Henry Holden Wilding

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Lieutenant Henry Holden Wilding, ( – 6 March, 1887) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Wilding was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 5 August, 1868. In 1869, he was reprimanded for the "unsatisfactory & reluctant way he gave evidence at Ct. Martial on Thomas M. Moffat, Nav Sub-Lieut. of Inconstant."[1]

He was appointed to Torch on 8 January, 1871. On 20 February 1872, he was himself tried by Court Martial for having placed Commander [illeg] of Torch under arrest. Wilding was "fully acquitted."[2]

In 1873, he was mentioned in despatches as having commanded boats during the Chama Expedition in the Ashanti War.[3]

Wilding died at Malta of a heart disease while en route back to England.

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Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Orford Churchill
Captain of H.M.S. Ariel
26 Nov, 1877[4][5] – 3 Feb, 1880[6]
Succeeded by
Francis W. Sanders

Footnotes

  1. Wilding Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/1530. f. 1408.
  2. Wilding Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/1530. f. 1408.
  3. Wilding Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/1530. f. 1408.
  4. Wingfield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/1535. ff. 1408, 1461.
  5. The Navy List. (October, 1878). p. 195.
  6. Wingfield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/1535. ff. 1408, 1461.