A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Jervis, William Henry
JERVIS. (Captain, 1846.)
William Henry Jervis entered the Navy 16 April, 1816; passed his examination in 1823; and was made Lieutenant, 2 March, 1828, into the Hussar 46, bearing the flag at Halifax of Sir Chas. Ogle, who transferred him, in the following May, to the Ringdove 18, Capt. Chas. English. After nine months of half-pay he obtained an appointment, 3 Oct. 1829, to the Winchester 52, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys on the North America and West India station. He was nominated, 25 June, 1831, Flag-Lieutenant, in the Prince Regent 120, to Rear-Admiral Wm. Parker, off Lisbon, where he continued to serve, in the same capacity, on board the Asia 84, until promoted to the rank of Commander 16 July, 18.34. He was subsequently, with the exception of a few months in 1839-40, employed in the Coast Guard from 26 March, 1836, until July, 1843; and from the latter date until superseded in Oct. 1845 he commanded the Pluto 16, in the East Indies. He attained his present rank 9 Nov. 1846, and is now on half -pay.
Capt. Jervis married, 12 Jan. 1835, Susan Arabella, third daughter of the late John Starr, Esq., Member of the Provincial Parliament at Halifax for co. King’s, and has issue.