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1316 27 Aug. 1810, to the 74, flag-ship of Sir Fras. Laforey in the West Indies. While belonging to the he was again, in the boats of that ship, taken prisoner between Terracina and Gaeta. He was placed in confinement in consequence in Fort St. Elmo, Naples, and was there detained until released by Sir Wm. Sidney Smith in 1806. On 24 Jan. 1811 he was made Commander into the 10. After serving for nearly four years in her in the West Indies and Channel, he was removed, in Dec. 1814, to the 18, on the Jamaica station. He invalided home in May, 1815; and was lastly, from 30 Oct. 1821 until advanced to Post-rank 19 July, 1822, employed in the 18, on the coast of Africa.

Capt. Wolrige married, 10 March, 1819, Emma Sophia, daughter of Thos. Ridge, Esq., of Kilmiston, Hants, by whom he has left issue two sons and four daughters. One of his sons,

 WOLRIGE. 

is brother of the late, and of the present , R.N. This officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 38, Capt. Chas. Stirling. On 21 April following he was present, in company with the 74, at the surrender of the Hercule 74; in the ensuing June he assisted (the  36 and  32 in company) at the capture, with a loss to the  of 7 killed and 12 wounded, of the French 40-gun frigate La Seine; and on 13 Oct. in the same year he was wrecked near Brest. With the rest of the officers and crew he was taken prisoner. On his release from captivity he joined, in 1799, the 38, Capt. Thos. Twysden. After having served for about two years in that ship on the Cork station, part of the time as Midshipman, he removed as Master’s Mate, in 1801, to the 74, Capt. Sir Rich. John Strachan, with whom he continued employed in the 80, chiefly on the Channel station, until there nominated, 30 April, 1805, Sub- Lieutenant of the  cutter, Lieut.-Commander Daniel Carpenter. On 23 March, 1807 (he had been then serving for six months, again as Midshipman, in the 110, flag-ship of Earl St. Vincent in the Channel), he was made full Lieutenant into the  22, Capts. Philip L. J. Rosenhagen and Phipps Hornby, on the Mediterranean station. Under Capt. Rosenhagen he contributed to the capture, 28 July, 1808, of the French brig-corvette Le Requin of 16 guns and 110 men; and under Capt. Hornby, besides co-operating in the defence of Sicily against the threatened invasion of Murat, he took part, 13 March, 1811, in the celebrated action off Lissa, where a British squadron, carrying in the whole 156 guns and 879 men, gloriously defeated, after a shattering battle of six hours, and a loss to the in particular of 13 killed and 33 wounded, a Franco-Venetian armament, whose force amounted to 284 guns and 2655 men. As a reward for his gallant conduct on the latter occasion, as First-Lieutenant of the, Mr. Wolrige, whose name was mentioned in the warmest terms, was presented with a Commander’s commission bearing date the day of the action. His subsequent appointments were – 6 Aug. 1812, as Acting-Captain, to the 36, in the Channel – 1 Jan. 1813, to the  10, in the Downs – 20 June, 1815, to the  sloop, at Plymouth – and, 18 Aug. ensuing, to the  18, in the Mediterranean. He paid off the vessel last mentioned 9 Sept. 1818; attained Post-rank 7 Dec. following; and accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.

 WOOD. 

is fourth son, by Lady Caroline, sister of the present Marquis of Londonderry, of Thos. Wood, Esq., of Littleton, co. Middlesex, Middleham Castle, co. York, and Gwernnevit, co. Brecon, a Magistrate for cos. Middlesex, Surrey, and Brecon, and Colonel of the East Middlesex Militia, who has represented Brecknockshire in Parliament since 1810. He is brother of Colonel Thos. Wood, of the Grenadier Guards, M.P. for co. Middlesex; of Alex. Wood, Esq., Commissioner of Emigrants; of David Wood, Esq., a Captain in the Horse Artillery; and of Robt. Wood, Esq., a Major in the Hussars.

This officer entered the Navy 14 Nov. 1828; passed his examination in 1835; and for his services on the coast of Syria and at the bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 4 Nov. 1840. He has since been on half-pay.

 WOOD. 

entered the Navy in 1828; assisted, when Midshipman of the, Capt. Price Blackwood, in forcing (in company with the 28, Capt. Henry Ducie Chads) the passage of the Boca Tigris, in China, in Sept. 1834; passed his examination 6 June, 1838; served as Mate, on the Mediterranean, North America and West India, and Plymouth stations, in the  80, Capt. Chas. John Austen (part of the force employed in the operations on the coast of Syria and at the bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre), 72 and  110, flag-ships of Sir Chas. Adam and Sir John West; obtained his commission 6 Dec. 1845; and from 8 of the latter month until paid off in 1848 was employed, again in North America and the West Indies, in the 44, Capts. Geo. Robt. Lambert, Geo. Wm. Courtenay, and Hon. Geo. Fowler Hastings.

 WOOD. 

died 6 March, 1847, at Southsea, aged 48. He was nephew of Mr. Justice Bayley.

This officer entered the Navy, 25 May, 1811, as Third-cl. Boy, on board the 74, Capt. Robt. Rolles, with whom he continued employed in the 98, on the North Sea and Mediterranean stations, until July, 1814 – the latter part of the time in the capacity of Midshipman. He served next, from July, 1814, until Nov. 1815, in the 24, Capts. Hon. Valentine Gardner, Geo. Ourry Lempriere, and Rich. Spencer, and 20, Capt. Geo. Rennie, on the coast of Ireland; from Dec. 1815 until Jan. 1817, in the and  frigates, in the latter of which (they were both commanded by Capt. Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon) he was nearly wrecked, off Orfordness, in Dec. 1816; from March, 1817, until Aug. 1818, in the  sloop, Capt. Chas. Newton Hunter, 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral John Erskine Douglas,  20, Capt. Abraham Lowe,  10, Capt. Douglas Cox,  20, Capt. Geo. Gustavus Lennock, and 18, Capt. Norwich Duff, all in the West Indies; and from Dec. 1818 until Jan. 1822, in the East Indies, in the  26, Capts. Hon. Valentine Gardner, John Norman Campbell, and Geo. Cornish Gambier, 60, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood,  28, Capt. Jas. Wilkie, 46, Capt. John Rich. Lumley, and again. He was nominated Acting- Lieutenant of the and  30 March and 14 May, 1821; and was confirmed, 23 July following, into the. His appointments, after he left the latter ship, were – in March, 1823, to the  18, Capt. Jenkin Jones, in the Mediterranean – 1 May, 1824, to the  74, Capts. Sir Thos. Livingstone, Wm. Cumberland, and Walter Bathurst, at Plymouth – 31 March, 1826, to the 74, Capt. Henry Hill, at Portsmouth – 29 June, 1829, and 10 Aug. 1830, as Senior-Lieutenant (a post he had latterly filled on board the ), to the  18 and  42, Capts. Thos. Dickinson and John Alex. Duntze, both on the South American station, whence he returned at the close of 1831 – and 9 Dec. 1833, in a similar capacity, to the 42, Capt. Chas.