A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Wolley, Godfrey Lamplugh
WOLLEY. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 23; h-p., 15.)
Godfrey Lamplugh Wolley entered the Navy, 7 Aug. 1809, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Salvador del Mundo, Capt. Thos. Wolley, bearing the flag of Admiral Wm. Young at Plymouth. He removed, 14 May, 1812, to the Northumberland 74, Capt. Hon. Henry Hotham; and on 22 of the same month he was present, we believe, in company with the Growler gun-brig, at the destruction, at the entrance of L’Orient, of the French 40-gun frigates L’Arienne and L’Andromaque, and 16-gun brig Mamelouck, whose united fire, conjointly with that of a heavy battery, killed 5 and wounded 28 of the Northhmberland’s people. After serving for a few months in the West Indies in the Vengeur 74, Capt.Thos. Dundas, he joined, in Sept. 1813, the President 38, Capts. Fras. Mason and Archibald Duff, on the coast of Ireland, where he continued employed as Midshipman until Sept. 1815. From Jan. 1816 until May, 1818, he served on board the Fly sloop, Capt. John Baldwin, at Cork and at Newfoundland; and in May of the latter year he became Master’s Mate of the Parthian 10, Capt. Wilson Braddyll Bigland, fitting for the West Indies, on which station he was nominated, 21 Jan. 1820, Acting-Lieutenant of the Sapphire 26, Capts. Henry Hart and Alex. Montgomerie. He was confirmed to that ship 29 April, 1820; was paid off from her in Sept. 1821; and was subsequently appointed – 9 Sept. 1822, as Senior, for upwards of two years, to the Bellette 18, Capt. John Leith, again in the West Indies – 1 Aug. 1836, to the Victory 104, guard-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Thos. Searle – and in 1838, to the post of Agent on board a contract mail steam-vessel. He was advanced to the rank he now holds 23 Nov. 1841.; and has been employed since 23 Nov. 1843 as an Inspecting-Commander in the Coast Guard.