William Robert Wolseley Winniett R.N.
William Robert Wolseley Winniett R.N.
| | | |
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) |
|
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 |