A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Wooldridge, William
WOOLDRIDGE. (Lieutenant, 1825.)
William Wooldridge entered the Navy 23 July, 1815; obtained his commission 13 Sept. 1825; and from 12 Dec. 1840 until the early part of 1847 was employed almost uninterruptedly as an Agent for Transports afloat. He served in that capacity during the war in China.