A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Woodgate, Thomas

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WOODGATE. (Commander, 1842.)

Thomas Woodgate is nephew of Commander Rich. Streatfeild, R.N.

This officer attained the rank of Lieutenant 18 Oct. 1839. His succeeding appointments were 21 Oct. 1839, as Additional, to the Stag 46, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Thos. Ball Sulivan in South America – 18 July, 1840, to the Grecian 16, Capt. Wm. Smyth, at the Cape of Good Hope – 7 March, 1842, as Senior, to the North Star 26, Capt. Sir Jas. Everard Home, under whom he took part in the closing operations of the war in China^[1] – and, 17 Nov. following, to the Endymion 44, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Grey, on the East India station. He was presented, in 1843, for his China services, with a Commander’s commission bearing date 23 Dec. 1842;^[2] and has since been on half-pay.

Commander Woodgate married, 11 Sept. 1845, Louisa Hay, daughter of the late Lieut. Walker, R.N. Agent – Fred. Dufaur.

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1. He served on shore in the attack upon the batteries at Woosung. – Vide Gaz. 1842, p. 3400.
2. Vide Gaz. 1843, p. 2930.