A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Williams, Woodford John
WILLIAMS. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 16; h-p., 9.)
Woodford John Williams entered the Navy 1 Aug. 1822; obtained his first commission 25 June, 1828; and was appointed next – 1 Aug. 1829, to the Trinculo 18, Capt. Sam. Price, on the Cork station – 2 May and 23 Sept. 1831, to the Seringapatam 46, Capt. Hon. Wm. Waldegrave, and Tyne 28, Capt. Chas. Hope, both in South America, whence he returned in Jan. 1834 – 25 Feb. 1835, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Thos. Hastings – 11 April, 1836, to the Hercules 74, Capt. Maurice Fred. Fitzhardinge Berkeley, on the Home station – 19 Aug. 1837, as Senior, for about three months, to the Pique 36, Capt. Edw. Boxer, fitting at Portsmouth – and 10 April, 1838, to the command of the Termagant brigantine, of 10 guns, on the coast of Africa. He attained the rank of Commander 28 June, 1838; served in that capacity in the Stromboli steamer in the Mediterranean (where he assisted at the capture of Sidon[1] and at the bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre) from 18 July, 1840, until advanced to his present rank 2 June, 1841; and from 24 Oct. 1846 until paid off at the close of 1848, was employed, chiefly on the Home station, in the Amphion steam-frigate of 300 horse-power.
Capt. Williams married, 3 Feb. 1842, Anne, third daughter of the Rev. Dr. Morgan, Chaplain of Portsmouth Dockyard.
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1840, p. 2603.