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Rh Rochfort, M.P. for Westmeath during eight successive Parliaments, by Frances, third daughter of John Bloomfield, Esq., of Redwood; brother of Gustavus Rochfort, Esq., a Colonel in the Army, and of Rich. Rochfort, Esq., Comptroller of the Customs of Cork; and second-cousin of Commander Robt. Rochfort, R.N. His grandfather, Geo. Rochfort, married a daughter of Sir Gustavus Hume, Bart., of Castle Hume, co. Fermanagh.

This officer entered the Navy, 8 July, 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 74, Capt. Harrington Dacres. In that ship, which at first bore the flag of Rear-Admiral Collingwood off Brest, he partook, 2 Sept. 1803, of a running action with the Duguay Trouin 74 and 40-gun frigate Guerrière, which was maintained until the two latter had effected their escape into the port of Corunna; and assisted in re-capturing the Lord Nelson, East Indian man. With the exception of a few weeks passed in the 74, flag-ship in the Channel of Rear-Admiral Sir Thos. Graves, he continued attached to the in the capacity of Midshipman until transferred, in June, 1804, to the  38, Capt. Fras. Farington Gardner, on the Jamaica station; where he saw much active service, aided in cutting-out the Benjamin American slaver, and, although he had not been 18 months afloat, was intrusted with the charge of the, a recaptured Falmouth packet. Removing, in Sept. 1805, to the 74, Capts. Fras. Pickmore and Robt. Yarker, he was afforded an opportunity of witnessing the surrender, 13 March, 1806, of the Marengo 80, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate Belle Poule, and of assisting at the reduction, in Dec. 1807, of the Danish West India islands. On his arrival, in 1809, in the East Indies in the 36, Capt. Henry Folkes Edgell, he was received on board the  74, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Wm. O’Brien Drury, by whom, having passed his examination, he was nominated, 28 Nov. in the same year, Acting-Lieutenant of the 50, Capt. Hugh Cook. Although he never joined that ship, he continued to act as Lieutenant in the 38, Capt. Wm. Dawson, and, at the request of Capt. Edgell, in his former frigate the, until officially promoted, 2 May, 1810. Being then reappointed to the, he accompanied in her, as First-Lieutenant, the expedition against the Isle of France, and in Aug. and Sept. 1810 co-operated as such in the reduction of Java. At the former place he was sent in command of schooner to watch the movement of the enemy at Port Louis, and on both occasions he was for a time employed on shore with the army. In Dec. 1811 he returned to England with Capt. Edgell in the 38, and in Sept. 1812 was paid off. His next appointment was, 2 Feb. 1813, to the 38, Capt. Farmery Predam Epworth, with whom, until Nov. 1814, he served with much activity on the coast of North America. He assisted, during that period, at the blockade of Boston, cut out many of the enemy’s vessels, and was often employed on shore in reconnoitring and gaining intelligence. The constant zeal and judgment he evinced in the discharge of his duties procured for him the high encomiums of his superiors; and on 15 June, 1814, he was promoted to the rank of Commander. He left the in consequence as above stated; and was not again able to procure employment until appointed, 4 July, 1822, to the  18, on the Leith station. In Nov. of the same year he was sent to the river Tyne for the purpose of quelling an alarming insurrection of the keelmen, who had risen in open arms against their employers. For a short time he held the sole command, and for his exertions, both then and after the arrival of Capt. John Toup Nicolas of the 28, when he was for six weeks, day and night, in the boats in vigorous cooperation with that officer, he received the thanks of the Board of Admiralty, of Capt. Nicolas himself, and of the local authorities, who, at a public meeting, voted the crew of the  a hundred guineas. Immediately after this Capt. Rochfort assumed command of a squadron consisting of two of H.M. ships and four Revenue-vessels for the suppression of smuggling on the west coast of Scotland. In Nov. 1823 he proceeded on a mission up the river Garonne as far as Pauillac, and by his firmness and moderation overcame many obstacles thrown in his way by the French authorities. He subsequently cruized on the Irish station, and on paying off the, 13 Oct. 1825, was presented by the crew with a handsome sword, “as a testimony of their respect and esteem.” He attained Post-rank 27 March, 1826, and, unsuccessful in his applications for further employment, was induced, 1 Oct. 1846, to accept the Retirement.

Capt. Rochfort married, 27 Dec. 1833, Arabella Margaretta, youngest daughter of the late Right Hon. John Calcraft, M.P., of Rempston House, Corfe Castle, Dorsetshire, and has left issue three daughters.

 RODD. 

is fifth and youngest son of the late Rev. Edw. Rodd, D.D., of Trebartha Hall, co. Cornwall, Rector of St. Just, in Roseland, and Vicar of Lamerton, in Devon, by Harriet, eldest daughter of Chas. Rashleigh, Esq., of Duporth, co. Cornwall; and nephew of the late Vice-Admiral Sir John Tremayne Rodd, Kt., K.C.B.

This officer entered the Navy 13 May, 1830; passed his examination in 1836; obtained the rank of Lieutenant, as a reward for his services on the coast of Syria, including the bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre, 4 Nov. 1840; joined, 11 June, 1841, the 18, Capt. Joseph Paffard Dickson Larcom, fitting at Chatham; and from 19 Aug. 1841, until paid off at the close of 1847, was employed in the Pacific in the  50, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Rich. Thomas, and, as First-Lieutenant, in the 42, Capt. John Alex. Duntze. His appointment to the latter ship took place 21 Dec. 1844. Since 16 May, 1848, he has been serving, as Senior, in the 72, depot-ship of Ordinary at Portsmouth, Capt. Rich. Augustus Yates. – Messrs. Ommanney.

 RODDAM. 

, horn 4 Jan. 1793, is fourth son of the late Walter Spencer Stanhope, Esq., of Cannon Hall, co. York, formerly M.P. for Carlisle, by Mary Winifred, daughter of Thos. Babington Pulleine, Esq., of Carleton Hall, co. York, and grand-daughter, maternally, of E. Collingwood, Esq., of Byker and Dissington. He assumed the surname and arms of Roddam, on inheriting, in 1806, the estates of his kinsman and godfather Admiral Robt. Roddam.

This officer entered the Navy, 2 March, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 98, Capt. Rich. Thomas, bearing the flag in the Mediterranean of his cousin Vice-Admiral Lord Collingwood, with whom he continued to serve as Midshipman in the 110 until the death of that veteran hero in March, 1810. He then returned to England in the 38, Capt. Philip Somerville, and on his arrival was received, in the ensuing May, on board the  74, flag-ship of Sir Henry Edwin Stanhope at Sheerness. In March, 1811, he again, in the 38, commanded by his old Captain, Thomas, sailed for the Mediterranean; where, soon after his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 17 Aug. 1812, he removed to the  74, Capt. Edw. Brace. While in that ship