A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Oakeley, Henry
OAKELEY. (Lieutenant, 1843.)
Henry Oakeley is fifth son of the late Rev. Herbert Oakeley, D.D., of Oakeley, Salop, Rector of Lydham, and Prebendary of Worcester.
This officer entered the Navy 6 Nov. 1830; passed his examination in 1837; obtained his commission 4 Oct. 1843; and from 2 May, 1844, until paid off in 1847, served on the coast of Africa in the Cygnet 6, Capts. Henry Layton, Fred. Wilmot Horton, and Fred. Byng Montresor.
He married, 1 June, 1847, Emily Letitia, third daughter of the late Colonel Hamelin Trelawny, R.A., and niece of Sir Wm. Lewis Salusbury Trelawny, Bart.