William Saltonstall Wiseman R.N.
William Saltonstall Wiseman R.N.
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William Saltonstall Wiseman R.N. | Explanation |
Eldest son of Captain Sir William Saltonstall Wiseman (1784-1845), Bart., R.N. |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
4 August 1814 | | Born (Bombay - now Mumbai -, India) |
25 October 1838 | | Married Charlotte Jane (1815-1891), daughter of Admiral Charles William Paterson (1756-1841), of East Cosham House, Hants |
1 July 1845 | | Succeeded as 8th Baronet Wiseman of Canfield Hall, Essex |
13 March 1867 | | K.C.B. (Knight Commander of the Bath) |
14 July 1874 | | Died (Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA) while staying there under an assumed name |
Entry in O'Byrnes 1849 'Naval Biographical Dictionary' |
Obituary in the Times newspaper |
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Date | Rank |
6 September 1827 | Entered Royal Naval College |
28 June 1838 | Lieutenant |
7 February 1846 | Commander |
17 April 1854 | Captain |
12 November 1869 | Rear-Admiral |
1 April 1870 | Retired Rear-Admiral |
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Date from | Date to | Service |
4 September 1833 | 18 November 1833 | Mate in Rattlesnake, commanded by Captain Charles Graham, (returned from) South America |
21 November 1833 | 4 February 1837 | Mate in Sparrowhawk, commanded by Commander Charles Pearson, South America |
10 March 1837 | 28 January 1838 | Mate in Britannia, commanded by Captain James Whitley Deans Dundas, flagship of Admiral Sir Philip Charles Calderwood Henderson Durham, Portsmouth |
29 January 1838 | 6 July 1838 | Mate in Partridge, commanded by Lieutenant commander William Morris, coast of Scotland |
26 July 1838 | 9 April 1840 | Lieutenant in Excellent, commanded by Captain Thomas Hastings, gunnery ship, Portsmouth |
10 April 1840 | 16 August 1843 | Lieutenant in Vanguard, commanded by Captain David Dunn, Mediterranean (including operations on the coast of Syria in 1840), and off Lisbon |
3 January 1844 | 18 February 1846 | Lieutenant in Excellent, commanded by Captain Thomas Hastings then Captain Henry Ducie Chads, gunnery ship, Portsmouth |
23 November 1846 | 18 February 1847 | Commander (2ic) in Vindictive, commanded by Captain Michael Seymour, flagship of Vice-Admiral Francis William Austen, North America and West Indies |
15 January 1850 | 12 May 1854 | Commander (2ic) in Excellent, commanded by Henry Ducie Chads, gunnery ship, Portsmouth |
1 August 1851 | October 1851 | Commander in Odin (from commissioning at Portsmouth until paying off at Portsmouth), temporarily commissioned to convey Sir Hamilton Seymour, ambassador to the Russian court, to St Petersburg |
11 August 1853 | 11 August 1853 | Commander in Stromboli, temporarily commissioned to convey guests at the 1853 royal review of the fleet prior to the outbreak of the Rusian ('Crimean') War |
6 February 1855 | 8 July 1858 | Captain in Penelope, Cape of Good Hope |
12 May 1859 | 21 April 1863 | Additional Captain in Excellent, commanded by Richard Strode Hewlett, gunnery ship, Portsmouth, for special service (vice-president of the Select Committee on Ordinance, Woolwich) |
23 April 1863 | 20 February 1867 | Commodore in Curacoa (from commissioning at Portsmouth until paying off at Portsmouth), Australian squadron (during the New Zealand War) |