A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Jerningham, Arthur William
JERNINGHAM. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 22; h-p., 2.)
Arthur William Jerningham, born 26 Feb. 1807, is second son of the late Wm. Chas. Jerningham, Esq., an officer of rank in the Austrian service, by Anne, eldest daughter of Thos. Wright, Esq., of Fitzwalters, co. Essex; brother of Fred. Wm. Jerningham, Esq., late of the 29th Regt.; and nephew of the present Lord Stafford. One of his sisters is married to the eldest son of Viscount Gormanston.
This officer entered the Navy, 13 June, 1823, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Mersey 26, Capt. John Macpherson Ferguson, stationed in South America, where he exchanged into the Fly 18, Capt. Wm. Fanshawe Martin. On being paid off in 1825 he became Mipshipman of the Victory 104, bearing the flag of Sir Geo. Martin at Portsmouth; and he afterwards, until Dec. 1829, served in the Channel and Mediterranean on board the Galatea 42, Capt. Sir Chas. Sullivan, and Pelican and Raleigh sloops, Capts. Alex. Wm. Baillie Hamilton, Fras. Deane Hutcheson, Geo. Haye, and Sir Wm. Dickson. In Jan. 1830 we find Mr. Jerningham, who had passed his examination in the previous Sept., joining the Britannia 120, flag-ship of Sir Pulteney Malcolm, also on the Mediterranean station, where, on 28 Feb. 1832, after having served as Mate with Capts. Hugh Berners and Wm. Smith in the Philomel 10, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, while employed under Hon. Sir Henry Hotham in the St. Vincent 120. His succeeding appointments were – 27 July, 1833, to the Raleigh, 16, Capt. Abraham Mills Hawkins, with whom he returned to England in the early part of 1834 – 17 Nov. 1835, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Thos. Hastings – and 23 June, 1837, to the Wellesley 74, bearing the successive flags of Sir Jas. John Gordon Bremer and Hon. Geo. Elliot. For his services as Gunnery and First Lieutenant in the latter ship during the early portion of the China war, he was advanced to his present rank by commission dated 22 Feb. 1841. He has been employed in the Coast Guard since 4 of the following Aug., at first as an Inspecting Commander and latterly as Inspector of small-arm exercise to that service, with his name on the books of the Excellent.
Commander Jerningham married, 19 April, 1836, Sophia Mary, eldest daughter of Rich. O’Farrell Caddell, Esq., of Harbourstown, co. Meath, by the Hon. Paulina Southwell, sister of the present Viscount Southwell. By that lady he has issue.