A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Weaver, William (a)
WEAVER. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 32.)
William Weaver (a) was born in 1795, in Dublin.
This officer entered the Navy, 26 Sept. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Agamemnon 64, Capts. Sir Edw. Berry and Jonas Rose. In that ship, after she had by the most masterly manoeuvres escaped from a French squadron, consisting of five sail of the line, two frigates, and a brig, he joined Lord Nelson’s fleet, in time to participate in the battle of Trafalgar. He was subsequently present in the action off St. Domingo 6 Feb. 1806; and in the attack upon Copenhagen in Aug. and Sept. 1807. On the Agamemnon being wrecked in the Rio de la Plata, 20 June, 1809, he was received as Midshipman (a rating he had already attained) on board the Foudroyant 80, bearing the flag of Hon, Michael De Courcy on the coast of Brazil, whence he returned in Nov. 1812. In Jan. 1813 he was ordered to join the Barfleur 98, commanded by his former Captain, Sir Edw. Berry, in the Mediterranean; where, in the following June, being desirous of a more active life than was to be found in a ship of the line, and having applied for an appointment as Acting-Master, he was removed in that capacity to the Paulina 16, Capts. Westby Percival and Rowland Mainwaring. While acting subsequently as Master in the Pilot 18, Capt. John Toup Nicholas (he had been transferred to that sloop in Feb. 1814), he assisted, and was mentioned for his conduct, at the defeat, 17 June, 1815, off Cape Corse, of the French corvette Légère of 28 guns; which vessel made off at the end of a close and obstinate combat of nearly two hours, attended with a loss to herself of 22 men killed and 79 wounded, and to the British, with damage to their sails and rigging, of 1 man killed and 15 wounded. Having passed his examination for Lieutenant 2 Oct. 1811, he was presented, in Oct. 1815, with a commission dated back to 20 Feb. preceding. He has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Weaver married, in 1830, Mrs. Priscilla Munchin. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.