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| William Robert Wolseley Winniett R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 2 March 1793 | Born (Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia) | ||
| 10 August 1828 | Married Augusta Julia Fenwick, daughter of Colonel William Fenwick, of the Royal Engineers, in Woolwich | ||
| 29 June 1850 | Knighted, while on leave in England, for 'securing treaties with some of the most important sovereigns in Africa'. | ||
| 4 December 1850 | Died (at Accra, of chronic dysentry) | ||
| Entry in O'Byrnes 1849 'Naval Biographical Dictionary' | |||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 18 June 1807 | Entered Navy | ||
| 28 January 1821 | Lieutenant | ||
| 5 October 1843 | Commander | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 18 June 1807 | Second class volunteer in Cleopatra, joined at Halifax | ||
| 21 May 1830 | Supy. Lieutenant in Hyperion (1807, fifth rate), commanded by William James Mingaye, Coast Blockade | ||
| 17 March 1837 | Lieutenant and commander in Viper, on the West African station | ||
| 9 October 1839 | Lieutenant and commander in Firefly, North America & West Indies | ||
| 5 November 1842 | Lieutenant and commander in Lightning, Woolwich | ||
| 12 April 1846 | 30 December 1849 | Lieutenant-governor of the Gold Coast (at Cape Coast Castle), under the jurisdiction of the Governor of Sierra Leone | |
| 13 January 1850 | 4 December 1850 | Lieutenant-governor of the Gold Coast (2nd period), until his death | |
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