Index
 
RN Executive Officers

Surname: Umfreville, First Names : Charles Henry

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant::
Midshipman: 11/04/1877

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1879 : 323 - Minotaur 11 Apr 77


Surname: Umfreville, First Names : Samuel Charles
Birth Date : 08 Jun 1794

Date promoted :
Commander: 29/01/1838
Mate/Sub Lieutenant::

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Inspecting Commander, Coast Guard 10 Nov 38
June 1844 : Inspecting Commander, Coast Guard 10 Nov 38


Surname: Underwood, First Names : Edward Weston

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant::
Naval Cadet or Entry: 18/08/1869

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 079 - Britannia [Cadet under training]


Surname: Underwood, First Names : Powell Cecil

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 15/06/1874
Mate/Sub Lieutenant::
Midshipman: 21/09/1865

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1879 : 271 - Kestrel 27 Apr 76


Surname: Underwood, First Names : Thomas Nourse
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Commander: 24/11/1862
Lieutenant: 02/07/1851
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 17/02/1849

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Captain: 24/11/1877

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 367 - Penelope addl for Coast Guard Service


Surname: Uniacke, First Names : Norman Compton Fitz-Gerald

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 23/09/1873
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 10/09/1869


Surname: Urmston, First Names : Herbert Edwardes

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant::
Naval Cadet or Entry: 18/08/1869

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 079 - Britannia [Cadet under training]


Surname: Urmston, First Names : William Brabazon
Birth Date : 11 Feb 18

Date promoted :
Commander: 29/09/1855
Lieutenant: 29/09/1848
Mate/Sub Lieutenant::


Surname: Usborne, First Names : George

Date promoted :
Commander: 01/01/1874
Lieutenant: 07/03/1867
Mate/Sub Lieutenant::

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 180 - Excellent 18 Apr 70 addl
June 1879 : 232 - Hector addl for Coast Guard Service 26 Feb 77 ; Folkestone

Awards and Qualifications: : G ; ;


Surname: Usher, First Names : William Armstrong

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 30/05/1815
Mate/Sub Lieutenant::


Surname: Usherwood, First Names : William

Date promoted :
Commander: 22/07/1830
Mate/Sub Lieutenant::


Surname: Ussher, First Names : Sydney Henry

Date promoted :
Captain: 23/11/1846
Commander: 10/01/1837
Mate/Sub Lieutenant::

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1844 : Wasp - 4 Jun 44

Notes:
Wasp, 16, 27 Feb, 1845 Captured slave schooner Felicidade


Surname: Ussher, First Names : Thomas (CB 1815, KCH, Kt 1831)
Birth Date : 1779 Date Died: 6 Jan 1848

Date promoted :
Rear Adm: 09/11/1846
Captain: 24/05/1808
Commander: 18/10/1806
Lieutenant: 17/07/1797
Mate/Sub Lieutenant::

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Rear Adm: 09/11/1846


Surname: Ussher, First Names : Thomas, KCH, CB (Kt)
Birth Date : 1779

Date promoted :
Captain: 24/05/1808
Mate/Sub Lieutenant::

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:

Awards and Qualifications: : ; ;
Date awarded Good Service Pension : 12/03/1838 ;
Date awarded Pension for Wounds : 02/12/1815 ;


Surname: Utlay, First Names : John Taylor

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 01/08/1811
Mate/Sub Lieutenant::

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 01/10/1852


Surname: Valentine, First Names : Francis Alfred

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 18/07/1877

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1879 : 071 - Boadicea 16 Sep 78


Surname: Vallack, First Names : George

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 07/05/1808
Mate/Sub Lieutenant::

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Chief Officer, Coast Guard 2 Jul 23
June 1844 : Chief Officer, Coast Guard 2 Jul 23


Surname: Vallack, First Names : Joseph
Birth Date : 1776

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 19/07/1821
Mate/Sub Lieutenant::

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:

Notes:
Died Aug 1847, age 71


Surname: Vallack, First Names : Richard Glinn

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 17/05/1807
Mate/Sub Lieutenant::

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 17/11/1855


Surname: Valobra, First Names : James

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 31/08/1799
Mate/Sub Lieutenant::

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 07/02/1844

Notes:
Retired initiallly under OiC of 30 Nov 1830 as a Ret'd Cdr with seniority of 10 Feb 1831 ; subsequently transferred to another scheme with seniority of 7 Feb 1844


Surname: Valpy, First Names : Anthony Blagrave

Date promoted :
Captain: 01/07/1851
Commander: 19/07/1814
Mate/Sub Lieutenant::


Surname: Van Ingen, First Names : William Graveley

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant::
Midshipman: 24/10/1878

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1879 : 062 - Bellerophon 7 Sep 78 addl


Surname: Van Koughnet, First Names : Edmund Barker

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 17/12/1873
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 28/12/1869

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 090 - Caledonia 28 Dec 69 (act)

Awards and Qualifications: : G ; ;


Surname: Vander Byl, First Names : Pieter Gerhard Voltelin

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 09/11/1875
Midshipman: 08/12/1868

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 079 - Britannia [Mid under training]
June 1879 : 292 - London 14 Jan 78


Surname: Vander-Meulen, First Names : Frederick Samuel
Birth Date : 20 Nov 1839
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Captain: 25/03/1878
Commander: 29/12/1871
Lieutenant: 06/11/1860
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 23/02/1859
Naval Cadet or Entry: 09/02/1853

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 425 - Royal Oak 1 Jan 68


Surname: Vanrenen, First Names : John Adrien

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 31/10/1855
Mate/Sub Lieutenant::

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 31/10/1870
Lieutenant: 01/04/1870


Surname: Vans, First Names : Randell

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 18/04/1811
Mate/Sub Lieutenant::

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:

Awards and Qualifications: : ; ;
Date awarded Pension for Wounds : 27/04/1842 ;


Surname: Vansittart, First Names : Charles Augustus

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 10/02/1845
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 06/11/1841

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1844 : Winchester

Notes:
1850 Missing from the Navy List


Surname: Vansittart, First Names : Edward Westby, CB
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Captain: 09/01/1856
Commander: 23/10/1849
Lieutenant: 16/09/1842
Mate/Sub Lieutenant::

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Serpent - 20 Feb 43
June 1844 : Serpent - 20 Feb 43
Dec 1848 : 630 - Victoria and Albert 1 Jan 48

Awards and Qualifications: : ; ;
Date awarded Good Service Pension : 13/11/1869 ;
Date awarded Pension for Wounds : ;

Notes:
Bittern, 12, Actions against Pirates off Leotung & Sheipoo - Aug - Sep, 1855


Surname: Vansittart, First Names : Henry
Birth Date : Date Died: Mar 1843

Date promoted :
Vice Adm: 23/11/1841
Rear Adm: 22/07/1830
Captain: 03/02/1801
Mate/Sub Lieutenant::

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Rear Adm: 22/07/1830

Notes:
Lt 1795 ; Cdr Aug 1798


Surname: Vansittart, First Names : Nicholas

Date promoted :
Commander: 07/01/1847
Lieutenant: 23/12/1842
Mate/Sub Lieutenant::

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Agincourt -18 Mar 1843
June 1844 : Agincourt -18 Mar 1843
Dec 1848 : 243 - Frolic 7 Jun 48 CO

Notes:
7 - 17 Jul 1846 - Actions against pirates in Cherimon river at Brunei against the Sultan, Omar All Suffudee following atrocities Mr. Brooke mentions with approval this ooficer's conduct


Surname: Vassall, First Names : Spencer Lambart Hunter, KH (Kt)
Birth Date : 17 May 1799

Date promoted :
Captain: 10/01/1837
Mate/Sub Lieutenant::


Surname: Vaughan, First Names : Henry
Awarded Medal (m) / Foreign Order (FO): m, FO

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 22/02/1856
Mate/Sub Lieutenant::

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 22/02/1871
Lieutenant: 01/04/1870

Notes:
Medjidie of the 5th Class


Surname: Vaughan, First Names : Herbert Mainwaring

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant::
Naval Cadet or Entry: 18/08/1869


Surname: Vaughan, First Names : James William, CB
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Captain: 08/02/1859
Lieutenant: 30/09/1848
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 29/09/1847

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Captain: 01/04/1870

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1848 : 376 - Melampus 24 Mar 48 (act)


Surname: Vaughan-Hughes, First Names : Algernon Mainwaring

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant::
Midshipman: 20/12/1878

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1879 : 449 - Shannon 10 Jan 78


Surname: Vaughan-Hughes, First Names : Herbert Mainwaring

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 18/02/1876

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1879 : 233 - Helicon 26 Aug 78 addl


Surname: Vautier, First Names : Alfred

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 26/07/1869

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 425 - Royal Oak 26 Jul 69 addl (act)


Surname: Veitch, First Names : Harry Lawrence Henderson

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 05/09/1867
Mate/Sub Lieutenant::

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 048 - Asia 30 Jun 69


Surname: Veitch, First Names : Harry Thomas
Birth Date : 1813
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 25/09/1843
Mate/Sub Lieutenant::

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 27/09/1868

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Excellent - 25 Oct 43
June 1844 : Excellent - 25 Oct 43
Dec 1848 : 306 - Impregnable 1 Jan 49
June 1879 : NP 19 Mar 1875


Surname: Veitch, First Names : Henry Gordon

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 12/02/1844
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 22/12/1834

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1844 : Styx addl - 2 Mar 44
Dec 1848 : Chief Officer, Coast Guard 20 Jun 48


Surname: Veitch, First Names : James Richard
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Captain: 23/06/1862
Commander: 02/05/1857
Lieutenant: 23/12/1847
Mate/Sub Lieutenant::

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Captain: 01/04/1870

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1848 : 307 - Inconstant 27 Dec 47


Surname: Venour, First Names : Stephen Thomas

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant::

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:

Notes:
Obtained Naval Cadetship by competition at the Examination in June, 1870, but will not be entered in the `Britannia' till 15th July, 1870


Surname: Venus, First Names : William

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 14/12/1814
Mate/Sub Lieutenant::

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:

Awards and Qualifications: : ; ;
Date awarded Pension for Wounds : 25/09/1843 ;

Notes:
Died end of 1846


Surname: Vereker, First Names : Foley Charles Prendergast (Hon)

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 08/04/1873
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 23/03/1870

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 337 - Nassau 22 Apr 70, Surveying Service, China Sea
June 1879 : 025 - Alert 20 Aug 78 ; Surveying Service Pacific Station


Surname: Verney, First Names : Edmund Hope
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Captain: 18/04/1877
Commander: 26/06/1866
Lieutenant: 22/03/1858
Mate/Sub Lieutenant::

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 218 - Growler 20 Jun 70 CO


Surname: Vernon, First Names : Bertie Wentworth

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 01/06/1869
Mate/Sub Lieutenant::


Surname: Vernon, First Names : Charles Egerton Harcourt
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Captain: 20/08/1861
Commander: 25/04/1855
Lieutenant: 02/02/1849
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 15/10/1847

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Captain: 01/04/1870

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1848 : 421 - Ocean 14 Dec 48


Surname: Vernon, First Names : Henry Townley

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 24/04/1847
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 28/10/1840

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1848 : 566 - Star 28 Mar 48


Surname: Vernon, First Names : John Francis Henry

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant::
Midshipman: 01/07/1864

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 513 - Vestal 3 Nov 69


Surname: Versturme, First Names : Louis Hutton
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Captain: 16/10/1868
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 24/06/1850


Surname: Vesey, First Names : Charles
Awarded Medal (m) / Foreign Order (FO): m, FO

Date promoted :
Captain: 21/07/1860
Lieutenant: 09/11/1846
Mate/Sub Lieutenant::

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Captain: 01/04/1870

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1848 : 653 - Wellesley addl 10 Jan 48
June 1879 : NP 17 Oct 1871

Notes:
Medjidie of the 5th Class.


Surname: Vestarme, First Names : Louis Hutton

Date promoted :
Commander: 06/08/1860
Mate/Sub Lieutenant::


Surname: Vevers, First Names : George

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 07/02/1815
Mate/Sub Lieutenant::

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 09/02/1860


Surname: Vibart, First Names : James

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 01/01/1814
Mate/Sub Lieutenant::

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 07/11/1856


Surname: Vicary, First Names : William (a)
Birth Date : 07 Dec 1792
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Commander: 06/08/1852
Lieutenant: 08/02/1815
Mate/Sub Lieutenant::

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Chief Officer, Coast Guard 27 Sep 38
June 1844 : Chief Officer, Coast Guard 27 Sep 38
Dec 1848 : Chief Officer, Coast Guard 27 Sep 38
June 1870 : GHP 16 Feb 1866
June 1879 : GHP 6 Mar 1866


Surname: Vicary, First Names : William (b)

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 03/02/1855
Mate/Sub Lieutenant::

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 01/07/1874

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 542 - Wivern 1 Jan 70


Surname: Victor, First Names : John George

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 28/04/1807
Mate/Sub Lieutenant::


Surname: Vidal, First Names : Alexander Thomas Emeric
Birth Date : Date Died: 5 Feb 1863

Date promoted :
Vice Adm: 17/06/1859
Rear Adm: 27/01/1854
Captain: 04/10/1825
Commander: 15/05/1823
Lieutenant: 06/02/1815
Mate/Sub Lieutenant::

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Rear Adm: 27/01/1854

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Styx - 15 Sep 41
June 1844 : Styx - 15 Sep 41


Surname: Vidal, First Names : Charles Johnson
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Captain: 13/10/1876
Commander: 15/02/1869
Lieutenant: 10/08/1859
Mate/Sub Lieutenant::

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 151 - Defence 24 Mar 69


Surname: Vidal, First Names : John Henry

Date promoted :
Commander: 02/09/1872
Lieutenant: 25/10/1860
Mate/Sub Lieutenant::

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 232 - Hector 8 Apr 70
June 1879 : 413 - Revenge 29 Nov 76


Surname: Vidal, First Names : Lewis Eyre Sealy

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 13/12/1869

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 406 - Rattlesnake 13 Dec 69 addl (act)


Surname: Vidal, First Names : Richard Emeric

Date promoted :
Commander: 22/07/1830
Mate/Sub Lieutenant::


Surname: Vignoles, First Names : John

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 17/09/1812
Mate/Sub Lieutenant::

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 17/01/1855


Surname: Villiers, First Names : Arthur Julian

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 20/04/1855
Mate/Sub Lieutenant::


Surname: Vincent, First Names : Andrew Atkins, KH

Date promoted :
Captain: 09/05/1832
Mate/Sub Lieutenant::


Surname: Vincent, First Names : Francis Charles
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 17/04/1862
Mate/Sub Lieutenant::

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Lieutenant: 01/04/1870


Surname: Vincent, First Names : George

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 28/09/1834
Mate/Sub Lieutenant::

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Chief Officer, Coast Guard 22 Apr 42
June 1844 : Chief Officer, Coast Guard 22 Apr 42

Notes:
30 Jan., 1841 Portsmouth. It is reported that Lieutenant G. Vincent, has been appointed to the Indus, vice Dennis, promoted.


Surname: Visconti, First Names : Eugene Gustave F. G. (Count)

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 28/02/1854
Mate/Sub Lieutenant::

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 01/10/1873

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 003 - Achilles 25 Mar 70 addl for Coast Guard Service Inspecting Officer of Division at Scilly

Notes:
Prometheus, Actions against Pirates in the Mediterranean - 26 Jun 1854


Surname: Vivian, First Names : Hussey Crespigny

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant::
Midshipman: 20/12/1865

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 323 - Minotaur 16 Jun 69 addl


Surname: Vivian, First Names : John Brabazon

Date promoted :
Commander: 23/08/1867
Lieutenant: 30/08/1856
Mate/Sub Lieutenant::

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 424 - Royalist 9 Jan 68


Surname: Von Donop, First Names : Edward Pelham Brenton
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Captain: 29/09/1855
Commander: 10/01/1849
Lieutenant: 28/06/1838
Mate/Sub Lieutenant::

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Captain: 01/04/1870

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Eurydice - 11 Jul 43
June 1844 : Illustrious addl - 23 Feb 44
Dec 1848 : 460 - President 21 Sep 48 (act)

Notes:
Favourite, 24 June 1840 Disaster at Tongatabu, Friendly Islands - desperately wounded


Surname: Von Donop, First Names : Victor Edward John Brenton

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 11/09/1866
Mate/Sub Lieutenant::

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 208 - Gladiator 14 Aug 69
June 1879 : 143 - Decoy 10 Sep 78


Surname: von Lowenstein, First Names : HSH Prince Volbrath Louis Charles

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 21/06/1877


Surname: Vosper, First Names : William

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 06/04/1796
Mate/Sub Lieutenant::

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Greenwich Hospital - 6 Apr 30
June 1844 : Greenwich Hospital - 6 Apr 30


Surname: Voules, First Names : Edward Jervis

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 07/03/1842
Mate/Sub Lieutenant::

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Albatross (NA & WI) - 12 May 42

Notes:
" At some time appears to have committed a disciplinary offence warranting a court martial as he is show as ""one of the Junior Lieutenants"" with no seniority in the 1844 Navy List ; He is missing from the 1850 Navy List ; He states in NBD that he was employed in the Coastguard service from 1844-48. It would appear he left the RN around this period some time after 1849 as he is shown in the Navy List for this year with his original seniority"


Surname: Voysey, First Names : Richard William Okes

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 08/04/1873
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 31/03/1869

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 422 - Royal Alfred 31 Mar 69


Surname: Vyner, First Names : Arthur

Date promoted :
Commander: 28/08/1843
Lieutenant: 06/05/1841
Mate/Sub Lieutenant::

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Captain: 01/08/1860

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Wolf - 6 May 43
June 1844 : Wolf - 6 May 43


Surname: Vyse, First Names : Frederick Howard
Birth Date : 08 Nov 1815

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 28/07/1842
Mate/Sub Lieutenant::

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Hyacinth - 19 Oct 43


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