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1310 WINGFIELD. 

entered the Navy, 23 Nov. 1806, as Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the 64, Capts. John Draper, Robt. Hall, and Robt. Williams; in which ship he accompanied the expedition of 1807 to Copenhagen, and was often in action with the Danish gun-boats in the Little Belt. After serving for a few weeks in the Downs in the 64, Capt. Wm. Kent, he removed as Midshipman, in March, 1810, to the 20, Capt. Hon. Edw. Rodney, on the Guernsey station. He was subsequently, in June, 1811, present in an unsuccessful boat attack made upon two French man-of-war brigs under a covering fire from the gun-brig; which vessel, taking the ground, was burnt by her own crew. While attached next, from Aug. 1811, until March, 1813, to the 64, Capt. John Phillimore, Mr. Wingfield cruized in the North Sea, visited Lisbon, and was actively employed in cooperation with the patriots on the north coast of Spain. On leaving her he Joined the Lake service in Canada; where, while commanding the schooner, he was captured, 5 Oct. in the same year, by the Americans under Commodore Chauncey. This took place on Lake Ontario. In Aug. 1814, having been exchanged, Mr. Wingfield there joined the, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo. He assumed command, 22 Feb. 1815, with the rank of Acting-Lieutenant, of the schooner, on Lake Huron; and in May, 1816, he removed, in a similar capacity, to the, Capt. Wm. Augustus Baumgardt, on Lake Ontario. In the ensuing Oct. he returned to England in the store-ship, Master-Commander Thos. Stokes; and on his arrival he took up a commission bearing date 20 March, 1815. He has since been on half-pay.

 WINGROVE. 

entered the Navy 30 Sept. 1812; passed his examination in 1819; served in 1824 in the, in Sir Harry Burrard Neale’s demonstration before Algiers; and obtained his first commission 11 Dec. 1826. He was employed afterwards – from 15 April, 1831, until the close of 1837, in the Coast Guard – from 24 June, 1840, until the end of 1841, in the 72, receiving-ship at Jamaica, Commodores Peter John Douglas and Edw. Boxer – and from 29 Jan. 1843 until advanced to his present rank, 9 Wov. 1846, in the steam surveying-vessel of 136 horse-power, Capt. John Washington, on the Harwich station. He was re-appointed to the 7 Dec. 1846; and has been in command, since 1 Oct. 1847, of the  steam-sloop of 420 horse-power, on the North America and West India station.

Commander Wingrove married, 7 April, 1838, Sarah, youngest daughter of the late John Morrins, Esq., of the Archbishop’s Palace, Canterbury.

 WINLO. 

entered the Navy 11 Oct. 1822; passed his examination in 1829; and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 28 June, 1838. His succeeding appointments were – 5 July, 1838, as Additional, to the 74, bearing the flag of Hon. Sir Chas. Paget, on the North America and West India station – 1 Feb. 1839, to the 72, Capt. Edw. Harvey, fitting for the Mediterranean, whence he returned to England and was paid off 31 Jan. 1842 – and 27 Dec. 1843, and 20 June, 1844, as Senior, to the 18 and  16, Capts. Robt. Hibbert Bartholomew Rowley and Archibald Reed, both on the southeast coast of America, where he remained until 1846.

 WINNIETT. 

entered the Navy, 18 June, 1807, as Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the 32, Capts. Robt. Simpson, Sam. John Pechell, and Chas. John Austen, employed at first on the coast of North America and then in the West Indies. Under Capt. Pechell he assisted at the capture (the British ships 32 and  18 in company) of the French 40-gun frigate La Topaze, 22 Jan. 1809, after a very spirited action, fought chiefly between the  and the enemy, at the time anchored, with springs on her cables, under a small battery to the southward of Pointe-Noire, Guadeloupe; and in the ensuing month he co-operated in the reduction of Martinique. In Aug. 1811 he removed as Midshipman (a rating he had already attained) to the 38, Capt. Hon. Edw. Rodney; in which ship he was for about two years employed in the East Indies, half the period in the capacity of Master’s Mate. He served afterwards on the North American, Home, West India, and African stations, in the 80, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, 100, Capt. Wm. Robt. Broughton, 58, and  36, both commanded by Capt. John Mackellar (the former bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral John Erskine Douglas), and  18, Capts. Chas. Burrough Strong, Alex. Sandilands, and Wm. Finlaison. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 29 Jan. 1821; and was subsequently appointed – 21 May, 1830, to the Coast Blockade, as a Supernumerary of the 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye – 16 March, 1831, to the Coast Guard – 17 March, 1837, and 9 Oct. 1839, to the command of the brigantine and  steamer, on the African and North America and West India stations – 5 Nov. 1842, after a few months of half-pay, to the  yacht, Capt. Sir Fras. Augustus Collier, lying at – and 1 Jan. 1843, to the command (with his name on the books of the vessel last named) of the  steamer. His promotion to the rank he now holds took place 5 Oct. 1843.

Commander Winniett was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Her Majesty’s Forts and Settlements on the Gold Coast, 24 Oct. 1845. – Messrs. Chard.

 WINSOR. 

was born 9 Aug. 1797. He is brother of Philip Winsor, Esq., Purser and Paymaster R.N. (1814.)

This officer entered the Navy, 3 Dec. 1810, as Sec.-cl. Vol, on board the 74, Capt. Robt. Rolles, with whom, after having served off Flushing, he proceeded to the Mediterranean, and there removed as Midshipman, in 1812, to the 98. In April, 1814, he assisted at the reduction of Genoa, and was employed with a party of seamen in dragging guns for the purpose of breaching the walls of the city. Quitting the in the following July, he joined, in Sept. of the same year, the  10, Capt. Robt. Julyan; in which vessel he was for 15 months stationed in the Channel. During the latter part of that period he held the rating of Master’s Mate. Being received, in June, 1816, on board the bomb, Capt. Robt. Moorsom, he was in her present, in the ensuing Aug., at the battle of Algiers. He was employed next, from Dec. 1816 until Aug. 1818, in the 10, Capt. Hon. Geo. Jas. Perceval (now Earl of Egmont) in the Bristol Channel; and from the latter date (he had passed his examination 5 Nov. 1817) until Feb. 1821, in the Coast Blockade as Admiralty-Midshipman of the 50, Capt.Wm. M‘Culloch. He then sailed for the East Indies, in the capacity last mentioned, in the 18, Capts. Geo. French and Geo. Fred. Ryves. He served subsequently throughout the whole of the war in Ava, and on many occasions greatly distinguished himself. On 11 May, 1824, he witnessed the capture of Rangoon; and on 3 June he united in a successful attack made upon a strong stockade near Kemmendine. In the course of the same month he commanded a despatch-boat in an expedition sent, under the orders of Lieut. Thos. Eraser of the, to act against the enemy at Pagoda Point; and on the night of