A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Woodruffe, Daniel
WOODRUFFE. (Lieutenant, 1828.)
Daniel Woodruffe died 18 July, 1845.
This officer entered the Navy 12 Feb. 1811; and obtained his commission 14 Sept. 1828. He was afterwards appointed, for short periods – 17 Feb. 1834, to the President 52, Capt. John M‘Kerlie, in which ship he escorted Sir Colin Campbell, K.C.B., Governor-General of Nova Scotia, to Halifax – 27 Aug. 1834, to the Vernon 50, also commanded by Capt. M‘Kerlie, and at the time fitting for the Mediterranean – 10 March, 1835, to the Coast Guard – and 12 July, 1843, to the command of the Albert steamer, on the coast of Africa. Agent – J. Hinxman.