A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Schomberg, Henry Charles
SCHOMBERG. (Lieutenant, 1827. f-p., 15; h-p., 14.)
Henry Charles Schomberg, born 1 Aug. 1804, is third son of the late Commissioner Isaac Schomberg,[1] R.N., author of the ‘Naval Chronology,’ by Amelia, daughter of John Lawrance Brodrick, D.D., and grand-daughter of Viscount Middleton. He is cousin of Vice-Admiral A. W. Schomberg.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 5 Feb. 1818; and embarked, in April, 1820, on board the Rochfort 80, commanded by his cousin, Capt. Chas. Marsh Schomberg, as flag-ship of Sir Graham Moore in the Mediterranean; where, after serving as Midshipman in the Larne 20, Capt. Robt. Tait, and again in the Rochfort, he became, early in 1824 and 1827, Mate of the Revenge 76, and Asia 84, bearing the flags of Sir Harry Burrard Neale and Sir Edw. Codrington. He was in the Rochfort when that ship afforded a passage to the present King of the Belgians; and he was in charge of the watch at the moment that the Marquess of Hastings, who died on board, breathed his last, in Baia Bay, Naples. He was frequently, while in her engaged in boat affairs with pirates. During the time he belonged to the Revenge he commanded the Racer and Express tenders, and assisted at the blockade of Algiers. Attaining the rank of Lieutenant 30 April, 1827, he was in the course of that year so appointed to the Gannet 18, Capt. Francis Brace, and Glasgow 50, Capt. Hon. Jas. Ashley Maude; and next, 16 Oct. 1828, and 9 March, 1829, to the Jaseur 18, Capt. John Lyons, and Maidstone 42, Commodore C. M. Schomberg, both at the Cape of Good Hope. In the Glasgow he was employed in watching the movements of the Turco-Egyptian fleet prior to the battle of Navarin (at which he fought in the capacity of Second Lieutenant), and afterwards in suppressing piracy in the Archipelago. Since the paying-off of the Maidstone in Aug. 1832 he has not been afloat.
Lieut. Schomberg married, 6 Aug. 1833, Susan, relict of his cousin, Henry Brodrick, Esq., of co. Kilkenny.
- ↑ Commissioner Schomberg served as First-Lieutenant under the veteran Cornwallis, in the memorable battle between Rodney and De Grasse, as also in the Pegasus 28, under the command of his late Majesty William IV., upon whom, when Midshipman with Lord Hood in the Barfleur. he had been an attendant. He commanded the Culloden 74, in Lord Howe’s action 1 June, 1704, and died at Chelsea 20 Jan. 1813.