with an appropriate inscription, was subsequently erected near his grave, under the directions of Vice-Admiral Berkeley[1].
EDWARD WOOLLCOMBE, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1808.]
Nephew to the late Vice-Admiral Sir Samuel Hood, K.B. Was made a Lieutenant in 1802, promoted to the rank of Commander, June 6, 1804; and posted into the Belleisle 80, flag-ship of Sir Alexander Cochrane, at the Leeward Islands, Sept. 29, 1808.
Captain Woollcombe commanded the Ulysses 44, at the reduction of Martinique, in 1809; and was subsequently appointed to the Circe 28, in which frigate he captured the Lovely Lass, American privateer schooner, of 5 guns and 60 men, near Jamaica, May 15, 1813.
This officer married, April 16, 1818, the only daughter of Alderman Walker, of Exeter; and died in that city, about Dec. 1824.
HON. FLEETWOOD BROUGHTON REYNOLDS PELLEW.
A Companion of the Most Honorable Military Order of the Bath.
[Post-Captain of 1808.]
Second son of Admiral Viscount Exmouth, G.C.B., under whom he distinguished himself at the capture and destruction of the Dutch shipping in Batavia roads, Nov. 27, 1806[2] .
Although then acting Captain of a frigate, his commission as a Commander was not confirmed until Oct. 12, 1807, at which period he was still extremely young. The following is a copy of his official letter reporting the capture of a Dutch corvette and Indiaman, and several other vessels, &c. near Samarang, Aug. 31, in the latter year:
- ↑ Captain Pigot was appointed by Sir Charles Cotton to succeed the late Captain Shipley in la Nymphe, and his post commission appears to have been confirmed by the Admiralty on the 17th Sept. following.
- ↑ See Vol. I. p. 223.
