WILLIAM ROCHFORT, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1826.]
Was made a lieutenant May 2d, 1810; appointed to the Nymphe 38, Captain Farmery P. Epworth, Feb. 2d, 1813; and promoted to the rank of commander, June 15th, 1814. We next find him commanding the Nimrod sloop, in the river Tyne, where he assisted the civil authorities in quelling some serious riots among the keelmen, as will be seen on reference to p. 79 et seq. of Suppl. Part IV. On paying off the Nimrod, at Plymouth, Oct. 13th, 1825, his ship’s company presented him with a handsome sword, “as a testimony of their respect and esteem.” He obtained the rank of captain. Mar. 27th, 1826.