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Administrative / biographical background
Woollnough was the son of a naval surgeon and grew up at Stubbs in Norfolk. He entered the Navy as a midshipman on HMS MONARCH (1765) in 1800. After a short period in the merchant service he re-entered as a midshipman on the gun-brig HMS BLOODHOUND (1801) during the blockade of Boulogne in 1803. In the following year he joined HMS AGAMEMNON (1781) and assisted in the capture of several Spanish merchant vessels. He served on the AGAMEMNON during the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, the Battle of St Domingo in 1806, and when the vessel was wrecked in the River Plate in 1809. Woollnough was promoted to lieutenant in 1811. He was in command of the cutter HMS SURLY (1806) when she was employed in the suppression of smuggling and the restoration of order during strikes at the ports of Sunderland and Shields in 1825-1828. Woollnough was promoted to commander in 1828 and awarded the insignia of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order in 1834. He died at Twickenham in 1839.