HOTHAM, GEORGE, brother of Sir Charles Hotham, Bart. (adm. 1741, qv); b. 7 Jan 1741; adm. Mar 1748; in school list 1754; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 14 May 1759; Lieut. and Capt., 10 Jul 1765; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 8 Aug 1775; retd. 13 Jun 1776; Brevet Col. and ADC to King George III 13 Feb 1782; Col., 14th Foot, 18 Nov 1789 – Feb 1803; Maj. -Gen., 28 Apr 1790; Lieut. -Gen., 26 Jan 1797; Gen., 29 Apr 1802; ADC to Lieut. -Gen. (afterwards Field Marshal) Conway during last three years of war in Germany 1761-3, and to Earl of Hertford as Lord Lieut. Ireland; tutor and Sub-Governor to Prince of Wales and his younger brothers Jun 1776-80; Treasurer and Secretary to Prince of Wales 1780 – 5 Jan 1787, when dismissed from Prince’s service; continued at George III’s request to manage the pecuniary affairs of the younger princes; m. 16 Dec 1769 Diana, youngest dau. of Sir Warton Pennyman Warton, Bart. (qv); d. 7 Feb 1806.
HOTHAM, GEORGE, eldest son of George Hotham (adm. 1748, qv); b. 18 Oct 1770; adm. 4 Apr 1782; Page of Honour to Queen Charlotte c. 1779-87; Ensign, 3rd Foot Guards 17 Oct 1787; Lieut. and Capt., 30 Nov 1792; retd. 10 Dec 1794; m. 1st, 1 Mar 1792 Caroline, dau. of Roger Gee, Burton Bishop, Yorks.; m. 2nd, 29 Jun 1813 Rosamond, only dau. of Rev. Francis Best, Rector of South Dalton, Yorks.; d. 24 Apr 1823.
HOTHAM, HON. SIR HENRY, third son of Beaumont Hotham, 2nd Baron Hotham (qv); b. 19 Feb 1777; adm. 3 Apr 1785; Royal Naval Academy, Portsmouth 1788; entered Royal Navy on board HMS Princess Royal 1790; served in Mediterranean 1793-8; Lieut., 6 Jun 1794; Cdr.; Post Capt., 13 Jun 1795; commanded HMS Immortalité in Bay of Biscay 1799-1801; with Sir Richard Strachan 1805; in command of HMS Defiance when he drove three French frigates aground on Les Sables d’Olonne 1809, and of HMS Northumberland when he destroyed two frigates off L’Orient 1812; Rear Adm., 4 Jun 1814; while commanding squadron in Bay of Biscay prevented Napoleon’s escape to America Jul 1815; a Lord of the Admiralty 2 Apr 1818 – 23 Mar 1822, 19 Sep 1828 – 25 Nov 1830; Vice-Adm., 27 May 1825; Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean, from Jan 1831; KCB 2 Jan 1815; GCMG 4 Jul 1831; m. 6 Jul 1816 Lady Frances Anne Juliana Rous, dau. of John Rous, 1st Earl of Stradbroke (qv); d. at Malta 19 Apr 1833. DNB.
HOTHAM, JOHN WILLIAM, third son of Sir William Hotham, Bart. (adm. 1782, qv), and his first wife; b. 30 Mar 1809; adm. 16 Jan 1822 (G); left Whitsun 1822; passed examination for Royal Navy 1830; Lieut., 13 Mar 1832; Cdr. on retired list 16 Apr 1878 [check]; m. 1st, 29 Apr 1838 Sarah Eliza, eldest dau. of William Hawksley, The Circus, Bath; m. 2nd, 21 Nov 1874 Matilda Anne, eldest dau. of Dennis Hollingworth, Hollingworth Hall, Cheshire; d. 31 Aug 1879.
HOTHAM, SIR JOHN, BART., brother of Sir Charles Hotham, Bart. (adm. 1741, qv); b. 16 Mar 1734/5; adm. Jun 1744 (Morel's); left 1752; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 27 Jan 1752, scholar 24 Apr 1753, matr. Easter 1753; BA 1756; MA 1760; ordained deacon 1757, priest 1759 (both Rochester); Vicar of Aston Abbotts, Bucks., 4 Apr 1759-67; Chaplain to British Staff in Germany for a few months, but returned to England with Lord George Germain (qv) after battle of Minden; Chaplain in Ordinary to George III 1760 (still 1774); Prebendary of St. Paul’s 25 May 1763 – Feb 1780, also Archdeacon of Middlesex 1 May 1764 – Jan 1780; Vicar of Northolt, Middlesex 14 Dec 1763-79; Vicar of St. Leonard’s, Shoreditch 14 Oct 1767-80; Chaplain to John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire (qv), when Lord Lieut. Ireland 1776-9; DD Trinity Coll. Dublin 1777; consecrated Bishop of Ossory 14 Nov 1779; translated to Clogher 17 May 1782; succeeded brother as 9th baronet 25 Jan 1794; m. 11 Apr 1765 Susannah, dau. of Herbert Mackworth (b. 1687, qv); d. 3 Nov 1795.
HOTHAM, MONTAGUE, third son of George Hotham (adm. 1748, qv); b. 20 Mar 1779; adm. 9 Feb 1790; left 1794; Capt., 14th Foot 11 Jun 1796; Maj.; m. 22 Jan 1804 Ann, dau. of Thomas Bird; d. 4 Mar 1805.
HOTHAM, SIR CHARLES, BART. , eldest son of Sir Beaumont Hotham, Bart. , Commissioner of Customs, and his cousin Frances, eldest dau. of Rev. Stephen Thompson, Vicar of Welton, Yorks. ; first cousin of Sir Charles Hotham, Bart. (adm. 1745, qv); b. 18 Jun 1729; adm. Oct 1741 (Morel's); left 1745; adm. Middle Temple 22 Dec 1742; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 24 Sep 1746; Lieut. and Capt. , 6 Feb 1750; Capt. and Lieut. -Col. , 5 May 1758; Col. in the Army 19 Feb 1762; Lieut. -Col. , 63rd Foot 10 Jul 1765; Col. , 63rd Foot, 13 Sep 1765 – Sep 1768, 15th Foot from 21 Sep 1768; Maj. -Gen. , 25 May 1772; Lieut. -Gen. , 29 Aug 1777; Gen. , 12 Oct 1793; served in Flanders towards end of War of Austrian Succession, on expedition to St. Malo 1758, and in Germany during Seven years War; MP St. Ives 1761-8; a Groom of the Bedchamber to George III 5 May 1763 – 20 Jan 1788; a favourite at Court; succ. father as 8th baronet 29 Aug 1771; assumed surname of Thompson in lieu of Hotham 25 Dec 1772, on succeeding to the Thompson family’s estates at Hambleton and Ebberston, Yorks. , but resumed surname of Hotham 2 Jul 1787, after these estates had been resettled; many interesting particulars of his school life and school fellows are given in The Hothams, 1918, ii, 1-18; m. 21 Oct 1752 Lady Dorothy Hobart, only dau. of John Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire (qv), and his first wife; d. 25 Jan 1794.
HOTHAM, WILLIAM FRANCIS, youngest son of Hon. Frederick Hotham (qv); b. 28 Mar 1819; adm. 21 Jan 1833 (Stikeman's); KS 1833; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1837, matr. 5 May 1837, Westminster Student; BA 1841; MA 1843; Fellow, All Souls’ Coll. Oxford 1843-55; ordained deacon 1841, priest 1842 (both Oxford); Rector of Buckland, Surrey, from 1853; m. 31 Jan 1855 Emma, fifth dau. of John Carbonell; d. 10 Sep 1883.
HOTHAM, WILLIAM, 1ST BARON HOTHAM (I), brother of Sir Charles Hotham, Bart. (adm. 1741, qv); b. 8 Apr 1736; adm. Apr 1745; left 1747; Royal Naval Academy, Portsmouth 31 May 1748; entered Royal Navy on board HMS Gosport 1751; Lieut. , 28 Jan 1755; Cdr. , 19 Nov 1756; Post Capt. , 17 Aug 1757; served at Belleisle 1761; Commodore, North American station 1776; took part in action off St. Lucia 1778, and in encounters with French fleet Apr – May 1780; Colonel of Marines 1779-87; served under Howe at relief of Gibraltar 1782; Rear-Adm. , 24 Sep 1787; Vice-Adm. , 21 Sep 1790; second in command under Lord Hood in Mediterranean 1793-4, in chief command 1794-5; Adm. , 16 Apr 1795; created Baron Hotham (I) 7 Mar 1797; succeeded nephew as 11th baronet 18 Jul 1811; d. unm. 2 May 1813. DNB.
HOTHAM, SIR WILLIAM, second son of George Hotham (adm. 1748, qv); b. 12 Feb 1772; adm. 4 Apr 1782; left 1785; entered Royal Navy as 1st cl. Volunteer, HMS Grampus 1786; Lieut., 27 Oct 1790; served as volunteer with brigade of seamen employed under Nelson at siege of Bastia May 1794; Cdr., 12 Aug 1794; Post Capt., 4 Oct 1794; commanded HMS Adamant at battle of Camperdown 11 Oct 1797, and at blockade of Mauritius 1799; Rear-Adm. 4 Dec 1813; Vice-Adm., 19 Jul 1821; Adm., 10 Jan 1837; KCB 2 Jan 1815; GCB 4 Jul 1840; “for several years a Gentleman in Waiting” (DNB) [but not in Sainty/Bucholz]; his diaries and written recollections formed the basis of A, M. W. Stirling, Pages and Portraits of the Past, 1919; m. 1st, 7 Jun 1804 Anne, dau. of Sir Edward Jeynes, Kt; m. 2nd, 25 Jun 1835 Jane Seymour, widow of Roger Pettiward, Great Finborough Hall, Suffolk, and dau. of Francis Colman, Hillersdown, Devon; d. 31 May 1848. DNB.