Royal Naval Biography/Holland, John Wentworth
JOHN WENTWORTH HOLLAND, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1806.]
This officer went to India with the Hon. Commodore Cornwallis, in 1789; and was a Midshipman on board Earl Howe’s flag-ship in the great battle of June 1, 1794, on which occasion he appears to have been wounded. His meritorious conduct while serving as first Lieutenant of the Phoebe frigate, is highly spoken of in Captain (now Sir Robert) Barlow’s official letter reporting the capture of l’Africaine, Feb. 19, 1801[1], in the performance of which service he again received a wound.
Mr. Holland was promoted to the rank of Commander immediately after this very brilliant action; and he obtained a post commission on the 22d Jan. 1806, since which he has not been employed afloat.