# Henry Medley > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Henry_Medley > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Henry_Medley.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Medley > Source revision: 1351845593 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Royal Navy officer and colonial administrator (1687–1747)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox military person |honorific_prefix = [Vice-Admiral](/source/Vice-admiral_(Royal_Navy)) [The Honourable](/source/The_Honourable) |name = Henry Medley |birth_date = {{birth year|1687}} |death_date = {{dda|1747|08|05|1687}} |image = Henry Medley Faber (cropped1).jpg |image_size = |caption = 1745 engraving of Medley |birth_place = |death_place = Aboard {{HMS|Russell|1692|6}}, at [Vado Ligure](/source/Vado_Ligure) |nickname = |allegiance = [England](/source/Kingdom_of_England)
[Great Britain](/source/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain) |service_years = |rank = [Vice-Admiral of the Red](/source/Vice-Admiral_of_the_Red) |commands = {{ubl|{{HMS|Poole|1696|6}}|{{HMS|York|1706|6}}|{{HMS|Leopard|1703|6}}|{{HMS|Romney|1708|6}}|{{HMS|Nassau|1706|6}}|[Mediterranean Fleet](/source/Mediterranean_Fleet)}} |branch = [Royal Navy](/source/Royal_Navy) |battles = {{ubl|[War of the Spanish Succession](/source/War_of_the_Spanish_Succession)|[War of the Quadruple Alliance](/source/War_of_the_Quadruple_Alliance)|[Anglo-Spanish War](/source/Anglo-Spanish_War_(1727%E2%80%931729))|[War of the Austrian Succession](/source/War_of_the_Austrian_Succession)}} |awards = |relations = }} [Vice-Admiral of the Red](/source/Vice-Admiral_of_the_Red) '''Henry Medley''' (1687 – 5 August 1747) was a [Royal Navy](/source/Royal_Navy) officer and colonial administrator. ==Life== [[File:Memorial to the Hon. Henry Medley in York Minster.JPG|thumb|Memorial in [York Minster](/source/York_Minster)]] Medley entered the [Royal Navy](/source/Royal_Navy) in 1703, and in 1706 was [midshipman](/source/midshipman) of the 80-gun {{HMS|Somerset|1698|6}} with Captain Price at the relief of [Barcelona](/source/Barcelona). He passed his examination as lieutenant on 8 February 1710, and on 5 September 1710 was promoted by [Sir John Norris](/source/John_Norris_(Royal_Navy_officer)) to be lieutenant of {{HMS|Fame|1709|6}}; a few months later he was moved into the 70-gun {{HMS|Stirling Castle|1705|6}}. In 1717 he was a lieutenant of the 90-gun {{HMS|Barfleur|1697|6}}, flagship of [Sir George Byng](/source/George_Byng%2C_1st_Viscount_Torrington) in the [Baltic Sea](/source/Baltic_Sea).{{cite DNB|wstitle=Medley, Henry}} Early in 1720 Medley was promoted to the command of {{HMS|Poole|1696|6}}, a fire-ship, and on 17 February 1721 was posted into the 60-gun {{HMS|York|1706|6}}. In 1722, while commanding the 50-gun {{HMS|Leopard|1703|6}} in the Mediterranean, he seized a ship named the ''Revolution'', lying within the mole of [Genoa](/source/Genoa), on information of her being in the service of the [Old Pretender](/source/James_Francis_Edward_Stuart). He later commanded the ''Leopard'' on the coast of Portugal and in the [English Channel](/source/English_Channel) until the end of 1728. From 1731 to 1735 Medley was employed on the home station. In 1739 and 1740 he was on fishery protection with the [Newfoundland](/source/Newfoundland_Colony) fleet, in {{HMS|Romney|1708|6}}.{{cite ODNB|id=18499|title=Medley, Henry|first=Richard|last=Harding}} At this period he was [Governor of Newfoundland](/source/Governor_of_Newfoundland).{{cite book|title=The Scots Magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=USkoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA282|year=1739|publisher=Sands, Brymer, Murray and Cochran|page=282}}{{Ref label|A|a|none}} In 1741 Medley commanded the 70-gun {{HMS|Nassau|1706|6}} in the [Channel Fleet](/source/Channel_Fleet) under Sir John Norris, and in 1742–4 was with Norris as [captain of the fleet](/source/captain_of_the_fleet). On 19 June 1744 he was promoted to be [rear-admiral of the white](/source/Rear_admiral_(Royal_Navy)), and in the following winter commanded a squadron cruising in the Channel Soundings for the protection of trade. On 23 April 1745 Medley was promoted to be vice-admiral, and sent out as commander-in-chief of the [Mediterranean Fleet](/source/Mediterranean_Fleet). The service was one of blockade and co-operation with the allied armies in the [War of the Austrian Succession](/source/War_of_the_Austrian_Succession), who in the winter of 1746–7 invaded [Provence](/source/Provence); but, after an unsuccessful attack on [Antibes](/source/Antibes), they were obliged to retreat. On 15 July 1747 Medley was advanced to be [Vice-Admiral of the Red](/source/Vice_admiral_(Royal_Navy)). He died, probably not knowing of the promotion, on board the 80-gun {{HMS|Russell|1692|6}}, at [Vado Ligure](/source/Vado_Ligure), on 5 August 1747. [George Rodney](/source/George_Brydges_Rodney%2C_1st_Baron_Rodney) served with him on two ships at the beginning of his career with Medley acting as a [mentor](/source/mentor) to the younger man. A monument in Medley's memory, sculpted by [Henry Cheere](/source/Henry_Cheere), was placed in [York Minster](/source/York_Minster) three months after his death.Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851 by Rupert Gunnis ==Notes== {{refbegin}} '''a.''' {{Note label|A|a|none}} Some sources indicate that the governor in 1740 was [Lord George Graham](/source/Lord_George_Graham). There is no evidence to support this appointment. {{refend}} ==Citations== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.heritage.nf.ca/govhouse/governors/g07.html Biography at Government House ''The Governorship of Newfoundland and Labrador''] ;Attribution {{DNB|wstitle=Medley, Henry}} {{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{succession box|title=[Commodore Governor of Newfoundland](/source/List_of_lieutenant_governors_of_Newfoundland_and_Labrador) | before=[Philip Vanbrugh](/source/Philip_Vanbrugh) | after=[Thomas Smith](/source/Thomas_Smith_(Royal_Navy_officer%2C_died_1762)) | years=1739–1740}} {{s-end}} {{NLLG}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Medley, Henry}} Category:1687 births Category:1773 deaths Category:Governors of Newfoundland Colony Category:Royal Navy admirals Category:British military personnel of the War of the Spanish Succession Category:Royal Navy personnel of the War of the Austrian Succession --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Henry Medley](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Medley) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Medley?action=history)). 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