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A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Wilmot, Charles Edward

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2010195A Naval Biographical Dictionary — Wilmot, Charles EdwardWilliam Richard O'Byrne

WILMOT. (Commander, 1846.)

Charles Edward Wilmot entered the Navy 26 Jan. 1808; and obtained his first commission 17 April, 1824. His succeeding appointments were – 28 Dec. 1824, to the Pelican 16, Capt. Hon. Geo. Barrington, at the Nore – 23 Feb. 1827, to the Prince Regent 120, bearing the flags of Sir Robt. Moorsom and Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood, at Chatham – 18 Aug. 1829, to the Gloucester 74, Capts. Henry Stuart and Fras. Holmes Coffin, in the Mediterranean – 2 April, 1832 (after some months of half-pay), to the charge, which he retained for five years, of the Semaphore station on Beacon Hill – 29 July, 1842, to the Coast Guard – 14 Dec. 1844, as Senior, to the Lily 16, Capt. Chas. Jas. Franklin Newton, fitting for the coast of Africa, where he was superseded in July, 1845 – and, 9 April, 1846, to the command, on the south-east coast of America, of the Griffon brigantine. He was advanced to his present rank 9 Nov. 1846; and has since been on half-pay. Agents – Case and Loudonsack.