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Auction: 16002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 38

Naval General Service 1793-1840, two clasps, 1 June 1794, Egypt (F. Wharton, Midshipman.), extremely fine

Francis Wharton served as Midshipman in H.M.S. Gibraltar during the fleet action that became known as 'The Glorious First of June'. A total of seven Large Naval Gold Medals and 15 Small Naval Gold Medals were awarded for this action; Wharton served as Lieutenant in H.M.S. Good Design in co-operation with the Army on and off the coast of Egypt, 1801. Wharton was the only recipient for the 'Egypt' clasp from the latter ship.

Commander John Francis Wharton joined the Royal Navy as Captain's Servant, July 1792, aboard H.M.S. St. George (Captain Byard); served as Midshipman and Master's Mate in H.M. Ships Gibraltar (Captains T. Mackenzie and the Hon. T. Pakenham), Majestic (Captain G.B. Westcott) and Ville De Paris (flag ship of Lord St. Vincent) in the Channel and Mediterranean, July 1793-August 1798; appointed Acting Lieutenant H.M.S. Majestic, December 1798; subsequent appointments included in H.M.S. Pallas and Resolution before seeing service in the Good Design armed vessel (Captain R. Elliot), with whom he obtained the Turkish gold medal for his services in Egypt; following appointments included as First Lieutenant in H.M. Ships Camilla, Falcon, Goliath and Achille, off Brest, Rochefort and Corunna; whilst serving in the Goliath he assisted at the capture of the French brig La Faune and the corvette La Torche, 11th and 18th August 1805; he commanded the prison-ships Vengeance and Téméraire, 1811-1814; admitted to the Out-Pension of Greenwich Hospital, July 1837; Commander 1838; died 1848.

Provenance: Glendining, December 1912
Glendining, June 1991
Turl Collection, Spink, July 2010

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Estimate
£6,000 to £8,000