A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Vyse, Frederick Howard
VYSE. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
Frederick Howard Vyse, born 8 Nov. 1815, is third son (by Frances, second daughter of Henry Hesketh, Esq., of Newton, co. Chester) of Colonel Rich. Wm. Howard Vyse, of Stoke, co. Bucks, and of Broughton, co. Northampton, a Deputy-Lieutenant for co. Bucks, who served as Sheriff in 1829, and who represented Beverley in Parliament in 1812, and Honiton from 1816 to 1820. He is brother of Capt. Geo. C. E. A. E. Howard Vyse, of the 2nd Life Guards; also of Capt. R. H. R. Howard Vyse, of the Royal Horse Guards, M.P. for South Northampton; and great-grandson of Field Marshal Sir Geo. Howard, K.B., whose wife, Lucy, was sister and coheir of Wm. Wentworth, fourth Earl of Strafford.
This officer entered the Navy (from the Royal Naval College) 10 Feb. 1831; passed his examination 2 Dec. 1835; served for some time in the Mediterranean, at Portsmouth, and in South America, as Mate in the Polyphemus steamer, Lieut.-Commander John Evans, Powerful 84, Capt. Michael Seymour, and Carysfort 26, Capt. Lord Geo. Paulet; and was advanced to his present rank 28 July, 1842. He has since been on half-pay.