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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Read, Offley Malcolm Crewe

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​READ. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Offley Malcolm Crewe Read passed his examination 9 April, 1844; and after serving as Mate, on the coast of Africa, in the Sealark 10, Capt. Thos. Lewis Gooch, Growler steam-sloop, Capt. Claude Henry Mason Buckle, and Penelope steam-frigate. Commodore Wm. Jones, was there, 21 Jan. 1846, nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the Hydra steam-sloop, Capt. Horatio Beauman Young. He went back, 1 July following, to the Sealark, in the capacity last mentioned, and continued employed in her under Capt. Rich. Dunning White, until the close of 1847. His commission bears date 9 Nov. 1846.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Read, Thomas

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​READ. (Commander, 1829.)
Thomas Read entered the Navy in 1797, and until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 20 Feb. 1805, was actively employed in various parts of Europe and the West Indies. We understand that during that period he fought under Lord Nelson at the battles of the Nile and Copenhagen, 1 Aug. 1798 and 2 April, 1801; and that he assisted in storming the forts of Cambudos, Groba, and Fégard. On 21 Oct. 1805 he was at Trafalgar in the Swiftsure 74, Capt. Wm. Geo. Rutherford. After the action he was placed in charge of the French 74-gun ship Redoutable; and he remained in her until she went down in the memorable gale that followed. During the after-part of the war he saw much other active service. On one occasion, with two six-oared cutters and a jolly boat, he made prize, under the batteries of Boulogne, of a French gun-boat, L’Eclair, carrying 1 12-pounder, 8 swivels, a crew of 26 men, and 50 soldiers. In reference to this exploit Lord Keith, in addressing the Admiralty, took leave “to recommend Lieut. Read for promotion,” and to declare that “a more gallant action was not performed during the war.” He was in consequence, we believe, presented with a gold medal. For his exertions on another occasion in re-taking an Austrian merchantman a similar mark of approval was conferred upon him by the Emperor of Austria. In two instances we find him voted swords of the value of 100 guineas each – the one being presented to him by Admiral Sir Geo. Montagu, the other by Admiral Sir Isaac Coffin. He has been wounded, we must add, in the head, thigh, and body, and has lost the use of his left arm; in consideration whereof he has been in the receipt, since 26 Sept. 1814, of a pension of 91l. 5s. per annum. In March, 1819, he received an appointment to the Ordinary at Portsmouth; and prior to his attainment of his present rank, 7 Feb. 1829, he commanded the Raven 14 and Cracker 10. He was admitted into the Royal Hospital at Greenwich 25 Nov. 1843.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Read, William Viner

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​READ. (Commander, 1846. f-p., 20; h-p., 16.)
William Viner Read entered the Navy, 21 April, 1811, as Sec.-cl. Boy, on board the Diana 38, commanded in the Channel by Capt. Wm. Ferris; and from the following Nov. until Dec. 1814 was employed in the Mediterranean in the Malta 84, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Benj. Hallowell; under whom he served at the investment of Tarragona, and witnessed the destruction of the fort of St. Philippe in the Col de Balaguer. In May, 1815, he became Midshipman of the Royal Sovereign 100; in which ship, and in the Tonnant 80, Bulwark and Gloucester 74’s, and Prince Regent 120, he continued (with the exception of 12 months passed in 1819-20 on the American station in the Active 46, Capt. Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon, and of about 21 that were not employed) to serve under his patron, Admiral Hallowell, in the Channel, and at Plymouth, Cork, and Chatham, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 5 Sept. 1823. His subsequent appointments were – 26 Nov. 1823, to the Ramillies 74, Capt. Wm. M‘Culloch, lying in the Downs – 11 Jan. 1824, to the Britannia 120, bearing the flag of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane at Plymouth – 7 June, 1825, to the Albion 74, Capt. John Acworth Ommanney, on the Lisbon station – 4 July, 1827, to the Revenge 76, Capt. Norborne Thompson, in the Mediterranean, where he remained upwards of a year – 26 Oct. 1839, to the command (which he retained until the following March) of the Prospero steamer at Pembroke – 13 July, 1841, for six months, to the Thunder surveying-vessel in North America and the West Indies, Capt. Edw. Barnett – and 19 April and 19 Aug. 1842, 1 Jan. 1843, and 1 Aug. 1845, as First, to the Sylvia surveying-vessel. Rocket steamer, and Fearless and Dasher surveying-steamers, all commanded by Capt. Wm. Louis Sheringham, with whom he served until promoted to his present rank 9 Nov. 1846.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Reed, Archibald

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​REED. (Commander, 1837.)
Archibald Reed entered the Navy 6 April, 1815; passed his examination in 1821; and for his conduct as Admiralty-Midshipman of the Arachne, Capt. Henry Ducie Chads, during the war in Ava (where he was mentioned in connection with the capture of a large 36-gun stockade at Than-ta-bain, 6 Feb. 1825, and was at all times spoken of in the strongest terms), was made Lieutenant, 10 Dec. 1825, into the Alligator 28, Capt. Chads, with whom he returned to England and was paid off in Jan. 1827. His succeeding appointments were – 13 Oct. 1828, to the Ranger 28, Capt. Wm. Walpole, on the Jamaica station – 29 April, 1830, to the Slaney 20, Capt. Chas. Parker, which vessel was put out of commission on her return from the West Indies 29 Jan. 1831 -and 21 Sept. 1833, to the Andromache 28, Capts. Bernard Yeoman and H. D. Chads, under the latter of whom we find him, when in company with the Imogene 28, forcing, in Sept. 1834, the passage of the Boca Tigris, in China. On the arrival home of the Andromache from the East Indies, being at the time her First-Lieutenant, he was advanced, 27 Sept. 1837, to the rank of Commander. His last appointment was to the Racer ​16, in which vessel he served on the south-east coast of America from 28 April, 1843, until the close of 1847.
# A Family History of Venkatagiri Rajas/2nd Generation

Second Generation.
Dama Naidu.
Of the three sons of Bhetala Naidu, the eldest Dama Naidu is the ancestor of this line. He was also known as Malla Naidu in the stone inscription of his mother. He resided at Amanagallu between the years 1199 and 1257 A.D., a contemporary of Ganapathi Deva Rai. On account of his great strength he was popularly known as Bala-Bhima, which means as strong as Bhima and had great skill in wielding the sword. He also received rewards and titles from the King of Vijayanagar and these are preserved in a Telugu verse sung in his name. He was also famous for his charity and popularity.
The second son Prasaditya Naidu is more important. He won greatest distinction ​among the seventy-six Velama commanders of the Emperor. When Orangal was attacked by the Muhammadans, the Emperor sent for his warriors of seventy-seven gothrams and offered special honour of equal seat with him- self and homage by the rest to one who could defeat the enemy. While all others were hesitating, Prasaditya Naidu boldly came forward and sought permission for the challenge. He soon marched against the enemy, drove back his forces and got the promised rewards. He was besides presented with a jewel for the leg, and the title of Kakatirajapujita, that is, adored by the Kakatiya Kings.
Later on when the Emperor died without a son and Rudrama Devi succeeded to the throne with the help of Prasaditya Naidu, several chiefs tried to overthrow the woman- ruler. But Prasaditya Naidu saved the Kingdom from the hands of such rebels by every time defeating their armies and was therefore known as "the Supporter of the Kakatiya ​Kingdom." Lastly when Pandya Kings refused to pay the annual tribute to Rudramamba, Prasaditya Naidu and his younger brother Rudrama Naidu jointly marched against them and came out completely victorious. Hence, the name Pandyagaja Kesari (lion to Pandya elephants).
# A Family History of Venkatagiri Rajas/3rd Generation

Third Generation.
Vennama Naidu.
The chief member of this generation is Vennama Naidu, the first son of Dama Naidu. He lived during the days of Rudramamba, the Queen of Vijayanagar, about the period 1258—1295 A.D. The inscription of Mada Naidu of the sixth generation at the northern gate of Srisailam, at Umamaheswaram (to be described in due course), refers in its genealogy to the specially warlike and victorious career of the Rajah.
Bramha Naidu, one of his brothers, is the hero of Palnad, as described in the Veera Charitram written by the great Telugu poet Sree Nadha. The description of the valour of Palnad heroes does not exactly form a part of this history. So in passing, it may be said ​that this Bramha Naidu, on account of his valour and victory is credited to this day with super-human powers and Divine lore, and is believed, like King Arthur, to be still living somewhere only to return in time of need. The detailed description of the fight and of the members that took part in it is found on pages i to xxviii of Appendix A in the book on Antiquities, Volume I, written by Dr. Sewell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Wright, Henry

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​WRIGHT. (Lieut., 1832. f-p., 16; h-p., 6.)
Henry Wright was born 10 Feb. 1812. His father, a member of the legal profession, was the representative of an old Cheshire family, the Wrights of Brewer’s Hall. This officer entered the Navy, 1 Feb. 1825, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Albion 74, Capt. Sir Wm. Hoste, lying at Portsmouth. In the following June he removed to the Gloucester 74, Capt. Joshua Sydney Horton, at Sheerness; he there, in March, 1826, attained the rating of Midshipman; and from Dec. in the latter year until his return to England in the summer of 1831 in the Melville 74, he was employed in the Mediterranean, the last few months as Mate, in the Asia 84, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Codrington (under whom he fought at the battle of Navarin), Camelion 10, Capt. Sir Thos. Sabine Pasley, and Pelican 18, Capt. Joseph Gape. He proceeded subsequently, in the Fly 18, Capt. Peter M‘Quhae, to the West Indies; was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 9 May, 1832; and was subsequently appointed, on the station last named – 25 July, 1832, to the Gannet 16, Capts. Mark Halpen Sweny and John Balfour Maxwell – 13 Jan. 1837, for about four months, to the Racehorse 18, Capt. Sir Jas. Everard Home – 28 Nov. 1837, to the Vestal 26, Capt. Thos. Wren Carter – and 31 Aug. 1839, to the command of the Skipjack schooner of 5 guns. In the latter vessel he made prize, 30 Nov. 1839, of the Ulysses, an armed Portuguese brigantine, manned with a crew of 150 men, and having on board as many as 535 slaves. In March, 1841, he was at his own request, from the state of his health, superseded in the command of the Skipjack. He had been, at that period, nearly nine years employed in the West Indies. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Wright, Philip

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​WRIGHT. (Retired Commander, 1840. f-p., 15; h-p., 37.)
Philip Wright entered the Navy, 20 Oct. or Nov. 1795, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board L’Espion 38, Capt. Manley Dixon; with whom, after cruizing in the North Sea, he removed, in Feb. 1797, to the Lion 64. On 15 July, 1798, we find him present in a brilliant action fought off Carthagena between the latter ship and four Spanish frigates of 42 guns each, which terminated in the surrender of one of the latter, the Santa Dorotea. In the course of the same year he was wounded while serving in a gunboat on the river Nile. In the early part of 1800 (he had previously attained the rating of Midshipman) he removed to the Généreux 74, a prize recently taken from the French, which he assisted, under Lord Cochrane, in navigating from Malta to Minorca under circumstances of great difficulty. Continuing attached to the Généreux under the command of Capt. Jahleel Brenton and of his former Captain, Dixon, he was afforded an opportunity of further witnessing the capture of La Diane of 42 guns, and the surrender of the island of Malta. He removed subsequently with Capt. Dixon to the Alexander 74; and in Nov. 1801 (he had been then serving for a short time with Lord Keith in the Foudroyant 80) he returned to England in the Egyptienne 41), Capt. Chas. Ogle. He joined next, in 1802-3, the Doris 36, Capt. Pearson, the Mars 74, Capt. John Sutton, and the Monarch 74, bearing the flag of Lord Keith, on the Home station; where, in May, 1805, he assumed command, with the rank of Acting-Lieutenant, of the Destruction mortar-boat. during the next 12 months he was actively employed, chiefly off Boulogne. He was nominated Sub-Lieutenant, 2 July, 1806, of the Wrangler, Lieut-Commander Pettet, lying at Sheerness; was made full Lieutenant, 9 Aug. following, into the Repulse 74, Capt. Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge; left that ship (in which he had accompanied Sir John Thos. Duckworth in the expedition to the Dardanells) in June, 1807; and from 6 Sept. 1810 untd 31 Oct. 1813 filled an appointment in the Impress service at Limerick. He was placed upon the list of Retired Commanders 16 Jan. 1840.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Wriford, Samuel

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​WRIFORD. (Commander, 1815. f-p., 21; h-p., 29.)
Samuel Wriford entered the Navy, 1 March 1797, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal Sovereign 100, Capt. Wm. Bedford, flag-ship of Sir Alan Gardner and Sir Henry Harvey in the Channel, where he continued to serve, as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, until April, 1802. He was next for upwards of six years, employed under the late ​Sir Rich. John Strachan, on the Mediterranean, Home, and Halifax stations, in the Donegal and Renown 74’s, Caesar 80, Triumph 74, and Caesar again. In the Donegal he assisted, 25 Nov. 1804, at the capture, near Cadiz, of the Spanish frigate Amfitrite of 44 guns; and on removing from the Renown to the Caesar he fought, 4 Nov. 1805, in the action which rendered prize to the British the four French ships-of-the-line that had escaped from the battle of Trafalgar under Rear-Admiral Dumanoir Le Pelley. On 22 of the month last mentioned (the date of his first commission) Mr. Wriford was appointed Flag-Lieutenant to Sir E. J. Strachan. In that capacity he continued to officiate until Oct. 1808; in the course of which month he became Senior of the Caesar, then bearing the flag of Hon. Robt. Stopford; under whom (previously to witnessing the attack made by Lord Cochrane upon the French shipping in Basque Roads) we find him present, 24 Feb. 1809, at the destruction, beneath the powerful batteries of Sable d’Olonne, of the 40-gun frigates Italienne, Calypso, and Cybèle. He subsequently accompanied the expedition to the Walcheren, and was for some time stationed on the coast of Portugal under the command of Capt. Wm. Granger. From 17 June, 1811, until 26 July, 1812, from 23 Nov. 1812 until 22 Aug. 1814, and from 7 Feb. 1815 until a few weeks after his promotion to the rank of Commander, which took place 10 Oct. following, he was employed in succession, on the Home and Mediterranean stations, as First-Lieutenant, in the Pompée and Pembroke 74’s and Malta 80, Capts. Sir Jas. Athol Wood, Jas. Brisbane, and Wm. Chas. Fahie. He beheld, in the Pembroke, the destruction of a convoy under the guns of Porto Maurizio and the fall of Genoa; and he co-operated, in the Malta, in the reduction of Gaeta. His last appointments were – 5 Sept. 1843 and 22 May, 1845, to the San Josef 110 and Caledonia 120, Capts. Fred. Wm. Burgoyne and Manley Hall Dixon, both at Devonport, where he remained until Dec. 1846.
Commander Wriford married, in June, 1822, Mary, second daughter of the late Mr. Peter Goodman Glubb, of Liskeard, co. Cornwall, by whom he has issue.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Wright, George Keith Elphinstone

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​WRIGHT. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
George Keith Elphinstone Wright was upset and drowned with 8 men, while in pursuit of a slaver, in a boat belonging to the Espoir, in an attempt to cross over the bar on the Benguela station, about Oct. 1846.
This officer passed his examination 3 Nov. 1837; served as Mate, on the Mediterranean and Home stations, in the Implacable 74, Capt. Edw. Harvey, Avon steamer, Lieut.-Commander Chas. Jenkin, Aetna 8, Lieut.-Commander Chas. Geo. Butler, and Caledonia 120, and Queen 110, flag-ships of Sir David Milne and Sir John West; attained the rank of Lieutenant 1 Sept. 1845; was nominated, 15 of the same month, Additional of the Penelope steam-frigate, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Wm. Jones on the coast of Africa; and on 21 Jan. 1846 was there appointed to the Espoir 10, Capt. Geo. Sumner Hand.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Wright, Henry Wilson

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​WRIGHT. (Lieutenant, 1848.)
Henry Wilson Wright passed his examination 29 Sept. 1847; was then nominated Acting-Mate of the Hibernia 104, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker in the Mediterranean; and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 30 Sept. 1848.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Wright, Thomas

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​WRIGHT. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 11; h-p., 29.)
Thomas Wright entered the Navy, 4 May, 1807, as a Supernumerary, on board the Shark sloop, stationed in the West Indies, where, after serving for rather more than three months, as Midshipman, in the Wolf, he joined, in Jan. 1808, the Hunter sloop, Capts. Fras. Geo. Dickins and Colin Campbell. From the following Nov. until Dec. 1810 he was employed in the Baltic in the Africa 64, Capts. Loftus Otway Bland, Geo. Fred. Ryves, and John Bastard; he then removed to the Stately 64, Capts. Edw. Stirling Dickson, Rich. Henry Muddle, Stewart, and Chas. Philip Butler Bateman, with whom he served for upwards of two years along the coast of Spain and in Cadiz Bay; he returned home with Capt. Bateman in the spring of 1813 in the Impétueux 74; and he was afterwards, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 17 Feb. 1815, employed at Chatham and on the coast of Ireland, a great part of the time as Master’s Mate, in the Eridanus, Ceres, and Tigris frigates, Capts. Henry Prescott, Jas. Prevost, and Robt. Henderson. From June, 1844, until 1848, he had charge of the Semaphore station on Cooper’s Hill, Esher.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Wright, Charles Mayson Moncrieffe

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​WRIGHT. (Captain, 1846. f-p., 29; h-p., 10.)
Charles Mayson Moncrieffe Wright entered the Navy, 12 Jan. 1808, on board the Goliath 74, Capt. Peter Puget, stationed in the Baltic. He served afterwards, between the close of the latter year and May, 1821, in the Channel, Mediterranean, and East Indies, in the Helicon and Philomel sloops, Capts. Spelman Swaine, Gardiner Henry Guion, and Chas. Shaw, Rainbow and Iphigenia frigates, Capts. G. H. Guion and Andrew King, Philomel again and Amphitrite 38, Capts. C. Shaw and Jas. Hanway Plumridge, Liverpool 50, Capt. Fras. Aug. Collier, and Topaze frigate, Capt. John Rich. Lumley. In the Liverpool he accompanied an expedition sent in 1819 to act against the pirates of the Persian Gulf, where Ras-al-Khyma, the head-quarters of the freebooters, was taken, its fortifications destroyed, and all the vessels found there burnt or sunk. After he left the Topaze Mr. Wright (he had been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 21 Oct. 1820) was appointed – 24 Aug. 1825, and again (after about two years of half-pay) 13 May, 18.30, as a Supernumerary, to the Hyperion 42, Coast Blockade-ship, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye – 5 April, 1831, to the Coast Guard – 17 Dec. following, as Senior, to the Harrier 18, Capt. Spencer Lambart Hunter Vassall, fitting for the East Indies, where he was actively employed in the suppression of piracy in the Straits of Malacca – 18 March, 1836, in a similar capacity (the Harrier had been paid off in July, 1835), to the Vanguard 80, Capts. Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie and Sir Thos. Fellowes, under whom he was for about four years stationed in the Mediterranean – and 27 Oct. 1840, also as First-Lieutenant, to the Impregnable 104, Capt. Thos. Forrest, at Plymouth. He attained the rank of Commander 23 Nov. 1841; served as such in the Alfred 50, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore John Brett Purvis on the south-east coast of America, from 22 May, 1842, until paid off in Aug. 1845; and was advanced to his present rank 9 Nov. 1846.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Wright, John

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​WRIGHT. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 19; h-p., 22.)
John Wright was born 14 Feb. 1794, and died about the early part of 1848. He was son of the late Sam. Wright, Esq., of Cheshire, a Major in the Army, who, at the breaking out of the Irish rebellion in 1798, assisted in raising the Loyal Lancashire Fencibles, commanded by the late Earl of Wilton. His brother, Peter, a Lieutenant in the Royal ​Engineers, served with the highest distinction during the war in the Peninsula, and fell in the attack upon New Orleans, where he was at the time Chief Engineer and Aide-de-Camp to Sir Edw. Pakenham.
This officer entered the Navy, 24 Feh. 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Mars 74, Capts. Robt. Dudley Oliver, Wm. Lukin, Jas. Katon, John Surman Carden, and Henry Raper. Under Capt. Oliver he aided, 28 July, 1806, in making prize, off the coast of France, after a chase of more than 150 miles, and in presence of three other heavy French frigates, of Le Rhin of 44 guns and 318 men; and under Capt. Lukin he contributed, 25 Sept. in the same year, to the capture off Rochefort, by a squadron under Sir Sam. Hood, of four more frigates, two of which, the Gloire 46 and Infatigable 44, surrendered to the Mars. On the latter occasion he was struck by a splinter. In 1807 he accompanied, in the capacity of Midshipman, the expedition against Copenhagen; and on the fall of that city he aided in equipping and navigating to England the Fyen, one of the 74-gun ships there taken. During the passage he experienced a terrific gale, and was all but wrecked. When subsequently at Lisbon he was sent up the river Tagus in charge of an armed launch as far as Alhandra, for the purpose of cooperating with the British army, then occupying the lines of Torres Vedras. In Feb. 1813, after having again visited the Baltic, Mr. Wright, who for two years had held the rating of Master’s Mate, left the Mars. In the ensuing spring he sailed with the Earl of Moira for India in the Stirling Castle 74, Capt. Sir Home Popliam; and on his arrival he joined, as Admiralty-Midshipman, the Minden 74, flag-ship of Sir Sam. Hood. On hearing of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 6 July, 1814, he returned home, as First, in the Victor sloop, Capt. Basil Hall. His last appointments were, 25 Sept. 1824, to the Astrea, Capt. Wm. King, at Falmouth; and 31 May, 1825, and 19 Oct. 1832, to the command of the Hope and Hermes packets. The latter vessel he quitted at the close of 1833.
Lieut. Wright married, 6 June, 1818, Miss Emily Mills Woodley, sister of Commander Wm. Woodley, R.N. (to whose memoir refer), and a relative of the Earl of Falmouth, by whom he has left issue four sons and three daughters. His eldest son, John Allen, is a Captain in the Hon.E.I.Co.’s service. Agents – Messrs. Chard.