Lot Essay
Ex Sang Collection 1931.
The published Naval General Service Medal rolls confirm William Farley as a Midshipman aboard the Hero for the action of 4.11.1805, and as a Master's Mate aboard the Fawn for the Martinique and Guadaloupe operations.
Master William Farley receives his first mention by O'Byrne in his 1861 edition of Naval Biography, an entry that commences with his appointment to Master in July 1813. Employed in this capacity aboard the Carnation until April 1816, he witnessed the 'alarming fire' that engulfed the dockyard of Port Royal in the West Indies, the threat of which was greatly reduced by the efforts of the Carnation's crew. Next appointed to the Revolutionnaire, Farley enjoyed a four year period of employment on the Mediterranean Station prior to joining the Herald, in which latter ship he served from June 1824 until November 1830, a lengthy and busy commission that receives appropriate recognition in O'Byrne:
'The latter vessel made a voyage to St. Petersburg, conveyed the Bishops of Jamaica and Barbados to their respective sees, brought upwards of one million dollars home from Havana, took the Earl of Dalhousie to Quebec, landed the Marquis of Hastings at Malta, attended the Duke of Devonshire on the occasion of his splendid embassy to Russia, conveyed to India Mr. Lushington, the Governor of Madras, brought home the Earl Amherst, proceeded to Barbados and Jamaica with Major-General Sir James Lyon and the Earl of Belmore, the Governors of those islands, and was sent with Lord Heytesbury to St. Petersburg, Mr. Turner (Envoy-Extraordinary) to Carthagena, and Lord Aylmer to Quebec, returning from the place last mentioned with Sir James Kempt'.
Farley was placed on the Retired List in 1851.
The published Naval General Service Medal rolls confirm William Farley as a Midshipman aboard the Hero for the action of 4.11.1805, and as a Master's Mate aboard the Fawn for the Martinique and Guadaloupe operations.
Master William Farley receives his first mention by O'Byrne in his 1861 edition of Naval Biography, an entry that commences with his appointment to Master in July 1813. Employed in this capacity aboard the Carnation until April 1816, he witnessed the 'alarming fire' that engulfed the dockyard of Port Royal in the West Indies, the threat of which was greatly reduced by the efforts of the Carnation's crew. Next appointed to the Revolutionnaire, Farley enjoyed a four year period of employment on the Mediterranean Station prior to joining the Herald, in which latter ship he served from June 1824 until November 1830, a lengthy and busy commission that receives appropriate recognition in O'Byrne:
'The latter vessel made a voyage to St. Petersburg, conveyed the Bishops of Jamaica and Barbados to their respective sees, brought upwards of one million dollars home from Havana, took the Earl of Dalhousie to Quebec, landed the Marquis of Hastings at Malta, attended the Duke of Devonshire on the occasion of his splendid embassy to Russia, conveyed to India Mr. Lushington, the Governor of Madras, brought home the Earl Amherst, proceeded to Barbados and Jamaica with Major-General Sir James Lyon and the Earl of Belmore, the Governors of those islands, and was sent with Lord Heytesbury to St. Petersburg, Mr. Turner (Envoy-Extraordinary) to Carthagena, and Lord Aylmer to Quebec, returning from the place last mentioned with Sir James Kempt'.
Farley was placed on the Retired List in 1851.