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# A Compendium of Irish Biography/Walker, John

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​Walker, John, Rev., was born about 1767. He entered Trinity College, Dublin; was a scholar in 1788; B.A. in 1790; a fellow in 1791; M.A. in 1793; and B.D. in 1800. On the 8th of October 1804 he informed the Provost that his religious opinions had undergone a change and that it was impossible for him any longer to exercise his functions as a minister of the Establishment. He proposed to resign his preferments in the College; but the Provost thought it his duty to expel him. He was followed by a number of disciples, who met in a chapel in Staffordstreet, Dublin, where he preached the strongest Calvinistic doctrines. He ultimately removed to a wider field of labour in London. His followers—styled "Walkerites," "Separatists," and by themselves "The Church of God"—possessed sufficient influence to procure the passage of an Act of Parliament exempting them from the taking of oaths. The Rev. John Walker wrote, in a pamphlet enunciating his opinions: "It is contrary to the nature and laws of Christ's kingdom, that his disciples should acknowledge the state religion as theirs, or hold any connexion with the religious establishment of the country." The Walkerites appear to have rigidly forbidden any common worship, or even conversation on religious topics, with those not in their communion; yet at one time they invited controversy with opponents at the conclusion of their services. At another it was the custom of the congregation to "salute one another with a holy kiss." John Walker was an excellent classical scholar, and edited Livy (1797), Euclid (1808), Lucian (1822), Geometry, Trigonometry (1844), and other works. Shortly before his death the Board of Trinity College, to make up for the illiberality of their predecessors, granted him an allowance of £600 a year. He died in Dublin, 25th October 1833, aged 66. In Blunts' Dictionary of Sects, his followers are described as "an Irish sect of Sandemanians." Walker's Essays and Correspondence, in 2 vols., 8vo, were published in London in 1838.
* ↑ Authors, Dictionary of British and American: S. Austin Allibone. 3 vols. Philadelphia, 1869–'71.
* ↑ Dublin, History of, by Whitelaw, Warburton, and Walsh. 2 vols. London, 1818.
* ↑ Gentleman's Magazine. London, 1731–1868
# A Compendium of Irish Biography/Wall, Richard

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​ Wall, Richard, Spanish minister, diplomatist, and general, is reputed to have been born in Ireland about the year 1693. He was of a County of Waterford family. He entered the Spanish naval service at an early age, served as a volunteer in the fleet sent against Sicily in 1718, and distinguished himself in the naval engagement with Admiral Byng. He afterwards entered the army, and served in the expedition under Montemar, in 1736, which placed Don Carlos on the throne of the Two Sicilies. In the same year he was sent to America, where he devised a plan for the invasion of Jamaica. In the ensuing war between Great Britain and Spain he does not seem to have taken a foremost part; but when peace negotiations were begun, his knowledge of English led to his being sent as private agent, first to Aix-la-Chapelle and Holland, and afterwards (June 1747) to England, where for some years after the conclusion of peace he remained as ambassador. In 1752 he was made a major-general. In 1754 he was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs, and he continued to occupy a prominent place in the government of Spain during the remainder of the reign of Ferdinand VI. and part of that of his brother and successor, Charles III. Though his adopted country was more than once at war with Great Britain, Wall appears to have always been disposed to favour British interests. It is stated that for some time before his retirement into private life he was most anxious to withdraw, but that the King was unwilling to lose his services. In order to obtain leave to retire. Wall affected to be suffering from giddiness, and weakness of the eyes, and when about to enter the royal presence made use of an ointment to produce the appearance of inflammation. He also wore a shade over his eyes when in public. Soon after the peace in 1763 Charles III. reluctantly assented to the loss of his services, and Wall retired into private life, loaded with honours and the rewards of long and faithful service. He passed the remainder of his days in the neighbourhood of Granada, residing sometimes on the estate of Soto de Roma (afterwards granted by the Spanish government to the Duke of Wellington) and sometimes at the villa of Mirador,near the city. He continued to pay periodical visits to the court at Aranjuez. It is said that "in retirement his reserved and independent conduct acquired the esteem even of those who had caballed against him when he was in authority." His name is honourably mentioned in connexion with efforts to preserve and restore the Moorish palace of the Alhambra, which for long before and after his time suffered much from neglect and spoliation. He died, probably at or near Granada, in 1778, aged about 85.
* ↑ James II.—Irish Army List: John D'Alton. 2 vols. London, 1861.
* ↑ Spain, Kings of the House of Bourbon: Rev. William Coxe. 5 vols. London, 1815.
* ↑ Spain, Travels through: Henry Swinburne. London, 1779.
# A Compendium of Irish Biography/Walsh, Edward

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​Walsh, Edward, editor of the Jacobite Relics of Ireland, and author of poems, was born in Londonderry in 1805. The son of a Cork militiaman, he received a tolerable education, taught school at Millstreet, County of Cork, and removed in 1837 to Toureen, where he first began to write for the magazines. He was afterwards schoolmaster to the convict station at Spike Island, and ended his days as ​teacher in the Cork workhouse. He was proficient in the fairy and legendary lore of the country, and published two volumes of poetical translations from the Irish, with the original text. Hayes says in his Ballads of Ireland: "There is a singular beauty and fascinating melody in his verse, which cheers and charms the ear and heart. His translations preserve all the peculiarities of the old tongue, which he knew and spoke with graceful fluency. His ballads are the most literal and characteristic which we possess." Edward Walsh died in Cork, 6th August 1850, aged 44.
# A Compendium of Irish Biography/Wadding, Peter

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​Wadding, Peter, Rev., a Jesuit writer, was born in Waterford in 1580. He taught poetry, rhetoric, philosophy, and divinity for many years at Prague and Louvain; and was Chancellor successively of the Universities of Prague and Gratz. He wrote Tractatus de Incarnatione Domini, a refutation of calumnies against the Jesuits, and other works. He died at Gratz, 13th September 1644, aged about 64.
# A Compendium of Irish Biography/Walsh, Nicholas

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​Walsh, Nicholas, Bishop of Ossory, an Irishman, was educated at Cambridge, and was consecrated Bishop of Ossory in January 1576-'7. He was the first to introduce Irish types into Ireland, and to cause the Church Service to be printed in them, "which proved an instrument of conversion to many of the ignorant sort of Papists in those days." He also forwarded the translation of the New Testament into Irish. He was murdered by a fanatic on 14th December 1585, and was buried in St. Canice's, Kilkenny.
# A Compendium of Irish Biography/Wallace, William Vincent

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​Wallace, William Vincent, musical composer, was born in Waterford, 1st June 1814. He early evinced musical talents, and before he was eighteen had held the situations of organist of Thurles Cathedral and violinist in the Theatre Royal, Dublin, and conducted concerts in the same city. Advised to take a sea voyage on account of weak eyes, he left Dublin about 1833, went to Australia, and for a lengthened period laid music aside, and led an adventurous and chequered life in the bush. Accident at last brought him to Sydney and within reach of good music. The dormant taste re-asserted itself, and he resumed the bow, and gave concerts—first in Australia, and afterwards in India, South America, Mexico, and the United States. At New York, about 1844, he married Miss Helen Stepel, a pianist. "His own performance was only a little less excellent on the pianoforte than on the violin, and as a concert giver and music director he was in much repute." In 1845 he went to London, but could not hold his own against the great instrumentalists always to be heard there, and turned his attention to composition. His opera of Maritana proved a brilliant success. He again gave concerts in America, lost his savings in a pianoforte factory, returned to England in 1853, and for the rest of his life devoted his talents to composition. Lurline, produced in 1859, soon became popular. The Amber Witch followed in 1861, and the Desert Flower in 1863. He contributed numerous pieces to Chappel's Musical Magazine, and other publications. In 1864, being attacked by an incurable malady, he removed to France, and died at the Chateau de Bagen, Haute Garonne, 12th October 1865, aged 51. His remains were interred in Kensal-green Cemetery, London. Wallace was a pleasing and facile composer, but by no means one of the first ability, though many of his airs have held their place in public estimation.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Wallace, James

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​WALLACE. (Retired Commander, 1844. f-p., 17; h-p., 36.)
James Wallace entered the Navy, in 1794, as a Volunteer, on board the Victorious 74, Capts. Sir John Orde and John Brown. He removed in the following year to the Commerce de Marseilles, Capt. Eaton Childe; in 1796 he was employed in the Channel and Mediterranean, under the flag of Sir J. Orde, in the Princess Royal 98; and, after serving for about two years in the Channel and North Sea as Midshipman in the Téméraire 98, flag-ship of Rear-Admirals Sir John Borlase Warren and Jas. Hawkins Whitshed, and Jamaica 26, Capt. John Mackellar, he removed with the latter officer, in March, 1801, to the Terpsichore 32, commanded next by Capt. Walter Bathurst. While attached to the Jamaica he escorted a fleet of merchantmen to and from the Baltic, aided in making one or two prizes, and united in compelling a large privateer, commanded by the famous Blackeman, to strike her colours. In the Terpsichore he was at first stationed off Boulogne and Calais, and then in the East Indies; where he was nominated, 30 March, 1805, Acting-Lieutenant of the Sir Edward Hughes 38, Capts. Hood Hanway Christian, Gilbert Heathcote, and Edw. Ratsey. He was officially promoted 24 Oct. 1807; and was subsequently appointed, on the Home station – 23 Dec. 1807, to the Challenger sloop, Capt. Wm. Barnham Rider – in Dec. 1808, to the Sea Fencibles at Teignmouth – 18 April, 1810, for 11 months, to the Cadmus 10, Capt. Thos. Fife – 24 Sept. 1811, to the Parthian 10, Capts. Tompkinson and Garrett – and, 24 Feb., 15 Sept., and 1 Oct. 1814 (he had left the Parthian in April, 1813), to the Colossus 74, Capt. Thos. Alexander, and Spey 20 and Towey 24, both commanded by Capt. Hew Steuart. The latter ship he quitted in May, 1815. He accepted his present rank 24 July, 1844.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Walker, John (b)

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​WALKER. (Lieutenant, 1827.)
John Walker (b) entered the Navy, 4 Feb. 1813; passed his examination in 1820; and was made Lieutenant, 28 May, 1827, into the Druid 46, Capt. Sam. Chambers, on the Jamaica station; where he obtained command, 20 July following, of the Pickle schooner. In her he remained but a short period. He has been employed, since 20 Sept. 1833, In the Coast Guard.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Walker, William (a)

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​WALKER, K.T.S. (Commander, 1828. f-p., 16; h-p., 30.)
William Walker (a) entered the Navy, 1 May, 1801, as L.M., on board the Impétueux 74, Capt. Sir Edw. Pellew, under whom he was for about 11 months employed off Rochefort. Joining next, 3 Feb. 1803, the Amphion 32, Capt. Thos. Masterman Hardy, he sailed in that frigate with the flag of Lord Nelson for the Mediterranean; where, in July of the same year, he followed the hero into the Victory 100. In Dec. 1804, at which period he had been serving for six months with Capt. Hon. Geo. Elliot, still in the Mediterranean, on board the Maidstone 32, he removed to the Jason 32, Capts. Wm. Burgundy Champain and Thos. John Cochrane, and sailed for the West Indies. He there, 27 Jan. 1807, assisted as Master’s Mate at the capture, off the coast of Surinam, of La Favorite French national ship, mounting 16 long sixes and 13 12-pounder carronades, with a complement of 150 men; and he contributed, in the boats, to the capture of a letter-of- marque of 9 guns and 35 men, and of four Spanish vessels under a heavy fire from the batteries of Puerto Rico. Returning to England in the summer of 1807 he joined in succession in the course of that and the following year the Ville de Paris 110 and Caledonia 120, each bearing the flag of Lord Gambier; and, as Acting-Lieutenant, the Triumph 74, Capt. Sir T. M. Hardy. A few weeks after he had returned to the Caledonia he was nominated, 20 Feb. 1809, Sub-Lieutenant of the Martial gun-brig, Lieut.-Commanders Joseph Marrett and Joshua Kneeshaw; in which vessel, it appears, he witnessed the destruction of the French shipping in Aix Roads and accompanied the expedition to the Walcheren. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 1 Aug. 1811, nearly seven months after he had left the Martial; and he was subsequently appointed – 23 Dec. 1811, to the Royal Sovereign 100, Capts. Wm. Bedford and Jas. Bisset, in the Channel – 15 Dec. 1813, to the Saturn 56, Capt. Jas. Nash, on the North American station, whence he returned in Nov. 1814 – 18 May, 1821, to the Windsor Castle 74, Capt. Chas. Dashwood, employed, until 1825, at Plymouth and on the coast of Portugal – and 16 March and 26 June, 1827, to the Royal Charlotte and William and Mary yachts, both commanded by Capt. John Chambers White. Since his promotion to the rank of Commander, which took place 25 Aug. 1828, he has been on half-pay.
In commemoration of John VI. of Portugal having taken shelter on board the Windsor Castle off Lisbon after the temporary occupation in May, 1824, Commander Walker, who was then First-Lieutenant, was by his Majesty created, in common with the other officers of the ship, a Knight of the Order of the Tower and Sword. He married, 2 Sept. 1830, Caroline, third daughter of Wm. Winchester, Esq., of Stoke, niece of Alderman Winchester, M.P., of Hawkhurst, and sister-in-law of Commander Rich. Douglas, R.N.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Wall, Henry

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​WALL. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Henry Wall is son of Major Adam Wall, who was killed at the battle of Waterloo in command of the 4th Brigade of Artillery.
This officer entered the Navy, in May, 1819, on board the Egeria 28, then on the Newfoundland station. Removing in 1823 to the Thetis 46, Capt. Sir John Phillimore, he sailed in that ship in the following year for Cape Coast Castle; where, uniting in the warfare against the Ashantees, he landed and received a severe gun-shot wound in the right knee while engaged on picket duty. In 1825 he, and the First-Lieutenant of the Thetis, alone earned the thanks of both Houses of Parliament and of the Board of Trade for their exertions in saving 107 sail of merchantmen, which had been cast on shore in a heavy gale in the Bay of Gibraltar. After he left the Thetis he served in succession on board the Spartiate 76, Ocean 80, Revenge 78, Wellesley 74, Ocean again, and Tribune 42. While so employed he assisted in restoring Morea to the Greeks, and in affording support, on the coast of Catalonia, to the interests of Queen Christina during the Carlist revolution. From 4 May, 1840, until 1842 he held an appointment in the Coast Guard. Although he had passed his examination 4 Oct. 1826 he was not promoted to the rank of Lieutenant until 23 Nov. 1841. He served in the Resistance 42, troop-ship, Capt. Chas. Geo. Edw. Patey, from 12 Nov. 1842 until 1845; and from 1 Nov. in the latter year until 1848 he was again employed in the Coast Guard.
Lieut. Wall is married to a distant relative of the late Vice-Admiral Sir Sam. Hood, K.B, Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Walker, John (a)

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​WALKER. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 31.)
John Walker (a) entered the Navy 9 May, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Swallow sloop, Capt. Alex. Milner, employed in the Channel, and off the coasts of Spain and Portugal. In Aug. 1809, five months after he had attained the rating of Midshipman, he removed to the Norge 74; and in that ship, commanded by Capts. John Sprat Rainier and Chas. Dashwood, he continued to serve, off Lisbon, at the defence of Cadiz, in the Mediterranean and North Sea, and on the North American and West India stations, until Aug. 1815 – the last 19 months in the capacity of Master’s Mate. He took part, in 1814-15, in the operations against New Orleans. On leaving the Norge he was presented with a commission bearmg date 17 Feb. 1815. He has since been on half-pay.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Walker, William (b)

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​WALKER. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9; h-p., 31.)
William Walker (b) entered the Navy, 29 Jan. 1807, as Midshipman, on board the Psyche frigate, Capts. Thos. Groube, Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew, John Edgcumbe, and Robt. Worgan Geo. Festing; under whom he was for upwards of ​five years employed in the East Indies. On 31 Aug. 1807 he assisted at the capture, in the port of Samarang, of a Dutch schooner of 8 guns, in company with a large merchant-brig; and on the day following he was present at the taldng, with two other vessels (the Resolutie armed merchant-ship of 700 tons, richly laden, and the Ceres, a remarkably fine brig in the Dutch Company’s service, of 12 guns and 70 men) of the Scipio corvette of 24 guns. He afterwards accompanied Brigadier-General Malcolm as Ambassador to the Persian court; aided in suppressing a mutiny among the native troops at Travancore; made a voyage to Macao in quest of two French frigates; suffered many severe hardships while returning thence to Prince of Wales Island; again escorted Brigadier-General Malcolm to the Persian Gulf; and co-operated in the reduction of the Isle of France and Java. On his arrival home in Aug. 1812 he joined as Master’s Mate (a rating he had already attained) the Rhin 38, Capt. Chas. Malcolm; in which frigate, after affording support to the patriot cause on the north coast of Spain, he proceeded with convoy to the West Indies. In Jan. 1815, he removed to the Royal Oak 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Pulteney Malcolm, at the time engaged in the operations against New Orleans; and in the following May he was presented with a commission bearing date 15 Feb. preceding. He has since been on half-pay. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Wallace, Thomas

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​WALLACE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 12; h-p., 32.)
Thomas Wallace died in 1847.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hecla bomb, Capt. John Sykes; previously to accompanying whom in the Nautilus sloop to the Mediterranean, he twice, in July and Aug. 1804, assisted at the bombardment of Havre de Grace. Between 1806 and June, 1815, he was employed on the Home, Brazilian, West India, and North American stations, as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, in the Princess of Orange 74, Capt. Joshua Sydney Horton, Aimable 32, Capt. Lord Geo. Stuart, Adamant 50, Capts. John Sykes and Matthew Buckle, Hermes 20, Capt. Hon. Wm. Henry Percy, Shelburne 14, Lieut.-Commanders David Hope and Wm. Hamilton, and Primrose 18, Capt. Chas. Geo. Rodney Phillott. In the Aimable, after escorting the army under Sir Arthur Wellesley from Cork to Portugal, he assisted at the capture, 3 Feb. 1809, of L’Iris French national ship, pierced for 32, but mounting only 24 guns, whose resistance was maintained until she had herself suffered a loss of 2 men killed and 8 wounded, and the Aimable, besides being materially damaged in masts, spars, sails, and rigging, of 2 wounded. He belonged to the Hermes when that vessel, having had 25 of her men killed and 24 wounded in an unsuccessful attack upon Fort Bowyer, Mobile, was set on fire and destroyed to prevent her falling into the hands of the Americans, 15 Sept. 1814. On leaving the Primrose he took up a commission bearing date 8 Feb. 1815. He did not afterwards go afloat.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Bevan, Edward

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​BEVAN. (Lieutenant, 1828.)
Edward Bevan entered the Royal Naval College 10 Aug. 1820, and first embarked on board the Active 46, Capt. Andrew King. Having served his time in that frigate, and in the Briton 46, Capt. Sir Murray Maxwell, and Barham 50, flag-ship of Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming, on the South American and West India stations, he passed his examination in 1827; and, on 23 May, 1828, was made Lieutenant into the Valorous 28, Capt. Henry Gosset. His subsequent appointments were – to the Herald yacht, Capt. Geo. Berkeley Maxwell – 1 Feb. 1831, to the Revenge 76, Capts. Jas. Hillyar and Donald Hugh Mackay, on the Channel and Lisbon stations – 27 Nov. 1833, to the Stag 46, Capt. Nicholas Lockyer, employed on Particular Service – 9 June, 1836, as First-Lieutenant, to the Madagascar 46, Capt. Sir John Strutt Peyton, in the West Indies – 6 Sept. 1837, to the Pembroke 74, Capt. Fairfax Moresby, in the Mediterranean – and, 9 July, 1838, to the Royal George yacht, Capt. Lord Adolphus FitzClarence, from which vessel ill health obliged him to invalid early in 1840. During the term of his employment under the last-mentioned officer, Lieut. Bevan commanded the Pantaloon tender, of 10 guns. He has since been on half-pay. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Billingsley, John

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​BILLINGSLEY. (Lieut., 1820. f-p., 29; h-p., 6.)
John Billingsley was born 18 March, 1796.
This officer entered the Navy, 22 May, 1812, as Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Junon 38, Capt. Jas. Sanders, under whom we find him for some time very actively employed on the coast of North America, particularly at the blockade of Chesapeake and Delaware rivers. On 8 Feb. 1813, he served with a division of boats, under Lieut. Kelly Nazer, at the capture, in gallant style, of the Lottery letter-of-marque, carrying 6 12-pounder carronades and 28 men, an exploit for which, in common with the other officers and men employed, he received the thanks of the Commander-in-Chief. While afterwards attached with Capt. Thos. Forrest to the Sybille 44, Mr. Billingsley cruised, as Midshipman, for the protection of the trade off Madeira, and then proceeded to the latitude of Greenland in quest of the American Commodore Rodgers. After serving for nearly three years and a half in the Vengeur 74, guard-ship at Portsmouth, Capts. Tristram Robt. Ricketts and Thos. Alexander, he joined, in Nov. 1818, the Parthian 10, Capts. Wilson Braddyll Bigland and Whitworth Lloyd, of which vessel, stationed in the West Indies, he was confirmed a Lieutenant 12 June, 1820. The Parthian being paid off in April, 1822, Mr. Billingsley was next in succession appointed, 27 Feb. 1823, 25 Jan. 1825, and 2 April, 1828, to the Eclair 18, Cambridge 82, and Pearl 20, Capts. Wm. Jas. Hope Johnstone, Thos. Jas. Maling, and Geo. Chas. Blake, on the South American and Irish stations. The latter ship was put out of commission 16 April, 1831. Lieut. BilLgsley, since 21 July, 1835, has been employed in the Coast Guard.
He married, 24 June, 1839, Charlotte, eldest daughter of the late Robt. Hicks, Esq., banker, of Ringwood, by whom he has issue one daughter.
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