A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Rogers, William
ROGERS. (Retired Captain, 1840. f-p., 25; h-p., 42.)
William Rogers died 29 Jan. 1848, at Lansdowne Crescent, Bath, aged 81.
This officer entered the Navy, 14 March, 1780, as a Volunteer, on board the Ranger, Lieut.-Commander Alex. Hood, stationed in the West Indies; where, in 1781-2, he served with the late Sir Henry Edwin Stanhope, as Midshipman, in the Terrible and Russell 74’s. He then joined the Flirt sloop in the North Sea; and was next, between 1783 and 1793, employed, on the American and Home stations, in the Mercury, Capt. H. E. Stanhope, Kite; and Cockatrice,Lieut.-Commanders Gunter and Hume, Barfleur 90 and Victory 100, flag-ships of Lord Hood, Juno 32, Capt. Sam. Hood, and Duke 90, bearing the flag of Admiral Roddam. On 26 Sept. 1793, having accompanied Lord Hood to the Mediterranean as Master’s Mate in his former ship the Victory, he was made Lieutenant, during the occupation of Toulon, into the Princess Royal 98, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sam. Cranston Goodall. Deducting a half-pay interval of about two years, which occurred between 1800 and 1802, he officiated, from 14 Oct. 1796 until promoted to the rank of Commander 22 Jan. ,1806, as First-Lieutenant in the Diamond 38, Capts. Sir Rich. John Strachan, Edw. Griffith, and Thos. Elphinstone, and saw much general service. Under Capt, Elphinstone he assisted at the capture, in Dec. 1804, of the Spanish corvette Infanta Carlos, with a valuable cargo and 120,000 dollars in specie, from the Havana bound to Corunna. His last appointment was, 17 March, 1808, to the Thisbe 28, successive flagship of Admirals Sir H. E. Stanhope, Wm. Albany Otway, and Sir Chas. Hamilton, in the river Thames, where he continued until 10 July, 1811. He accepted the rank of Captain on the Retired List 10 Sept. 1840.