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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Dundas, John Burnet

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​DUNDAS. (Captain, 1828. f-p., 16 : h-p., 24.)
John Burnet Dundas, born 14 Nov. 1794, is youngest son of the late Sir David Dundas, Bart., by Isabella, daughter of Wm. Robertson, Esq., of Richmond, co. Surrey; nephew of the late Capt. Ralph Dundas, R.N.; and brother of the present Sir Rich. Fullerton Dundas, Bart.
This officer entered the Navy, 10 July, 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Spencer 74, Capt. Hon. Robt. Stopford, one of the ships employed in the ensuing expedition against Copenhagen. From Oct. 1809, until the receipt of his first commission, 25 April, 1815, he served, as Midshipman, on board the Unicorn 32, and Acasta 40, both commanded, on the Home and North American stations, by Capt. Alex. Robt. Kerr; under whom he appears to have been most actively employed, and to have witnessed the recapture of L’Espérance (late H.M. 22-gun ship Laurel), and the capture, independently of many other vessels, of five privateers, carrying in all 57 guns and 510 men. As Lieutenant, we find Mr. Dundas successively appointed – 18 July, 1815, to the Lacedaemonian 38, Capt. Sam. Jackson, lying at Portsmouth – 18th Sept. in the same year, and 28 Dec. 1816, to the Tagus 38, Capt. Jas. Whitley Deans Dundas, and Myrmidon 20, Capt. Robt. Gambier, both on the Mediterranean station – and, 25 Nov. 1820, to the Niemen 28, Capt. Edw. Reynolds Sibly. He was promoted, while First-Lieutenant of the latter ship, to the command, 20 March, 1823, of the Argus 18, on the Halifax station; and was subsequently appointed, 9 March, 1827, to the Weasel 10, in which sloop, after serving for some time in attendance on H.R.H. the Lord High Admiral, he was sent to the Mediterranean, where he removed, 2 Jan. 1828, to the Raleigh 18. Since his elevation to Post-rank, 8 July, 1828, Capt. Dundas has been unemployed.
He married, 30 Dec. 1828, Caroline, third daughter of the Rev. John Jeffreys, Rector of Barnes, co. Surrey.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Wiseman, William Saltonstall (b)

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​WISEMAN, Bart. (Commander, 1846. f-p., 19; h-p., 1.)
Sir William Saltonstall Wiseman, born 4 Aug. 1814, is eldest son of the late Sir W. S. Wisemap, Bart., Captain R.N.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 6 Sept. 1827; and embarked, 25 June, 1829, as a Volunteer, on board the Philomel 10, Capts. Chas. Graham and Hugh Berners, stationed in the Mediterranean, where he attained the rating of Midshipman. In Feb. 1831 and Nov. 1833 he joined the Rattlesnake 28, commanded by his former Captain, Graham, and the Sparrowhawk 18, Capt. Chas. Pearson, both in South America. He continued to serve in the Sparrowhawk as Mate until her return to England in Feb. 1837. In the course of the ensuing month he was appointed to the Britannia 120, flag-ship of Sir Philip Chas. Durham at Portsmouth; and on 28 June, 1838, at which period he had been for three months stationed on the coast of Scotland for the protection of the fisheries as Senior-Mate in the Partridge 10, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Morris, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. He was employed subsequently – from 26 July, 1838, until April, 1840, in the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings – from 7 April, 1840, until paid off in Aug. 1843, as Gunnery-Lieutenant, in the Vanguard 80, Capt. Sir David Dunn, in the Mediterranean – and, from 3 Jan. 1844 until promoted to the rank of Commander 7 Feb. 1846, again in the Excellent, as First-Lieutenant, under Capts. Sir T. Hastings and Henry Ducie Chads. He served as Second-Captain in the Vindictive 50, flag-ship of Sir Fras. Wm. Austen in North America and the West Indies, from 20 Nov. 1846 until put out of commission in the spring of 1848.
Sir W. S. Wiseman married, 24 Oct. 1838, Charlotte Jane, daughter of the late Chas. Wm. Paterson, Esq., Admiral of the White, of East Cosham House, Hants, by whom he has issue. Agents – Case and Loudonsaok.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Wollaston, Charles

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​WOLLASTON. (Vice-Admiral, of the Blue, 1841. f-p., 21; h-p., 43.)
Charles Wollaston died 19 Feb. 1845, at Bury St. Edmunds, in the 78th year of his age. He was third son of the Rev. Fred. Wollaston, LL.D., Prebendary of Peterborough, by his second wife, Priscilla, daughter of D. Ottley, Esq.; of St. Kitts. His grandfather and great-grandfather each represented the borough of Ipswich in Pailiament; and his eldest brother. Colonel Fred. Wm. Wollaston, of Shenton Hall, co. Leicester, formerly Colonel commanding the 22nd Light Dragoons, and Brigadier-General in Ireland, is a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for Leicestershire.
This officer entered the Navy, 24 Nov. 1781, as Captain’s Servant, on board the Formidable 98, Capts. Sir Chas. Douglas and John Symons, flagship of Sir Geo. Brydges Rodney in the West Indies; where he continued to serve until the close of 1783, chiefly in the capacities of Midshipman and Master’s Mate, in the Resolution and Warrior 74’s, both commanded by Capt. Symons, Boreas, Capts. Augustus Montgomery and John Wells, and St. Eustatius, Capt. Matthew Smith. He was present in the Formidable in the actions of 9 and 12 April, 1782. In Feb. 1784 he joined, at Deptford, the Royal Charlotte yacht, Capt. Hon. Wm. Cornwallis; with whom, after having been for four years employed on the coast of North America in the Assistance and Leander, Commodores Sir C. Douglas and Herbert Sawyer, he sailed for the East Indies, in the early part of 1789, in the Crown 64. Subsequently to his arrival he was made Lieutenant, 25 Oct. 1790, into the Phoenix 36, Capts. Geo. Anson Byron and Sir Rich. John Strachan. In Dec. 1792, having returned to England with Capt. Robt. Manners Sutton in the Crown, he joined the Boyne 98, flag-ship in the Channel of Admiral Philip Affleck; he was next, in 1793-5, appointed, on the Halifax station, to the Oiseau, Capt. Robt. Murray, and Resolution, bearing the flag of Admiral Geo. Murray; he attained the rank of Commander 6 Dec. 1796; he served as such in the Cruizer 18 in the North Sea from 2 Feb. 1798 until posted 1 Jan. 1801; and from April, 1802, until Dec. 1805, he was employed in the Sea Fencibles at Colchester and at ​Swansea. In the Cruizer he made prize of the privateers Jupiter of 8 guns and 36 men, Chasseur of 4 guns and 48 men, Les Deux Frères of 14 guns and 50 men, Courageux of 14 guns and 47 men, Persévérant of 14 guns and 49 men, and Flibustier of 14 guns and 54 men. He was placed on the Retired List of Rear-Admirals 22 July, 1830; transferred to the Active List 17 Aug. 1840; and advanced to the rank of Vice-Admiral 23 Nov. 1841.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Witham, Francis

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​WITHAM. (Lieut., 1818. f-p., 12; h-p., 27.)
Francis Witham is brother of Lieut. Sir Chas. Witham, R.N., Kt.
This officer entered the Navy, 8 May, 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Gibraltar 80, Capts. Henry Lidgbird Ball, Valentine Collard, and Robt. Plampin, attached to the force in the Channel. In the following Nov. he attained the rating of Midshipman; and in Jan. 1812 he removed with Capt. Plampin to the Ocean 98; in which ship he was for two years and a half employed, the greater part of the time as Master’s Mate, on the Mediterranean station. He served afterwards, in the capacity last mentioned, from 23 July, 1814, until 5 Aug. 1815, in the Eurydice 24, Capts. Hon. Valentine Gardner and Rich. Spencer, on the coast of Ireland – from 6 Aug. 1815 until 25 Dec. 1816, in the Tiber 38, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres, on the same station and at Newfoundland – and, from 26 Dec. 1816 until May, 1818, in the Conqueror 74, bearing the flag of his former Captain, then Rear-Admiral, Plampin, at St. Helena. He was made Lieutenant, 12 May, 1818, into the Eurydice, commanded at the time by Capt. Robt. Wauchope; he was paid off from that ship (in which he had served at the Cape of Good Hope and at Rio de Janeiro) in Dec. 1819; and he was lastly, from 20 Dec. 1821 until some time in 1822, employed at Sheerness, as First-Lieutenant, in the Brisk 10, Capt. Edw. Stewart.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Wodehouse, George

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​WODEHOUSE. (Commander, 1844.)
George Wodehouse, born 8 July, 1810, is second son of the Hon. and Rev. Wm. Wodehouse, M.A. (fourth son of the first Lord Wodehouse), by Mary, eldest daughter of the late Thos. Hussey, Esq., of Galtrim, co. Meath, by Lady Mary Walpole.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 6 March, 1823; served as Midshipman in the Asia 84, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Codrington, at the battle of Navarin 20 Oct. 1827; and obtained his first commission 8 June, 1833. His succeeding appointments were – 2 Oct. 1833 and 1 Aug. 1834, as a Supernumerary-Lieutenant, to the Asia again and to the Hastings 74, flag-ships of Rear-Admirals Wm. Parker and Sir Wm. Hall Gage off Lisbon – 19 Nov. 1834, 10 May, 1836, and 1 Feb. 1838, to the Rover 18, Capt. Chas. Eden, Dublin 50, flag-ship of Sir Graham Eden Hamond, and Samarang 26, Capts. Wm. Broughton and Jas. Scott, all on the South American station, whence he returned in the early part of 1840 – 3 May, 1841, to the Queen 110, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Codrington at Portsmouth – 26 Oct. following, as First, to the Madagascar 44, Capt. John Foote, on the coast of Africa – and, 28 Dec. 1842, in a similar capacity, to the Thunderbolt steam-sloop, Capt. Geo. Nathaniel Broke, at the Cape of Good Hope. Since he attained his present rank 30 July, 1844, he has been on half-pay.
Commander Wodehouse married, 20 June, 1848, Eleanor Charlotte, daughter of A. Mortimer, Esq. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Wolley, Godfrey Lamplugh

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​WOLLEY. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 23; h-p., 15.)
Godfrey Lamplugh Wolley entered the Navy, 7 Aug. 1809, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Salvador del Mundo, Capt. Thos. Wolley, bearing the flag of Admiral Wm. Young at Plymouth. He removed, 14 May, 1812, to the Northumberland 74, Capt. Hon. Henry Hotham; and on 22 of the same month he was present, we believe, in company with the Growler gun-brig, at the destruction, at the entrance of L’Orient, of the French 40-gun frigates L’Arienne and L’Andromaque, and 16-gun brig Mamelouck, whose united fire, conjointly with that of a heavy battery, killed 5 and wounded 28 of the Northhmberland’s people. After serving for a few months in the West Indies in the Vengeur 74, Capt.Thos. Dundas, he joined, in Sept. 1813, the President 38, Capts. Fras. Mason and Archibald Duff, on the coast of Ireland, where he continued employed as Midshipman until Sept. 1815. From Jan. 1816 until May, 1818, he served on board the Fly sloop, Capt. John Baldwin, at Cork and at Newfoundland; and in May of the latter year he became Master’s Mate of the Parthian 10, Capt. Wilson Braddyll Bigland, fitting for the West Indies, on which station he was nominated, 21 Jan. 1820, Acting-Lieutenant of the Sapphire 26, Capts. Henry Hart and Alex. Montgomerie. He was confirmed to that ship 29 April, 1820; was paid off from her in Sept. 1821; and was subsequently appointed – 9 Sept. 1822, as Senior, for upwards of two years, to the Bellette 18, Capt. John Leith, again in the West Indies – 1 Aug. 1836, to the Victory 104, guard-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Thos. Searle – and in 1838, to the post of Agent on board a contract mail steam-vessel. He was advanced to the rank he now holds 23 Nov. 1841.; and has been employed since 23 Nov. 1843 as an Inspecting-Commander in the Coast Guard.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Witham, Charles

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​WITHAM, Kt. (Lieut., 1818. f-p., 20; h-p., 19.)
Sir Charles Witham is third son of the late Wm. Witham, Esq. (of the ancient Yorkshire family of Witham, of Cliffe), by Dorothy, daughter of Thos. Langdale, Esq.; and brother of Lieut. Fras. Witham, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 8 May, 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Gibraltar 80, Capts. Henry Lidgbird Ball and Valentine Collard, stationed in the Channel. From June, 1810, until March, 1812, he served in the Baltic as Midshipman (a rating he had attained in the Gibraltar) in the Courageux 74, Capt. Wm. Butterfield; during the next 16 months he was employed at Gibraltar as Master’s Mate in the Cossack 22 and Druid 32, both commanded by Capt. Wm. King; he was then, in July, 1813, received as a Supernumerary on board the Namur 74, flag-ship of Sir Thos. Williams at the Nore; and in April, 1814, he joined, again as Master’s Mate, the Newcastle 60, Capts. Lord Geo. Stuart and Henry Meynell. In her, after serving on the coast of North America and in the West Indies, he proceeded with the flag of Sir Pulteney Malcolm to St. Helena; where he was nominated, 6 Aug. 1816, Acting-Lieutenant of the Phaeton 46, Capt. Fras. Stanfell. He was officially promoted on his return to England from the Cape of Good Hope, 6 March, 1818; and was subsequently appointed – 3 Oct. 1818, to the Camelion 10, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye, on the Portsmouth station – 15 Dec. 1821, to the Apollo yacht, Capt. Hon. Sir Chas. Paget – 3 Nov. 1824 (upwards of 12 months after he had left the Apollo), to the Britannia 120, bearing the flag of Sir Jas. Saumarez at Plymouth – 28 Dec. 1825, as First, to the Philomel 10, Capt. Lord Wm. Paget, fitting for the Mediterranean, whence he came home, we believe, at the close of 1826 – and, 29 May, 1828, in a similar capa^ city, to the Semiramis 24, flag-ship of Hon. Sir C. Paget at Cork. He has been on half-pay since 1831.
Sir Chas. Witham (who received the honour of Knighthood in 1830) married, 18 Nov. 1829, Jane, third daughter of John Hoy, Esq., of Stoke-by-Nayland, co. Suffolk, by whom he has issue.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Wodehouse, Armine

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​WODEHOUSE. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
Armine Wodehouse is related to the present Lord Wodehouse.
This officer entered the Navy in 1835; passed his examination 8 Aug. 1842; served for two years at Portsmouth, as Mate, in the Excellent gunnery-ship, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings; then joined the Flying Fish 12, Capt. Robt. Harris, and Canopus 84, Capt. Fairfax Moresby, both on the Home ​station; obtained his commission 13 Dec. 1845; and has been since employed in the East Indies in the Ringdove 16, Capts. Sir Wm. Hoste, Wm. John Cavendish Clifford, and Edw. Augustus Inglefield, and, as First-Lieutenant, in the Scout 14, Capt. Fred. Erskine Johnston.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Wodehouse, Edward Thornton

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​WODEHOUSE. (Capt., 1841. f-p., 15; h-p., 17.)
The Honourable Edward Thornton Wodehouse, born 5 June, 1802, is second son of Lord Wodehouse, by Charlotte Laura, only daughter and heiress of John Norris, Esq., of Wilton Park, co. Norfolk; and brother of Hon. Berkeley Wodehouse, a Major in the Army and Colonel in the Norfolk Militia. He is nephew of the late Hon. Philip Wodehouse, Vice-Admiral of the White; and cousin of Commander Geo. Wodehouse, R.N., and Capt. Geo. Baker, R.N.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 7 Sept. 1815; and embarked 7 Sept. 1818, as a Volunteer, on board the Liffey 50, Capt. Hon. Henry Duncan; of which ship, stationed in the Channel, he was rated Midshipman in Oct. 1819. In May, 1820, he removed to the Créole 42, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy in South America; where he was nominated, 28 Dec. 1822, Acting-Lieutenant of the Blossom 24, Capt. Archibald Maclean. He was confirmed to that ship 24 Feb. 1823; he left her in June, 1824; and he was appointed next – 18 March, 1825, to the Tweed 28, Capt. Fred. Hunn, at the Nore – 10 Aug. 1825, 4 Aug. 1826, and 18 Jan. 1827, to the Warspite 76, Boadicea 46, and Java 52, all commanded by Capt. Wm. Fairbrother Carroll, as flag-ships, in the East Indies, of Rear-Admiral Wm. Hall Gage – and, 12 Nov. 1828, as Senior, to the Ferret 10, Capt. Thos. Hastings, in the Mediterranean. He was promoted to the command of the Ferret 23 July, 1830, and was continued in her until paid off in the early part of 1831. He has not been since afloat. He was advanced to his present rank 23 Nov. 1841.
Capt. Wodehouse married, in Oct. 1838, Diana, only daughter of the late Colonel Thornton, of Falconers’ Hall, Torkshire, by whom he has issue. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Wolfe, James

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​WOLFE. (Commander, 1843.)
James Wolfe entered the Navy 22 June, 1814; passed his examination in 1823; and attained the rank of Lieutenant 14 July, 1829. His succeeding appointments were – 25 Feb. 1830, as a Supernumerary, to the Meteor surveying-vessel, Capt. Rich. Copeland, in the Mediterranean – 22 Nov. following, to the command of the Mastiff, another surveying-vessel, on the same station, whence he returned in the spring of 1832 – 9 March and 5 Sept. 1835, again as a Supernumerary, to the San Josef 110 and Royal Adelaide 104, on the books of which ships, bearing each the flag of Sir Wm. Hargood at Plymouth, he remained but a few months – and, 19 Aug. 1842, as Senior, to the Shearwater steamer, Capt. John Washington, from which vessel he was superseded in the following Oct. His promotion to the rank he now holds took place 15 Feb. 1843. His appointments have since been, on Surveying service – 26 Dec. 1843, to the Tartarus steamer, on the coast of Ireland – and, 8 Nov. 1846 and 24 Oct. 1847, as Additional-Commander, to the William and Mary yacht and Fisgard 42, bearing the broad pendants of Commodores Sir J. J. G. Bremer and Henry Eden at Woolwich.
Commander Wolfe is married, and has issue.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Wolrige, Charles

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​WOLRIGE. (Lieut., 1808. f-p., 17; h-p., 31.)
Charles Wolrige is brother of the late Capt. Thos. and the present Capt. Wm. Wolrige, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, in Oct. 1799, as Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Cambridge 74, guardship at Plymouth, Capts. Rich. Boger and John Wickey. From June, 1800, until May, 1802, he served as Fst.-cl. Vol. on board the Nymphe frigate, Capts. Percy Fraser and Stair Douglas, on the Channel station, where he was received, in June, 1803, on board the Minotaur 74, Capt. Chas. John Moore Mansfield. He served subsequently as Midshipman at the blockade of Cadiz, fought in that capacity at the battle of Trafalgar, and united as Master’s Mate in the attack upon Copenhagen in Aug. and Sept. 1807. In Oct. of the latter year he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant, in the North Sea, of the Snake sloop, Capt. Thos. Young, to which vessel he was confirmed 5 Jan. 1808. He served subsequently, from Nov. 1809 until Feb. 1812, in the Quebec 32, Capts. Hon. Geo. Poulett and Chas. Sibthorpe John Hawtayne, also in the North Sea; and from Aug. 1812 until July, 1816, in tho Stag and Spartan frigates, commanded, in the Channel, at the Cape of Good Hope, and in the Mediterranean, by Capt. Phipps Hornby. On 3 Aug. 1811, being then in the Quebec, he assisted in the boats of that ship and of a squadron, 10 in number, carrying 116 men, under the command of Lieut. Sam. Blyth, at the cutting-out, from within the island of Nordeney, near the Texel, of four Danish gun-vessels, each armed with 1 long 12 and 2 long 6 or 8 pounders, and 25 men, including 5 soldiers, and commanded by a Lieutenant-de-Vaisseau of the French navy – an exploit which was not accomplished until the enemy had sustained a loss of 4 men lulled and 12 wounded, and the British, after an exposure to a fire of grape and canister, and a hard struggle, of 2 killed and 9 wounded. Independently of 19 persons who were killed and wounded in the early part of the contest by an accidental explosion on board one of the gun-boats. For his conduct on this occasion Mr. Wolrige was presented with the sword of one of the French Commanders. From 1831 until 1833 he was employed as an Agent for Transports Afloat. Agent – J. Hinxman.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Gunning, Orlando George Sutton

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​GUNNING. (Commander, 1830. f-p., 11; h-p., 21.)
Orlando George Sutton Gunning, born 12 May, 1799, is fourth son of the late Sir Geo. Wm. Gunning, Bart., by Elizabeth, daughter of Henry, first Lord Bradford. He is brother of the present Sir Robt. Henry Gunning, Bart., of Horton, co. Northampton; also of Lieut. Geo. Orlando Gunning, of the 10th Hussars, who fell at Waterloo; and of Octavius Wm. Gunning, Esq., a Captain in the Army.
This officer entered the Navy (from the Royal Naval College), in 1815, on board the Royal Sovereign 100, Capt. Edw. Pelham Brenton, bearing the flag of Sir Benj. Hallowell at Plymouth, where he was speedily transferred with the same officers to the Tonnant 80. Between 1816 and the date of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 25 Sept. 1821, we find him employed, on the St. Helena, Home, and Mediterranean stations, in the Racoon 18, Capt. Geo. Fred. Rich, Liffey 50, Capt. Hon. Henry Duncan, and Révolutionnaire 46, Capt. Hon. Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew. He subsequently joined, in the course of 1823, the Mersey 26, Capt. John Macpherson Ferguson, and Isis 50, and Spartiate 76, both commanded by Capt. Gordon Thos. Falcon, and all employed on the coast of South America – 20 Nov. 1825, the Wellesley 74, also commanded by the latter officer – and 18 Sept. 1829, the Ganges 84, Capt. John Hayes. He assumed command, 26 Feb. 1830, of the Wasp 18, from which vessel, on 30 April in the same year, he removed to the Infernal bomb. He was paid off on his return from the Mediterranean 11 June following, and has not since been afloat.
Commander Gunning married, 22 June, 1830, Mary Dora, fourth daughter of the late Rear-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, Bart., by whom he has issue. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Gunnell, Edmund Hall

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​GUNNELL. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Edmund Hall Gunnell entered the Navy 21 Jan. 1826; parsed his examination 28 Aug. 1832; and was promoted, while serving in the East Indies, as Mate of the Endymion 44, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Grey, to the rank of Lieutenant 23 Nov. 1841. His appointments have since been – 23 Nov. 1841, and 29 June, 1842, to the Cornwallis 72, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker, and Dido 18, Capt. Hon. Henry Keppel, both on the above station – and 1 March, 1845, to the Eagle 50, Capt. Geo. Bohun Martin. Of that ship, which has been successively employed on the south-east and north coasts of America, he is now Senior Lieutenant.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Gurley, John

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​GURLEY. (Lieutenant, 1827.)
John Gurley passed his examination in 1816; and obtained his commission 14 June, 1827. He has since been on half-pay.
This officer is at present, we believe, a Stipendiary Magistrate at Jamaica. Agent – J. Chippendale.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Gwynne, Lawrence

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​GWYNNE, LL.D. (Retired Commander, 1836. h-p., 8; h-p., 50.)
Lawrence Gwynne entered the Navy, in Oct. 1789, as Admiral’s Servant, on board the Trusty 50, Capt. John Drew, bearing the flag of Sir John Laforey in the West Indies, where he served, latterly as Midshipman, for nearly four years. In Aug. 1793 he became attached to the Carysfort 28, Capt. Francis Laforey, stationed in the North Sea and Baltic; and, on removing to the Ramillies 74, Capts. Henry Harvey and Sir Rich. Bickerton, of which ship he successively officiated as Schoolmaster and Master’s Mate, he fought in Lord Howe’s action, 1 June, 1794. Returning subsequently to the West Indies, he there rejoined Sir John Laforey on board the Majestic 74; from which ship, on 30 Oct. 1795, he was promoted to a Lieutenancy in L’Aimable 32, Capts. Chas. Sydney Davers and Jemmet Mainwaring. While serving with the last-mentioned officer, we find him, on 23 July, 1796, taking part in a very warm and gallant action with the French 36-gun frigate La Pensée, whose loss on the occasion is stated to have amounted to 90 men killed and wounded, while that of the British ship did not exceed 2 wounded. Mr. Gwynne’s last appointment was to the Marlborough 74, Capts. Henry Nicholls and Joseph Ellison, with whom he served in the Channel and off Brest from Feb. to Sept. 1797. He became a Retired Commander on the Junior List 26 Nov. 1830; and on the Senior 7 March, 1836.
This officer, a member, we understand, of the English Bar, was lately Mathematical Master at Christ Church. He married Miss Strangways.