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1314 ; obtained his commission 13 Dec. 1845; and has been since employed in the East Indies in the 16, Capts. Sir Wm. Hoste, Wm. John Cavendish Clifford, and Edw. Augustus Inglefield, and, as First-Lieutenant, in the 14, Capt. Fred. Erskine Johnston.

 WODEHOUSE. 

, born 5 June, 1802, is second son of Lord Wodehouse, by Charlotte Laura, only daughter and heiress of John Norris, Esq., of Wilton Park, co. Norfolk; and brother of Hon. Berkeley Wodehouse, a Major in the Army and Colonel in the Norfolk Militia. He is nephew of the late Hon. Philip Wodehouse, Vice-Admiral of the White; and cousin of, and

This officer entered the Royal Naval College 7 Sept. 1815; and embarked 7 Sept. 1818, as a Volunteer, on board the 50, Capt. Hon. Henry Duncan; of which ship, stationed in the Channel, he was rated Midshipman in Oct. 1819. In May, 1820, he removed to the 42, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy in South America; where he was nominated, 28 Dec. 1822, Acting-Lieutenant of the 24, Capt. Archibald Maclean. He was confirmed to that ship 24 Feb. 1823; he left her in June, 1824; and he was appointed next – 18 March, 1825, to the 28, Capt. Fred. Hunn, at the Nore – 10 Aug. 1825, 4 Aug. 1826, and 18 Jan. 1827, to the 76,  46, and  52, all commanded by Capt. Wm. Fairbrother Carroll, as flag-ships, in the East Indies, of Rear-Admiral Wm. Hall Gage – and, 12 Nov. 1828, as Senior, to the 10, Capt. Thos. Hastings, in the Mediterranean. He was promoted to the command of the 23 July, 1830, and was continued in her until paid off in the early part of 1831. He has not been since afloat. He was advanced to his present rank 23 Nov. 1841.

Capt. Wodehouse married, in Oct. 1838, Diana, only daughter of the late Colonel Thornton, of Falconers’ Hall, Torkshire, by whom he has issue. – Hallett and Robinson.

 WODEHOUSE. 

, born 8 July, 1810, is second son of the Hon. and Rev. Wm. Wodehouse, M.A. (fourth son of the first Lord Wodehouse), by Mary, eldest daughter of the late Thos. Hussey, Esq., of Galtrim, co. Meath, by Lady Mary Walpole.

This officer entered the Royal Naval College 6 March, 1823; served as Midshipman in the 84, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Codrington, at the battle of Navarin 20 Oct. 1827; and obtained his first commission 8 June, 1833. His succeeding appointments were – 2 Oct. 1833 and 1 Aug. 1834, as a Supernumerary-Lieutenant, to the again and to the  74, flag-ships of Rear-Admirals Wm. Parker and Sir Wm. Hall Gage off Lisbon – 19 Nov. 1834, 10 May, 1836, and 1 Feb. 1838, to the 18, Capt. Chas. Eden, 50, flag-ship of Sir Graham Eden Hamond, and  26, Capts. Wm. Broughton and Jas. Scott, all on the South American station, whence he returned in the early part of 1840 – 3 May, 1841, to the 110, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Codrington at Portsmouth – 26 Oct. following, as First, to the 44, Capt. John Foote, on the coast of Africa – and, 28 Dec. 1842, in a similar capacity, to the  steam-sloop, Capt. Geo. Nathaniel Broke, at the Cape of Good Hope. Since he attained his present rank 30 July, 1844, he has been on half-pay.

Commander Wodehouse married, 20 June, 1848, Eleanor Charlotte, daughter of A. Mortimer, Esq. – Hallett and Robinson.

 WOLFE. 

entered the Navy 22 June, 1814; passed his examination in 1823; and attained the rank of Lieutenant 14 July, 1829. His succeeding appointments were – 25 Feb. 1830, as a Supernumerary, to the surveying-vessel, Capt. Rich. Copeland, in the Mediterranean – 22 Nov. following, to the command of the, another surveying-vessel, on the same station, whence he returned in the spring of 1832 – 9 March and 5 Sept. 1835, again as a Supernumerary, to the 110 and  104, on the books of which ships, bearing each the flag of Sir Wm. Hargood at Plymouth, he remained but a few months – and, 19 Aug. 1842, as Senior, to the steamer, Capt. John Washington, from which vessel he was superseded in the following Oct. His promotion to the rank he now holds took place 15 Feb. 1843. His appointments have since been, on Surveying service – 26 Dec. 1843, to the steamer, on the coast of Ireland – and, 8 Nov. 1846 and 24 Oct. 1847, as Additional-Commander, to the  yacht and  42, bearing the broad pendants of Commodores Sir J. J. G. Bremer and Henry Eden at.

Commander Wolfe is married, and has issue.

 WOLLASTON. 

died 19 Feb. 1845, at Bury St. Edmunds, in the 78th year of his age. He was third son of the Rev. Fred. Wollaston, LL.D., Prebendary of Peterborough, by his second wife, Priscilla, daughter of D. Ottley, Esq.; of St. Kitts. His grandfather and great-grandfather each represented the borough of Ipswich in Pailiament; and his eldest brother. Colonel Fred. Wm. Wollaston, of Shenton Hall, co. Leicester, formerly Colonel commanding the 22nd Light Dragoons, and Brigadier-General in Ireland, is a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for Leicestershire.

This officer entered the Navy, 24 Nov. 1781, as Captain’s Servant, on board the 98, Capts. Sir Chas. Douglas and John Symons, flagship of Sir Geo. Brydges Rodney in the West Indies; where he continued to serve until the close of 1783, chiefly in the capacities of Midshipman and Master’s Mate, in the and  74’s, both commanded by Capt. Symons,, Capts. Augustus Montgomery and John Wells, and, Capt. Matthew Smith. He was present in the in the actions of 9 and 12 April, 1782. In Feb. 1784 he joined, at Deptford, the yacht, Capt. Hon. Wm. Cornwallis; with whom, after having been for four years employed on the coast of North America in the and, Commodores Sir C. Douglas and Herbert Sawyer, he sailed for the East Indies, in the early part of 1789, in the  64. Subsequently to his arrival he was made Lieutenant, 25 Oct. 1790, into the 36, Capts. Geo. Anson Byron and Sir Rich. John Strachan. In Dec. 1792, having returned to England with Capt. Robt. Manners Sutton in the, he joined the 98, flag-ship in the Channel of Admiral Philip Affleck; he was next, in 1793-5, appointed, on the Halifax station, to the , Capt. Robt. Murray, and, bearing the flag of Admiral Geo. Murray; he attained the rank of Commander 6 Dec. 1796; he served as such in the 18 in the North Sea from 2 Feb. 1798 until posted 1 Jan. 1801; and from April, 1802, until Dec. 1805, he was employed in the Sea Fencibles at Colchester and at