A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Welstead, Frederick
WELSTEAD. (Retired Commander, 1835. f-p., 18; h-p., 33.)
Frederick Welstead died 14 May, 1848, aged 68.
This officer entered the Navy, 5 May, 1796, as Midshipman, on board the Theseus 74, Capts. Augustus Montgomery and John Aylmer, employed at first in the Channel and next in the Mediterranean; where he followed Capt. Aylmer, in the early part of 1798, into the Captain 74. After serving for six months in the Channel in the Formidable 98, Capt. Edw. Thornbrough, he joined, in Sept. 1799, the Téméraire 98; in which ship, bearing the successive flags of Rear-Admirals Sir John Borlase Warren and Geo. Campbell, he continued employed, on the Home and West India stations, until Oct. 1802 – the last four months as Acting-Lieutenant. He was confirmed a Lieutenant, 17 Nov. 1802, into the Culloden 74, also the flag-ship, in the Channel, of Rear-Admiral Campbell, with whom and with Rear-Admiral Thos. Louis he served, from April, 1803, until Aug. 1807, in the Canopus 80. In her he was present in the action off St. Domingo 6 Feb. 1806; at the capture, 27 Sept. following, of Le Président French frigate of 44 guns; at the passage of the Dardanells in Feb. 1807; and in the ensuing operations in Egypt. He was afterwards employed, from Aug. until Nov. 1807, in the Queen 98, Capt. Thos. Geo. Shortland; and from May, 1808, until Dec. 1814, in the Princess of Orange 74, Agincourt 64, and Monmouth 74, flag-ships of Admirals Campbell and Foley in the Downs. He accepted the rank of Commander on the Retired List 14 July, 1835.
Commander Welstead married Emilia Sophia, daughter of John Bristow, Esq., President of the Board of Trade at Calcutta, and grand-daughter of John Bristow, Esq., of Quidenham Hall, co. Norfolk, Sub-Governor of the South Sea Company, by whom he has left, with other issue, a daughter, Augusta Henrietta, married to G. E. Hannam, Esq., of Bromston House, and Allen Grange, Isle of Thanet. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.