A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Wharton, John Anthony Lawrence
WHARTON. (Commander, 1848.)
John Anthony Lawrence Wharton is son of the late Retired Commander John Fras. Wharton, R.N.
This officer passed his examination 26 Sept. 1836; and, after having served on the Mediterranean, North America and West India, Plymouth, Pacific, and Portsmouth stations, as Mate, in the Pique 36, Capts. Edw. Boxer, Rich. Augustus Yates, and Henry Forbes, Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir David Milne, Fisgard 42, Capt. John Alex. Duntze, and Flying Fish 12, Capt. Robt. Harris, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 12 Sept. 1844. In the following month he was appointed to the Osprey 12, Capt. Fred. Patten, under whom he was wrecked, in March, 1846, on the coast of New Zealand, where he had been of late actively employed. Soon after the court-martial, which assembled to try the officers and crew, he was appointed, 19 April, 1847, to the Philomel 6, Capt. Wm. Cotterell Wood, fitting for the coast of Africa, whence he returned on the occasion of his promotion to the rank of Commander 29 Feb. 1848.