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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.
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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.