A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Wildey, John
WILDEY. (Lieut., 1817. f-p., 22; h-p., 21.)
John Wildey entered the Navy, 1 April, 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Queen 98, Capts. Manley Dixon and Fras. Pender, employed in the Channel and Mediterranean. In the following Sept. he attained the rating of Midshipman. On his return to England with Capt. Pender in Jan. 1806 in the Royal Sovereign 100, he joined the Renown 74, Capt. Philip Chas. Durham, with whom he served in the Channel until Jan. 1807. He was next, in Nov. 1814, placed under the command of Capt. Sir Jas. Athol Wood, on board the Pompée 74, again in the Mediterranean. In Dec. of the following year, five months after he had left the Pompée, he was appointed Admiralty-Midshipman of the Magicienne 42, Capt. John Brett Purvis; under whom we find him conveying Sir Rich. King, the Commander-in-Chief, to the East Indies. On 21 July, 1817, having returned to England in the Volage 22, Capt. John Reynolds, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. From 29 March, 1827, until 30 March, 1832, from 22 Nov. 1834 until 31 Dec. 1839, and from 25 Oct. 1841 until 1848, he had charge of the Semaphore stations on Haste Hill, Compton Down, and Portsdown Hill.