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Rh  18; but, inasmuch as he was misnamed in the request Wilson, he each time lost the appointment.

 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 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 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. – J. Chippendale.

 EARDLEY-WILMOT. 

, born 24 April, 1815, at Berkswell Hall, co. Warwick, is fourth son of the late Sir John Eardley Eardley-Wilmot, Bart., M.P. for Warwickshire, and Governor of Van Diemen’s Land, by his first wife, Elizabeth Emma, sister of Capt. Sir Wm. Edw. Parry, Kt., LL.D. His great-grandfather, the Right Hon. Sir John E. Eardley Wilmot, was Lord-Chief-Justice of the Court of Common Pleas.

This officer entered the Royal Naval College 7 Aug. 1828; and embarked, 28 June, 1830, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 18, Capt. Wm. Hamley, fitting for the East Indies, where we find him engaged, in unison with a fleet of Siamese proas, in various operations against the Malay pirates, and present in particular at the blockade of the fortress of Quedah. He was also at Canton in the early part of 1832, when the Chinese first displayed symptoms of insolence and aggression. In Oct. of the latter year, having returned to England as Midshipman in the 28, Capt. John Wm. Montagu, he joined the 84, flag-ship at Lisbon of Rear-Admiral Wm. Parker, under whom he witnessed the expulsion of Don Miguel from Portugal, and the hoisting of the constitutional flag of Donna Maria on the walls of the capital. After serving for a few months on the same station in the 74, bearing the flag of Sir Wm. Hall Gage, he was appointed, in Nov. 1834, Mate (he had passed his examination 20 Sept. preceding) of the 26, Capt. Lord Edw. Russell. In that ship, in which he remained until she was paid off in March, 1838, he visited the South Sea Islands, and assisted in affording protection to British property at the Sandwich Islands, security to the missionary interests at the Marquesas, and support to the cause of peace and good order in the Rio de la Plata. The, while he was in her, discovered a group of islands, known now by her name. In the summer of 1838 Mr. Wilmot joined the 36, Capt. Edw. Collier, in which ship he was chiefly, until the commencement of the Egyptian war, employed in protecting British interests on the south coast of Spain. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 3 July, 1840; and was appointed next – 9 Nov. 1840, to the 84, Commodore Sir Chas. Napier, under whom he served on the coast of Syria and at the blockade of Alexandria – 30 Dec. 1841, to the 16, Capt. John Sam. Willes Johnson, in which vessel he sailed for the coast of China, and was there, towards the close of the war, employed in blockading the Canton river – 6 May, 1843, to the 72, as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Wm. Parker, on the East India station, whence he returned in Nov. 1844 – and, 14 July, 1845, to the 104, again as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Wm. Parker, in the Mediterranean. On the death at Malta of Capt. Nich. Lockyer of the, and the appointment of Commander Chas. Wise of the as his successor, Mr. Wilmot was promoted, 28 Feb. 1847, into the vacancy created by the removal of the latter. In the ensuing April he was nominated Acting-Captain of the 22; and after he had been for four months stationed in her as Senior officer on the coast of Syria, he was appointed, 26 Sept. 1847, Second-Captain of the  80, Capt. Armar Lowry Corry, also in the Mediterranean. The latter ship he paid off 28 Nov. 1848. He is the author of a work published in 1849, entitled “Manning the Navy – a statement in which the evils and losses arising from the present system are set forth, and a remedy is proposed whereby a permanent Navy may be established, and the moral, social, and physical condition of the British seaman improved.” – Messrs. Stilwell.

 WILMOT. 

entered the Navy 26 Jan. 1808; and obtained his first commission 17 April, 1824. His succeeding appointments were – 28 Dec. 1824, to the 16, Capt. Hon. Geo. Barrington, at the Nore – 23 Feb. 1827, to the 120, bearing the flags of Sir Robt. Moorsom and Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood, at Chatham – 18 Aug. 1829, to the 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 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 brigantine. He was advanced to his present rank 9 Nov. 1846; and has since been on half-pay. – Case and Loudonsack.

 WILMOT, Bart. 

, 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 38, Capt. Sam. Jackson, with whom he continued employed as Midshipman in the 38, chiefly on the coast of North America, until 1817. He served afterwards in the East Indies and South America in the 26, Capt. Fras. Erskine Loch, 26, Capt. Geo. Wickens Willes, and 76 and  74, flagships of Sir Geo. Eyre; and on 8 June, 1825, he was made Lieutenant, on the station last named, into the 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.

 WILMSHURST. 

passed his examination 5 Aug. 1839; and, after having studied at the Royal Naval College, was appointed Mate, in 1841, of the 26, Capt. Hon. Chas. Gilbert John Brydone Elliot, fitting for the North America and West India station. On his return to England in 1845 he joined in succession, at Portsmouth and Plymouth, the gunnery-ship, Capt. Henry Ducie Chads, and  110, flag-ship of Sir John West. He obtained his commission 30 Dec. in the same year; and was appointed next, 10 Jan., 13 May, and 6 Nov. 1846, again to the Excellent, to the 120, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Fras. Augustus Collier in the Channel, and to the 12, Capt. Arthur Farquhar, now in the East Indies.

