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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Rubidge, Robert Henry

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​RUBIDGE. (Retired Commander, 1845. f-p., 14; h-p., 34.)
Robert Henry Rubidge entered the Navy, 10 Dec. 1799, as A.B., on board the Hermes sloop, Capts. David Gilmour and Jas. Watson, under whom he was for two years and four months employed, part of the time as Midshipman, in escorting convoys from the Nore to Cuxhaven, Elsineur, and Leith. Joining then the Glatton 50, Capts. Nathaniel Portlock and Jas. Colnett, he made a voyage, via the Cape of Good Hope, to New South Wales, whence, in 1803, he returned to England round ​Cape Horn. He then joined the Utrecht 64, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Philip Patton in the Downs; and, on 13 May, 1807, after he had been for a period of more than three years engaged in the Eurydice 24, Capts. J. Nicholas, Wm. Hoste, and Sir Wm. Bolton, in protecting the trade to various places, he was made Sub-Lieutenant into the Sharpshooter, Lieut.-Commander John Goldie. He was promoted, 2 June, 1808, to a full Lieutenancy in the Stately 64, Capts. Wm. Cumberland and Jas. Whitley Deans Dundas, flag-ship for some time of Rear-Admiral Thos. Bertie in the Baltic; and was subsequently appointed~28 March, 1810, to the Port Mahon brig, Capt. Villiers Fras. Halton, in which vessel, until he invalided in April, 1812, he was employed in the Channel, in escorting the trade to Lisbon, and in cruizing off the north coast of Spain – 3 Aug. 1812, for seven months, to the Rover sloop, Capts. Justice Finley and Fras. Erskine Loch, stationed in the Bay of Biscay – and, 4 Sept. 1813, to the Sparrow 16, also commanded by Capt. Loch, under whom he was actively employed off St. Jean de Luz and on the north coast of Spain. He went on half-pay 18 May, 1814; and accepted the rank he now holds 1 Nov. 1845.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Rule, William

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​RULE. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 11; h-p., 33.)
William Rule was born 15 June, 1787.
This officer entered the Navy, 14 March, 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Minotaur 74, Capt. Chas. John Moore Mansfield, attached to the Channel fleet. After assisting at the capture of the French 36-gun frigate La Franchise and several other vessels he was, in June of the same year, discharged. Re-embarking, in July, 1804, on board the Polyphemus 64, Capts. John Lawford, Robt. Redmill, Joseph Ore Masefield, John Broughton, and Wm. Pryce Cumby, he contributed, during a cruize off Cape St. Mary, to the capture, 7 Dec. following, of the Santa Gertruyda Spanish frigate of 36 guns, laden, besides a cargo of the most costly merchandize, with 1,215,000 dollars in specie. He fought also, as Midshipman, at the battle of Trafalgar 21 Oct. 1805; witnessed the surrender of four heavy French frigates from Rochefort to a squadron under the orders of Sir Sam. Hood, 25 Sept. 1806; took part under Rear-Admiral Robt. Murray in the unsuccessful attack made upon Buenos Ayres in July, 1807; and served in the boats at the blockade and reduction of the city of St. Domingo in 1809. From Oct. in the latter year until Oct. 1810 we find him employed in the West Indies and off Deptford in the Firefly 10, Lieut.-Commander David Boyd, and Hyaena store-ship, Master-Commanders Geo. Andrews and John Foxton. He next, in Dec. 1810, joined the Bedford 74, Capt. Jas. Walker, stationed at first off Flushing, and afterwards on the coast of North America; where he aided in the boats at the capture, despite a fierce resistance, of a powerful flotilla, proved instrumental to the destruction of other vessels, and was engaged in landing troops and ammunition during the attack upon New Orleans. He took up in June, 1815, a commission dated 4 of the preceding Feb.; and has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Rule married, 8 July, 1817, Ann, daughter of the late Geo. Hawkins, Esq., of Lewisham, co. Kent, formerly of the Custom-House, London, and has an only daughter.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Rowley, Robert Hibbert Bartholomew

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​ROWLEY. (Commander, 1842.)
Robert Hibbert Bartholomew Rowley, born in 1817, is fifth and youngest son of the late Admiral Sir Chas. Rowley, Bart., G.C.B., G.C.H.
This officer entered the Navy, from the Royal Naval College, 20 Dec. 1832; obtained his first commission 1 June, 1837; served from 3 Nov. following until the spring of 1841 as Additional-Lieutenant and Lieutenant in the President 52, flag-ship in the Pacific of Rear-Admiral Chas. Bayne Hodgson Ross; was next, 24 Aug. in the latter year, appointed to the Formidable 84, Capts. Sir Edw. Thos. Troubridge and Sir Chas. Sullivan, fitting at Sheerness; and on 7 Feb. 1842 was advanced to the rank he now holds. From 3 Dec. 1843 until paid off at the close of 1847, he commanded the Satellite 18 in the East Indies and on the south-east coast of America. Agents – Messrs. Chard.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Royse, William

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​ROYSE. (Lieut., 1829. f-p., 23; h-p., 5.)
William Royse, born in 1804, is youngest son of the late Nicholas Foorde Royse, Esq., of Nantenan, co. Limerick, by Mary, eldest daughter of Capt. Croker, of Grange Hill, in the same co. His eldest brother, Thos. Royse, Esq., now of Nantenan, is a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant, and in 1816 served as High-Sheriff for co. Limerick.
This officer entered the Navy, 15 April, 1819, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Active 46, Capt. Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon, with whom he served in the Mediterranean and on the coast of North America until the close of 1821. He was subsequently for seven years employed as Midshipman and Mate (he passed his examination in 1826) in the Espiègle 18, Capt. Henry Theodosius Browne Collier, Ariadne 28, Capt. Isham Fleming Chapman, Prince Regent 120, flag-ship of Sir Robt. Moorsom, and Dartmouth 42, Capt. Sir Thos. Fellowes, on the Cape of Good Hope, Home, and Mediterranean stations. He attained the rank of Lieutenant 19 June, 1829, and during part of the same and of the following year was employed in that capacity, also in the Mediterranean, in the Wolf 18, Capt. Geo. Hayes. He left the latter vessel in March, 1830, and since 16 Jan. 1834 has been in charge of a station in the Coast Guard.
Lieut. Royse married, 4 Dec. 1834, Fanny, second daughter of Vice-Admiral Sir Thos. Harvey, K.G.B., who died Commander-in-Chief in North America and the West Indies 28 May, 1841.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Rumley, James

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​RUMLEY. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 34.)
James Rumley entered the Navy, 23 Aug. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Brilliant 28, Capts. Fras. Vesey, Robt. Barrie, Rich. Budd Vincent, and Thos. Smyth; in which ship he continued employed on the coast of Ireland and in the Channel, part of the time in the capacity of Midshipman, until Oct. 1809. From that period until 1813 he served at the Cape of Good Hope and on the coast of Africa in the Inconstant 36, Capt. Edw. Stirling Dickson, as Master’s Mate in the Amelia 38, Capt. Hon. Fred. Paul Irby, as Acting-Lieutenant in the Tigress, a second time as Master’s Mate in the Amelia, and again as Acting-Lieutenant in the Kangaroo sloop, Capt. Lloyd. He was officially promoted 23 Feb. 1815; and has not been since afloat.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Royer, Alfred

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​ROYER. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Alfred Royer passed his examination in 1834; and for his services on the coast of China was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 8 June 1841. His appointments have since been – 7 Sept. 1841, to the Belvidera 38, Capt. Hon. Geo. Grey, stationed in the Mediterranean, whence he returned home and was paid off in the early part of 1845 – and, 21 March, 1846, as First, to the Favorite 14, Capt. Alex. Murray, now on the coast of Africa. Agents – Goode and Lawrence.
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Palmer (Thomas)

​PALMER (THOMAS), bookseller in London; Crown in Westminster Hall, 1664-73. A "stationer" of this name, whose will was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury [P.C.C. 50, Bath], died at Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire in March, 167 9/80 but he was probably a different person.
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Paris (Nathaniel)

​PARIS (NATHANIEL), bookseller in London; The George in Little Britain, 1657-66. Took up his freedom October 3rd, 1639. Associated with T. Dring, q.v., in publishing the Rev. John Gaule's Sapientia Justificata, 1657. Churchwarden of St. Botolph's without Aldersgate in the years 1665 and 1666.
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Palmer (William)

​PALMER (WILLIAM), bookseller in London; Palm Tree in Fleet Street, 1660-61. Publisher for James Howell and Dr. Peter Heylyn. A list of books sold by him occurs at the end of Howell's Parly of Beasts, 1660.
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Parker (Peter)

​PARKER (PETER), bookseller in London, (1) At the end of Popes Head Alley next Lombard Street, 1665; (2) Under Creed Church, nr Aldgate, 1667. One of the publishers of the first edition of Milton's Paradise Lost, 1667. [Masson's Life of Milton, vol. vi, p. 516.]
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Parkhurst (Thomas)

​PARKHURST (THOMAS), bookseller in London, (1) George in Little Britain, 1653-6; (2) Three Crowns at the lower end of Cheapside [near the Conduit or near Mercers Chapel]; (3) Golden Bible upon London Bridge, 1666-7. (1653-67). Dealt chiefly, if not entirely, in theological literature. A list of 25 publications on sale by him in 1657 is found at the end of the first part of S. Purchas's Theatre of Political Flying Insects, 1657. [B.M. 452, a. 37.] A much longer list, arranged under sizes, was issued with W. Seeker's Nonsuch Professor, 1660.
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Palmer (Richard)

​PALMER (RICHARD), (?) bookseller in London, 1643. His name is found in the imprint to the following pamphlet: Danger wherein the Kingdom of England now standeth, May 2, 1643.
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Parker (John)

​PARKER (JOHN), bookseller in London, (1) The Ball, Paul's Churchyard, 1618 [Sayle, 934]; (2) The Three Pigeons, Paul's Churchyard, 1620-48 (?) 1617-48. Son of George Parker, of Honington, Warwickshire, yeoman. Took up his freedom March 1st, 1617. [Arber, iii. 684.] Parker was associated with Henry Fetherston until 1619, and in 1620 he took over the copyrights of W. Barrett which had previously belonged to Gabriel Cawood and W. Leake, amongst which were Shakespeare's Venus and Adonis and Lylly's Euphues, About this time he bought the shares of several of the adventurers in the Latin stock. Nominated overseer to the will of John Grismond, who died in 1638; Warden of the Company of Stationers, 1641, 1644, 1645; Master of the Company, 1647 and 1648. Died July 30th, 1648. [Smyth's Obituary, p. 26.] His will, an interesting document, was dated October 28th, 1647, and proved on August 16th, 1648. The following stationers received rings: Andrew Crooke, Charles Greene, Francis Egglesfield, Octavian Pullen, Richard and Thomas Whitaker, while Miles Fletcher was nominated one of the overseers. [P.C.C. 124, Essex.]
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Partridge (John)

​PARTRIDGE (JOHN), bookseller in London, (1) Purse Court in the Old Bailey, 1641; (2) Sun in St. Pauls Churchyard, 1644; (3) Cock in Ludgate Street, 1645; (4) Blackfriars, going into Carter Lane, 1648-9 (1623-49). ​At the outbreak of the Civil War, Partridge added a trade in astrological books to his other branches of bookselling, and with H. Blunden, q.v., became the publisher of the writings of William Lilly and John Booker. Thomas Brudnell did a good deal of printing for him, and after Partridge's death in 1649 brought an action against his executors to recover a sum of money which he claimed for printing certain books. [P.R.O. Chancery Proc. before 1714, Brudnell v. P. Stephens and L. Fawne.] The details of the account are set out in a schedule, and there is also an inventory of the stock of books owned by Partridge at his death. [Library, January, 1906, pp. 32-45.] Mr. Sayle states that Partridge used a device of "the sun in splendour." This was not a device, it was only an ornament, a portion of an old wooden block, just as likely to have belonged to the printer as to the publisher.
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Pakeman (Daniel)

​PAKEMAN (DANIEL), bookseller in London; Rainbow Fleet Street, 1635-64. Chiefly a publisher of law books, some time in partnership with Ephraim Dawson, W. Lee and Richard Meighen. Died in September, 1664. [Smyth's Obituary, p. 61.]
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Parry (Leonard)

​PARRY (LEONARD), printer in London; Dogwell Court, Whitefriars, 1660-63. In partnership with Thomas Childe.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Willoughby, James Beautine

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​WILLOUGHBY. (Commander, 1846.)
James Beautine Willoughby is a cousin of Rear-Admiral Sir Nesbit Josiah Willoughby, Kt., C.B., K.C.H.
This officer entered the Navy 20 May, 1830; passed his examination 5 Feb. 1837; served for some time as Mate in the Niagara 20, Capt. Williams Sandom, on the Lakes of Canada; and on the occasion of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant 14 Dec. 1841, was nominated Additional, for a short period, of the Illustrious 72, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Adam on the North America and West India station. He was employed next, from 12 Oct. 1842 until the summer of 1844, in the Warspite 50, Capts. Lord John Hay and Provo Wm. Parry Wallis, in the Mediterranean; and from 3 Nov. 1845, until after his promotion to the rank he now holds, which took place 9 Nov. 1846, in the Mohawk and Cherokee steamers, each commanded by Lieut. Wm. Newton Fowell, on the Canadian Lakes. He has since been on half-pay.
At a meeting of the Committee of the Royal Humane Society, held 17 Feb. 1847, the unanimous thanks of the Committee were presented to Commander Willoughby for “the judgment, coolness, and intrepidity displayed by him on 25 Nov. 1846 in rescuing the crew of a vessel wrecked on Pigeon Island, Lake Ontario, and who were nearly perished from the; intense cold, by his having undertaken the dangerous task of proceeding in one boat, and George Parker, boatswain’s mate, in another, through a high surf, and the risk of landing imminent.” He had been already awarded the Honorary Medal of the Institution for his courage and humanity on a similar occasion.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Wills, Thomas George

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​WILLS. (Captain, 1835. f-p., 28; h-p., 27.)
Thomas George Wills died 11 May, 1847.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1792, as a Volunteer, on board the Windsor Castle 98, Capt. Thos. Byard, in which ship, bearing the flags in succession of Admirals Philip Cosby, Robt. Mann, and Robt. Linzee, he served at the occupation of Toulon and in Hotham’s partial actions 14 March and 13 July, 1795. In Feb. 1797 he removed to the Cambridge 74, guard-ship at Plymouth; he served next, from the following Dec. until Feb. 1798, in the Saldanha frigate, Capt. Geo. Burlton, on the Western station; and in Oct. 1801, after he had been for rather more than three years attached as Midshipman, in the Channel and Baltic, to the Russel 74, Capts. Sir Henry Trollope, Herbert Sawyer, and Wm. Cuming, part of Lord Nelson’s fleet at the battle of Copenhagen, he joined the Wasp 18, Capt. Chas. Bullen, and sailed for the coast of Africa, where he assisted in affording protection to Sierra Leone at a time when its existence as a British colony was threatened by a powerful combination of the native chiefs. In July, 1802, he became Admiralty-Mate, on the Home station, of the Acasta 40, Capts. Jas. Athol Wood and Jas. Oswald. He was afterwards, from 30 June, 1804, until 10 May, 1814, a prisoner-of-war in France. He was promoted during that period to the rank of Lieutenant by a commission bearing date 22 Jan, 1806. In July, 1814, he was appointed to the Chatham 74, Capt. David Lloyd, lying at Chatham; and in the ensuing Sept. to the Trent, flag-ship at Cork of Sir Herbert Sawyer, who placed him in command, 8 Dec. in the same year, of the Castilian sloop. He served in the Trent again from Jan. until Dec. 1815; in the Coast Blockade, as First of the Severn 50, Capt. Wm. M‘Cullooh, from 15 March, 1817, until promoted to the rank of Commander 27 May, 1820; and in the Coast Guard from 6 July, 1830, until promoted to Post-rank 7 Jan. 1835.
Capt. Wills had been left a widower 5 May, 1844. His only son, Wm. Burrows Wills, a Lieutenant R.N. (1843), died 27 March in the latter year, while serving on the coast of Africa in the Alert sloop, Capt. C. J. Bosanquet.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Willoughby, Digby

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​MIDDLETON, Lord. (Retired Captain, 1840.)
The Right Honourable Digby Willoughby, Lord Middleton, born 6 Nov. 1769, is only surviving son (by Octavia, daughter and co-heir of Fras. Fisher, Esq., of the Grange, Grantham, Lincolnshire) of Fras. Willoughby, Esq., of Hasseley, Notts, brother of Henry, fifth Lord Middleton. He succeeded to the peerage, as seventh Baron, on the death of his cousin, 19 June, 1835. His Lordship is a distant relative of the present Rear-Admiral Sir Nesbit Josiah Willoughby, Kt., C.B., K.C.H.
This officer entered the Navy 20 May, 1782; obtained his first commission 10 Jan. 1794; served on board the Culloden 74, Capt. Isaac Schomberg, in the ensuing action of 1 June; was advanced to the rank of Commander 7 May, 1802; and retired with that of Captain 10 Sept. 1840. Agents – Case and Loudonsack.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Wills, John (b)

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​WILLS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9; h-p., 32.)
John Wills (b) entered the Navy 26 Nov. 1806, as Third-cl. Boy, on board the Alphea schooner, Lieut.-Commander John Manton, employed in the Channel and at Newfoundland. In May, 1807, he attained the rating of Midshipman; and in March, 1808, he removed to the Polyphemus 64, Capts. Peter Heywood and Wm. Pryce Cumby, under the latter of whom we find him, in the following year, present at the blockade and surrender of the city of St. Domingo. In Oct. 1810, having returned with convoy to England in the Daedalus 32, Capt. Sam. Hood Inglefield, he was received on board the Caesar 80, Capt. Wm. Granger, stationed off Lisbon, he served afterwards in the Mediterranean, on the north coast of Spain, and at Madeira and Plymouth, in the Druid 32, Capts. Thos. Searle and Fras. Stanfell, Lyra 10, Capts. Robt. Bloye, Campbell, Dillon, and O’Reilly, Levant 20, Capts. Hon. Alex. Jones and Hon. Geo. Douglas, and Tay 20, Capt. Bloye. He assisted in the Druid at the defence of Tarifa; and in the Lyra at the defence of Castro and the siege of St. Sebastian. Since the receipt of his commission, which bears date 7 Sept. 1815, he has been on half-pay.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Willyams, John Vyner

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​WILLYAMS. (Commander, 1844.)
John Vyner Willyams entered the Navy 28 Dec. 1822; passed his examination in 1829; attained the rank of Lieutenant 10 Jan. 1840; was nominated, 14 of the same month. Additional of the Wellesley 72, Capt. Thos. Maitland, on the East India station; and, from 11 May, 1840, until paid off at the close of 1844, was there employed, as Second and First Lieutenant, in the Nimrod 20, Capts. Chas. Anstruther Barlow and Fred. Henry Hastings Glasse. In March, 1841, he assisted in the boats in the operations connected with the capture of Canton. His promotion to the rank of Commander took place 23 Dec. 1844. He has since been on half-pay. Agent – J. Chippendale.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Wilmot, Charles Edward

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​WILMOT. (Commander, 1846.)
Charles Edward Wilmot entered the Navy 26 Jan. 1808; and obtained his first commission 17 April, 1824. His succeeding appointments were – 28 Dec. 1824, to the Pelican 16, Capt. Hon. Geo. Barrington, at the Nore – 23 Feb. 1827, to the Prince Regent 120, bearing the flags of Sir Robt. Moorsom and Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood, at Chatham – 18 Aug. 1829, to the Gloucester 74, Capts. Henry Stuart and Fras. Holmes Coffin, in the Mediterranean – 2 April, 1832 (after some months of half-pay), to the charge, which he retained for five years, of the Semaphore station on Beacon Hill – 29 July, 1842, to the Coast Guard – 14 Dec. 1844, as Senior, to the Lily 16, Capt. Chas. Jas. Franklin Newton, fitting for the coast of Africa, where he was superseded in July, 1845 – and, 9 April, 1846, to the command, on the south-east coast of America, of the Griffon brigantine. He was advanced to his present rank 9 Nov. 1846; and has since been on half-pay. Agents – Case and Loudonsack.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Wilmot, Henry Sacheverell

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​WILMOT, Bart. (Lieutenant, 1825.)
Sir Henry Sacheverell Wilmot, born 11 Feb. 1801, is eldest son of Sir Robt. Wilmot (whom he succeeded as fourth Baronet 13 July, 1842) by his first wife Lucy, eldest daughter of Robt. Grimston, Esq., of Neswick, co. York.
This officer entered the Navy, 28 April, 1813, on board the Lacedaemonian 38, Capt. Sam. Jackson, with whom he continued employed as Midshipman in the Niger 38, chiefly on the coast of North America, until 1817. He served afterwards in the East Indies and South America in the Eden 26, Capt. Fras. Erskine Loch, Brazen 26, Capt. Geo. Wickens Willes, and Spartiate 76 and Wellesley 74, flagships of Sir Geo. Eyre; and on 8 June, 1825, he was made Lieutenant, on the station last named, into the Jaseur 18, Capt. Thos. Martin. He invalided home in 1826; and has since been on half-pay. Sir H. S. Wilmot is a Magistrate for the counties of Derby and Nottingham and the borough of Derby. He married, in Dec. 1826, Elizabeth, daughter of Edw. Miller Mundy, Esq., of Shipley Hall, co. Derby, by whom he has issue six children.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Willoughby, Francis

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​WILLOUGHBY. (Lieutenant, 1843.)
Francis Willoughby, born 22 Oct. 1816, is fifth son of Robt. Willoughby, Esq., of Kingsbury Cliff, co. Warwick, a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant, by his third wife, Avarilla, eldest daughter of Edw. Croxall, Esq., of Thurstoke, in the same co.; and nephew of Rear-Admiral Sir Nesbit Josiah Willoughby, Kt., C.B., K.C.H. One of his brothers, Henry John, is a Lieutenant in the 2nd European Regiment, Bombay Army.
This officer entered the Navy 2 June, 1830; passed his examination 10 Sept. 1836; and served as Mate in the Southampton 50, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Durnford King, and Gorgon steamer, Capt. Chas. Hotham, at the Cape of Good Hope and in South America, from 1840 until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 1 Nov. 1843. He was appointed, 28 of the month last-mentioned, Additional of the Alfred 50, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore John Brett Purvis on the coast of Brazil; was employed from 21 Feb. 1844 until the early part of 1847 in the Daphne 18, Capt. John Jas. Onslow, in the Pacific; and from 5 Oct. in the latter year until superseded in May, 1848, was First-Lieutenant, in the Mediterranean, of the Hecate steam-sloop, of 240 horse-power, Capt. Rich. Moorman.