A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Rouse, John Wood
ROUSE. (Lieut., 1807. f-p., 28; h-p., 20.)
John Wood Rouse entered the Navy, in Oct. 1799, as A.B., on board the Marlborough 74, Capt. Thos. Sotheby, in which ship he was wrecked on a sunken rock near Belleisle 4 Nov. 1800. Between the following Jan. and the summer of 1806 he served in the Channel (the chief part of the time as Midshipman and Master’s Mate), in the Barfleur 98, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Collingwood, Fisgard and Naiad frigates, both commanded by Capt. Jas. Wallis, Conqueror 74, Capt. Thos. Louis, Foudroyant 80, bearing the flag of Sir Thos. Graves, and Formidable 98, Capt. Fras. Fayerman. He then joined the Royal George 100, flag-ship of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, under whom he passed the Dardanells, and lost a leg in the attack upon Prota in Feb. 1807.[1] He was promoted in consequence to the rank of Lieutenant 24 Aug. 1807, voted a grant from the Patriotic Fund, and awarded, 28 May, 1816, a pension of 91l. 5s. From 25 Aug. 1815 until paid off 15 April, 1818, he commanded the Pioneer cutter on the coast of Scotland; and from 26 July, 1820, until admitted, 2 Nov. 1837, to Greenwich Hospital, he filled the appointment of First-Lieutenant in the Royal Naval College at Portsmouth.
The Lieutenant’s second daughter, Frances Seymour, is married to R. H. Forman, Esq., son of Colonel Forman, of Croom’s Hill, Greenwich.
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1807, p. 597.