« on: Monday 05 March 18 12:42 GMT (UK) »
My 5x GGrandfather William Wheatley was born 5th Jul 1782 in London to William Wheatley and Elizabeth Lardant.
Family history has him joining the Royal Navy as a Petty Officer around 1798 during the French Revolutionary Wars, but I haven't been able to verify this yet. Does anyone know where I could look for records to confirm this?
I do know the following about his career though:
- He is listed in the ‘Royal Kalendar, and Court and City Register for England, Scotland, Ireland, and the Colonies’ as working for the Office for Stores and Slops as a ledger keeper (1811, 1812) and warehouse clerk (1818, 1819, 1820)
- And then apparently as Superintendent in Charge of Ropes and Twines - unverified
- From 30th Jan 1821, he was the Navy Office Librarian at Somerset House (1825, 1827, 1828, 1831) found in the ‘Royal Kalendar, and Court and City Register for England, Scotland, Ireland, and the Colonies’ and Navy Board Officials 1660-1832 - J. M. Collinge
Any help would be appreciated!
- Ross (Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland)
- Clark (Bellie, Moray, Scotland)
- Parker (Bristol, England/West Indies)
- Appleyard (Tadcaster, Yorkshire, England)
- Wheatley (London, England)
- Gallagher (County Donegal, Ireland)
- Lambert (County Limerick, Ireland)
- Casbolt (Cambridgeshire, England)
- Slavin (County Armagh, Ireland)
- McBride (County Armagh, Ireland)