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Sir William Hotham

NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
Date of Birth12.2.1772ODNB
First Known Service27.10.1790ODNB
FatherGeneral George HothamODNB
MotherDiana PennymanODNB
WifeJane Pettiward née SeymourODNB
WifeAnne Jeynes (???? - 1827)ODNB
Son?ODNB
Son?ODNB
Son?ODNB
Son?ODNB
Daughter?ODNB
Uncle
Sir William Hotham (11st Baronet Hotham)British
Naval Sailor
Service 1754-1805
ODNB
Last Known Service8.10.1793ODNB
Date of Death31.5.1848 - Windsor NBD1849

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
27.10.1790 
Scipio (64) 1782-1798
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Fourth Lieutenant ADM 6/24/82		ADM 6/24
30.10.179022.12.1790
Princess Royal (98) 1773-1807
British 98 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, Eighth Lieutenant ADM 6/24/83		ADM 6/24
27.11.1790 LieutenantCSORN
23.12.17906.2.1792
Alligator (28) 1787-1814
British 28 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
, Second Lieutenant ADM 6/24/96		ADM 6/24
7.2.179219.3.1793
Winchelsea (32) 1764-1814
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Second Lieutenant ADM 6/24/154		ADM 6/24
20.3.17938.10.1793
Duke (98) 1777-1843
British 98 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, Seventh Lieutenant ADM 6/24/222		ADM 6/24
9.10.1793 
Inconstant (36) 1783-1817
British 36 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Second Lieutenant ADM 6/24/273		ADM 6/24
7.10.1794 CaptainCSORN
7.17955.1796
Cyclops (28) 1779-1814
British 28 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1714
13.7.1795 Battle of Hyeres 
7.1796 
Reunion (36) 1793-1796
British 36 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1793
3.17979.1797
Adamant (50) 1780-1814
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship
, Captain, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1714
9.179719.12.1801
Adamant (50) 1780-1814
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship
, Captain, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1714
11.10.1797 Battle of Camperdown 
3.18034.1804
Raisonable (64) 1768-1815
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1714
1.6.1804 Married AnneODNB
1.18131814
Hogue (74) 1811-1865
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, as Flag Officer, Commodore, 		BWAS-1793
4.12.1813 Rear-Admiral of the BlueCSORN
4.6.1814 Rear-Admiral of the WhiteCSORN
2.1.1815 Created 1st Knight Commander of the Order of the BathTKE1
21.8.1827 Anne DiedODNB
1835 Married JaneODNB
9999 Admiral of the RedCSORN
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