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The Manor of Lackham IV : 19 th & 20 th century owners into the country. It is unclear what Rooke’s part was in the conflict, his certificates were probably due to his ships being involved in actions, rather than he being cited personally. For a fuller account of the conflict see the website cited previously 122 Rooke probably joined HMS Pylades when she was commissioned in Plymouth in 1839 as she then sailed to Singapore and on to China. Rooke was in Wellesley sometime between 1838 and 1842 and in the Blenheim sometime between 1839 and 1843, being in the China area in both ships. Francis Rooke passed his Lieutenant’s examination in 1842 and returned to England 7 months later, in 1843. It should be noted that just passing the examination didn’t mean promotion, that was very much “dead man’s shoes” (often literally) and also involved seniority – positions were allocated on the basis of who had joined the service earliest, hence Rooke only being promoted to Lieutenant seven months after he passed the examination.. Lt Rooke then served two discontinuous tours of duty 123 aboard HMS St Vincent in Portsmouth under the flag of Sir Charles Rowley 124 and then under Sir Charles Ogle 125 . It is likely that he was on leave for the whole 122 http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/asia/china/opiumwar.ht m 123 O’Bryne, W (1849) Naval Biographical Dictionary p1002 between June 1844 and January 1845 with Rowley and January 46 to May 18546 with 124 Admiral Sir Charles Rowley 1 st Bart.(16/12/1770 – 12/10/1845) was the same Charles Rowley who had been FW Rooke’s Captain in HMS Bodicea over 40 years earlier 125 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Charles_Ogle,_2nd_Baronet Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Ogle, 2nd Baronet (24 May 1775 – 16 June 1858) He was the eldest son of Admiral Sir Chaloner Ogle, 1st Bart, and joined the Royal Navy in 1787. He was appointed acting commander of HMS Assurance in 1794. [1] Later he commanded HMS Peterel, HMS Minerva, HMS Meleager, HMS Greyhound, HMS 41
The Manor of Lackham IV : 19 th & 20 th century owners of 1845 and, presumably, living at Lackham. Admiral Rowley died during his time away from St Vincent He was promoted to Lieutenant in 1846 and from then on served in steamships, starting with HMS Devastation, 126 under the command of Capt. Sir Charles Hotham and HMS Gorgon 127 under Capt. Edward Crouch 128 . From 9 th April 1847 he served in HMS . Avenger under Captains Sidney Colpoys Dacres and Charles George Elers Napier. Rooke was serving in the Mediterranean at this time, both Devastation and Avenger were operating there. He was the only surviving officer when HMS Avenger was wrecked on the Sorella Rocks 129 . Egyptienne, HMS Unite, HMS Princess Augusta, HMS Ramillies, HMS Malta and HMS Rivoli. ] He became Commander-in-Chief, North American Station in 1827 and Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth in 1845. [1] He lived at Kings Worthy in Hampshire. He is buried at Ponteland in Northumberland 126 Rooke served in Devastation. HMS Devastation was a 1380 ton steam paddle sloop launched 8 July 1841. and broken up in 1866. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Devastation 127 HMS Gorgon was a wooden steam paddle frigate of 6 guns, launched in 1837. In 1840 she took part in the bombardment of Acre, and in 1843 was part of the Royal Navy squadron stationed in the River Plate during the Uruguayan Civil War. She was converted to a troopship and in 1858 assisted HMS Agamemnon in the laying of the first transatlantic telegraph cable. She was sold for breaking in 1864. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Gorgon_(1837) 128 O’Bryne, W (1849) Naval Biographical Dictionary p1002 He was in Devastation between May and August 1846 and in Grogon between August 1846 and April 1847 129 The ship broke up soon after striking, the mainmast, funnel and mizzentopmast going over the side and killing a number of men as they were endeavouring to launch the boats. The foremast and bowsprit followed immediately and within 20 minutes the ship was a complete wreck. 42
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