Vice Admiral William Stanhope Lovell, KH (1788-1859) was a vice-admiral in the British Royal Navy and a descendant of Sir Salathiel Lovell. He was born William Stanhope Badcock, the eldest son of Thomas Stanhope Badcock of Little Missenden Abbey, Buckinghamshire and Maplethorpe Hall, Lincolnshire. He served under Lord Nelson at Trafalgar in 1805 and was present at the capture of Washington in 1814.[2]He was married, in 1822, to Selina, daughter of Sir Henry Harpur Crewe of Calke Abbey, Derbyshire. He and his elder brother, Lovell Benjamin Badcock, changed their name of Badcock to Lovell by sign-manual in 1840.Badcock (later Lovell), Vice-Adm. William Stanhope (c.1788-1859). Younger son of Thomas Stanhope Badcock (1749-1821) and his wife Anne, daughter of William Buckle of Mythe House and Chaceley (Glos), born about 1788. An officer in the Royal Navy (entered the navy, 1799; Midshipman, 1805; Lt., 1806; Cmdr., 1812; retired as Capt., 1815; Rear-Adm., 1851; Vice-Adm., 1857), who served under Nelson at Trafalgar, 1805 and was present at the capture of Washington in 1814. He was appointed a Knight of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order (KH), 25 January 1836, and changed his name and that of his issue from Badcock to Lovell by deed poll, 1840. In 1839 he published a Personal Narrative of Events from 1799 to 1815. He married, 2 January 1822 at St George, Hanover Square, London, Selina (d. 1838), youngest daughter of Sir Henry Harpur Crewe, 7th bt., of Calke Abbey (Derbys), and had issue: (1) Lovell Stanhope Richard Badcock (later Lovell) (1826-1903) (q.v.);(2) Selina Frances Nanette Louisa Badcock (later Lovell) (1822-1905), born 1 December 1822 and was baptised at Beckenham (Kent), 4 April 1823; emigrated to Australia, 1863; teacher with Queensland Department of Public Instruction, 1873-95, latterly at Sandy Cape Provisional School; an amateur naturalist who contributed to the collections of Queensland Museum; died unmarried at Cooktown, Queensland (Australia), 10 October 1905;(3) Georgiana Jane Henrietta Eliza Lovell Badcock (later Lovell) (1824-1910), born 10 March and baptised at Eltham (Kent), 12 May 1824; married, 20 November 1845 at St George, Hanover Square, London, Sir John Harpur Crewe (1824-86), 9th bt. and had issue two sons and one daughter; died 28 May and was buried at Calke (Derbys), 1 June 1910; will proved 29 July 1910 (estate £1,769);(4) Matilda Sophia Badcock (later Lovell) (1831-99), baptised at Lewisham (Surrey), 3 August 1831; author of Edible Molluscs of Great Britain and Ireland (with recipes for cooking them), 1867 (2nd edn, 1884); lived latterly at Ventnor (IoW); died unmarried at St. Leonards-on-Sea (Sussex), 21 May 1899; will proved 13 October 1899 (effects £522).He lived at West Lodge, Bexleyheath (Kent).He died at Great Yarmouth, 20 May, and was buried in the churchyard of St Mary, Bexley (Kent), 27 May 1859, where he is commemorated by a monument; administration of his goods was granted to his daughter, Georgiana, 4 July 1859 (effects under £600). His wife died 30 March and was buried at St Mary, Bexley, 6 April 1838.