A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Entwisle, Hugh
ENTWISLE. (Retired Commander, 1839. f-p., 17; h-p., 31.)
Hugh Entwisle is second son of John Entwisle, Esq., of Foxholes, Rochdale, Lancashire, by Ellen, daughter of Hugh Lyle, Esq., of Coleraine; brother of the late John Entwisle, Esq., M.P. for Rochdale, and of Robt. Entwisle, Esq., Lieut.-Colonel of the Lancashire Militia; and brother-in-law of Robt. Peel, Esq., of Manchester, first-cousin of the Right Hon. Sir Robt. Peel, Bart., M.P.
This officer entered the Navy, 7 May, 1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Amethyst 38, Capts. John Cooke, Henry Rich. Glynn, Alex. Campbell, and John Wm. Spranger, on the Home station. While in that frigate, besides being much employed in the conveyance of royal and diplomatic personages, he assisted, as Midshipman, at the capture of three privateers, carrying 34 guns and 270 men, and witnessed the surrender, 27 Jan. and 9 April, 1801, of the French 36-gun frigate La Dédaigneuse, and national corvette Le Général Brune of 14 guns. With a brief interval, from 7 June to 18 July, 1805, during which he officiated as Acting-Lieutenant of the Cruizer 18, Capt. John Hancock, Mr. Entwisle continued to serve in the Amethyst until Sept. of the latter year, when he rejoined Capt. Cooke on board the Bellerophon 74, commanded subsequently by Capt. Edw. Rotheram. After participating in the battle of Trafalgar, towards the close of which he had been sent with Lieut. Douglas to take possession of the Bahama, a Spanish 74, he obtained a Lieutenancy, 28 Jan. 1806, in the Paulina 16, Capts. John Rich. Lumley and Westby Percival, under whom, during a period of six years and a half, he attended Lord Gambier’s expedition to Copenhagen, and was very actively employed in the Mediterranean. His succeeding appointments were – 5 Aug. 1812, to the Warspite 74, Capt. Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood, stationed in the Channel – 12 April, 1814, to the Bucephalus troop-ship, Capt. Geo. Wm. Hughes D’Aeth, employed in the operations against New Orleans – and, 14 June and 11 Nov. 1815, to the Seahorse and Madagascar 38’s, both commanded by Capt. Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon. Commander Entwisle, who has been on half-pay since 20 Aug. 1816, accepted his present rank 8 Jan. 1839.
He married, 11 Oct. 1824, Mary Anne, eldest daughter of Jas. Royds, Esq., of Mount Falinge, Rochdale. Agents – Messrs. Halford and Co.