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Domville Point in the Arctic |
Domville Point in Wellington Channel in the Arctic is named after William Thomas Domville CB MD RN (1822-1879), who was with HMS Resolute in the Arctic in 1853 when searching for Rear-Admiral Sir John Franklin. (references: (1) 'Personal narrative of the discovery of the NW passage' by Alexander Armstrong, 1857, and (2) 'Narrative of a boat expedition up the Wellington Channel' by R McCormick, 1854.)
Published in the Bermuda Commercial and General Advertiser and Recorder, 11 November 1879:
Dr. W. T. Domville, C.B., Inspector General, Haslar Hospital, whose death took place on Tuesday evening, was the fifth son of the late Dr. Jas. Domville, D.I.H., of Greenwich Hospital, and entered the Navy as assistant surgeon in 1842.
In 1857 he was appointed Staff Surgeon of H.M.S. Indus, Admiral Sir Houston Stewart, K.C.B., flagship on the North American and West India Stations, and in 1860 transferred to H.M.S. Nile, flagship on the same station, for service at Bermuda, where he had also medical charge of French invalids from the Mexican expedition, for which service he subsequently received the thanks of the French Emperor and also a case of surgical instruments.
In 1872 he was appointed to the Royal Hospital, Plymouth, and served there until 1875, when he was promoted to the Rank of Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets. In November, 1877, he was appointed to the charge of the Royal Hospital, Haslar, where he met his untimely death from disease, it is believed, contracted in the performance of his public duties. He received the Arctic, Crimean and Turkish medals.
He was appointed honorary surgeon to the Queen in 1873, and created a Companion of the Bath in 1877. He attained the rank of Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets in 1875, and was the senior officer of that rank. The deceased was brother of Inspector-General H. J. Domville, now on the retired list, who was recently in charge of the Royal Naval Hospital, Stonehouse. – Army and Navy Gazette, October 25.
James Bell Domville MD RN (1778-1846), father of William Thomas Domville CB MD RN (1822-1879).
Commanding Officers of the Royal Hospital Haslar (external link), where there is a photograph of William Thomas Domville (second row, second column). Click on the photograph to enlarge it. Click on the back button (←) to return to this page.
