 1816; and he was subsequently appointed – 10 Nov. 1842, to the command of the Megaera steamer, which vessel he unfortunately lost off Port Royal, Jamaica, in March, 1843 – 12 Jan. 1844, as Senior, to the Hecate steam-sloop, Capts. Jas. Paterson Bower and Joseph West, employed at first on particular service, and next on the coast of Africa – and 11 June, 1846, to the acting command of the Flying Fish sloop, on the station last mentioned. He was advanced to his present rank soon after his return to England, 27 Sept. 1847.
Commander Oldmixon is married to a sister of Sir Wm. Scott, Bart., of Ancrum, Roxburghshire. Agents – Messrs. Chard.
OLDMIXON. (Lieut, 1812. f-p., 12; h-p., 32.)
John William Oldmixon was born in 1788. He is eldest brother of Commander Geo. Oldmixon, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, in Oct. 1803, as Ordinary, on board the Phaeton 38, Capts. Geo. Cookburn, John Wood, Pownoll Bastard Pellew, and Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew. In that ship, after escorting Mr. Merry, the British Minister Plenipotentiary, to the United States, he assisted, as Midshipman, at the blockade of the Isle of France, where he came into frequent collision with the enemy’s batteries. He was subsequently absent for a whole month in a prize, which, after braving many dangers, was wrecked on the coast of China; and while detached for a short period in the Harrier sloop, Capt. Edw. Ratsey, he aided in forcing the batteries at the Boca Tigris. During the operations which led to the reduction of Java we find him present at the storming of the fortress of Samanap, and mentioned as an “intelligent young officer.”[1] On 10 Oct. 1811, a few days after his removal to the Illustrious 74, Commodore Wm. Robt. Broughton, he was nominated Acting First-Lieutenant of the Hecate 18, Capt. Hon. Henry John Peachey; to which vessel he was confirmed 11 Feb. 1812. In the following Aug. he invalided home on board the Modeste 36, Capt. Jas. Coutts Crawford; and he was next, from Aug. 1813 until July, 1816, employed on the Home, West India, and Mediterranean stations, in the Leviathan 74, Capts. Patrick Campbell, Adam Drummond, and Thos. Briggs. Although constant in his applications, he has not been able to procure any further appointment.
The Lieutenant married, in 1830, Anne, daughter of Mr. Barrington and Lady Mary Price. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
OLDMIXON. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 14; h-p.,27.)
William Henry Oldmixon entered the Navy, 14 Oct. 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tartar 32, Capts. Edw. Hawker and Stephen Poyntz, on the Halifax station. In the following Jan., after he had been for a brief period attached to the Meleager frigate, Capt. John Broughton, fitting at Chatham, he became Midshipman of the Agamemnon 64, Capt. Jonas Rose; under whom he was at first employed off Lisbon, then with the expedition against Copenhagen, and ultimately on the Brazilian station; where, in June, 1809, he removed to the Foudroyant 80, Capt. Rich. Turner Hancock. Joining, next, the Révolutionnaire 38, Capt. John Chas. Woolcombe, he served for some time in that ship on the north coast of Spain, and in Aug. and Sept. 1813 was employed in the batteries at the siege of St. Sebastian. From Dec. in the latter year until Aug. 1815, we find him officiating as Master’s Mate of the Columbia sloop, Capt. Henry Ducie Chads, and Shark receiving-ship at Port Royal, Jamaica, Capts. Jackson and Campbell. He was then (he had been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant by commission dated 24 Feb. 1815) appointed to the Onyx 10, Capt. Chas. Strangways, also on the West India station; whence, in April, 1816, he returned to England in the North Star 20, Capt. Geo. Bentham. His last appointment was, 18 Dec. 1841, to the office of Admiralty Agent on board a contract mail steam-vessel, which he retained until the spring of 1847. Agents – Messrs. Chard.
OLDREY. (Captain, 1838. f-p., 14; h-p., 29.)
William Oldrey entered the Navy, 22 June, 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Warrior 74, Capts. Wm. Bligh and Sam. Hood Linzee, attached to the Channel fleet. In the summer of 1805 (he had attained the rating of Midshipman in July, 1804) he sailed in the Porpoise for New South Wales; whence, in Dec. 1807, he returned to England in the Buffalo. He then joined the Diomede 50, flag-ship of Sir Jas. Saumarez and Sir Edm. Nagle off Guernsey and Cherbourg; and after a servitude of three years and a half on the Home and Lisbon stations in the Doterel sloop, Capts. Anthony Abdy, Thos. Goldwire Muston, and Cohen (part of the force employed at the destruction of the French shipping in Basque Roads), and Barfleur 98, flag-ship of Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley he was made Lieutenant, 7 July, 1812, into the Union 98, commanded in the Mediterranean by Capts. Wm. Kent and Robt. Rolles. Being next 9 April, 1813, appointed to the Undaunted 38, Capt. Thos. Ussher, he took command, 3 May following
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1812, p. 120.
