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Miller Worsley
Miller Worsley (8 July 1791 – 2 May 1835) was an officer in the Royal Navy, best known for playing a major part in the Engagements on Lake Huron in the Anglo-American War of 1812.
Early career.
Worsley was the son of a clergyman, and first joined the Navy as a volunteer in 1803. He became a Midshipman in 1805. He was present at the Battle of Trafalgar, aboard HMS "Swiftsure". Although he passed the examination for Lieutenant in 1810,
Edward Meux Worsley
Edward Meux Worsley (1747–1782) was a British politician from the Isle of Wight who sat in the House of Commons between 1774 and 1782.
Worsley was the eldest son of Sir Edward Worsley of Gatcombe and his wife Elizabeth Miller, daughter of Sir John Miller, 2nd Baronet. In 1762, he succeeded to Gatcombe on the death of his father. He matriculated at New College, Oxford on 28 June 1764, aged 17.
His first wife was Elizabeth Crow of Alvington, Isle of Wight