Our officer has been twice married. His first wife died on the 29th May, 1812. His present lady, to whom he was united Nov. 13, 1813, is the eldest daughter of Wilson Braddyll, of Connhead Priory, co. Lancaster, Esq. His heir is Lucy Sarah Sotheron, an only child.
Country Seat.– Kirklington Hall, Southwell, co. Nottingham.
Town Residence.– 14, Harewood Place, Hanover Square.
THOMAS WOLLEY, Esq
Vice-Admiral of the White.
At the breaking out of the war with the French republic, in 1793, we find this officer commanding the Goelan sloop at Jamaica. On the 20th Sept. in the same year, Commodore Ford, who commanded the squadron on that station, in conjunction with Major-General Williamson, took possession of Jeremie, in the island of St. Domingo, at the intercession of the French royalists; and on the 23d, Cape Nichola Mole followed its example. The Commodore, in his public despatches, speaks highly of the zeal and attention shown by Captain Wolley on this occasion. About the same time, the frigates of the squadron entered l’lslet, and Bay des Flamands, on the south side of the island, where they captured upwards of 2000 tons of shipping, chiefly laden with West India produce.
Captain Wolley obtained post rank, Dec. 19, 1793; and in the following year commanded the Active frigate, in the North Sea, and subsequently at Newfoundland. His next appointment was to the Arethusa, mounting 44 guns, in which ship he conveyed the late Sir Ralph Abercromby to the Leeward Islands in the spring of 1796; and after the reduction of St. Lucia[1], was detached by Sir Hugh Christian, with three frigates and two sloops, to co-operate with the army, in quelling the insurrections which then raged with great virulence in the islands of St. Vincent and Grenada. The insurgents were chiefly Charibs, and people of colour; and after an obstinate resistance, they laid down their arms,
