A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Wilmot, Henry Sacheverell
WILMOT, Bart. (Lieutenant, 1825.)
Sir Henry Sacheverell Wilmot, born 11 Feb. 1801, is eldest son of Sir Robt. Wilmot (whom he succeeded as fourth Baronet 13 July, 1842) by his first wife Lucy, eldest daughter of Robt. Grimston, Esq., of Neswick, co. York.
This officer entered the Navy, 28 April, 1813, on board the Lacedaemonian 38, Capt. Sam. Jackson, with whom he continued employed as Midshipman in the Niger 38, chiefly on the coast of North America, until 1817. He served afterwards in the East Indies and South America in the Eden 26, Capt. Fras. Erskine Loch, Brazen 26, Capt. Geo. Wickens Willes, and Spartiate 76 and Wellesley 74, flagships of Sir Geo. Eyre; and on 8 June, 1825, he was made Lieutenant, on the station last named, into the Jaseur 18, Capt. Thos. Martin. He invalided home in 1826; and has since been on half-pay. Sir H. S. Wilmot is a Magistrate for the counties of Derby and Nottingham and the borough of Derby. He married, in Dec. 1826, Elizabeth, daughter of Edw. Miller Mundy, Esq., of Shipley Hall, co. Derby, by whom he has issue six children.