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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.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.