May 1796[1]; and was present at the unsuccessful attack upon Porto Rico in the following year. His post commission bears date June 20, 1797. During part of the late war he commanded the Cork district of Sea Fencibles. On the 9th March 1819, he was chosen M.P. for Wexford, which place he represented until the dissolution of parliament in the following year. His superannuation as a Rear-Admiral took place July 26, 1821.
Residence.– Wexford, Ireland.
SIR WILLIAM OGILVY, BART.
(Of Innerquharity, Forfarshire, North Britain.)
[Superannuated Rear-Admiral.]
This officer’s patent of Baronetcy is dated 1626; that of the Premier Baronet of Scotland, 1625. He entered the naval service in 1773; and was made a Lieutenant into the Boston; on board of which frigate he was severely wounded whilst endeavouring to suppress a mutiny in 1782. He subsequently joined the Polyphemus 64, and was in the partial action with the combined fleets off Cape Spartel, October 20, in the same year[2], after which that ship was detached to the West Indies, under the orders of Rear-Admiral Sir R. Hughes.
At the commencement of the French war in 1793, he was appointed first Lieutenant of the Robust 74; and from the time Toulon was taken possession of by the allied forces until its final evacuation, we find him acting as commander of that ship, her proper Captain (Elphinstone) holding an important command on shore[3]. He was afterwards removed as first Lieutenant into the Glory, a second rate, forming part of the grand fleet under Earl Howe; and obtained the rank of Commander in consequence of that nobleman’s victory over the republican fleet, on the 1st of June, 1794[4].
In 1795, Captain Ogilvy commanded the Lark sloop of war
- ↑ See Vol. I. note †, at p. 134.
- ↑ The British Fleet, under Lord Howe, after throwing supplies into Gibraltar, was pursued and attacked by the combined fleets of France and Spain. The firing continued from sun-set until 10 P.M. but the distance between the hostile forces was so great that it produced little effect on either side. The next morning the enemy were seen standing to the N.W. The loss sustained by the British fleet amounted to 68 killed, and 208 wounded.
- ↑ See Vol. I. pp. 46, 60, and 294.
- ↑ See Vol. I. note at p. 75, et seq.
