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Sir William Hotham (11st Baronet Hotham)

NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
Date of Birth8.4.1736ref:898
First Known Service11.7.1754ref:898
FatherSir Beaumont Hotham, seventh baronet (1698-1771)ODNB
MotherFrances ThompsonODNB
Nephew
Sir William HothamBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1792
ODNB
BrotherBeaumont Hotham (1737-1814)ODNB
Last Known Service9.11.1805ODNB
Date of Death2.5.1813 - South Dalton HallODNB

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
1748 Entered the Royal Naval Academy at PortsmouthODNB
11.7.1754 Passed the Lieutenant's Examination ADM 107/4/279RNLPC
7.8.1754 Passed the Lieutenant's ExaminationODNB
28.1.1755 LieutenantCSORN
19.11.1756 CommanderCSORN
19.11.175617.8.1757
Fortune (14) 1746-1770
British 14 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/381
Issued by
Edward HawkeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1720-1776
, English Channel
Confirmed 5.4.1757		BWAS-1714
17.8.1757 CaptainCSORN
17.8.17571.11.1757
Gibraltar (20) 1754-1773
British 20 Gun
6th Rate Ship
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/429		BWAS-1714
17.4.17588.5.1761
Melampe (36) 1757-1764
British 36 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/502		BWAS-1714
20.3.1759 Action of 20 March 1759 
29.3.176111.6.1761Expedition against Belle-Isle 
4.5.176118.11.1763
Aeolus (32) 1758-1801
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
1800 Renamed "Guernsey"
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/313		BWAS-1714
24.10.17661.11.1769
Hero (74) 1759-1810
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1800 Renamed "Rochester"
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/140		BWAS-1714
7.12.17707.12.1773
Resolution (74) 1770-1813
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/321		BWAS-1714
4.17761780
Preston (50) 1757-1815
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, as Flag Officer, Commodore, 		BWAS-1714
6.12.17768.12.1776Commanded the British Escorts at the Occupation of Rhode Island 
14.12.177815.12.1778Battle of St. Lucia 
17.1.178017.8.1781
Vengeance (74) 1774-1816
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, as Flag Officer, Commodore, 		BWAS-1714
17.4.1780 Battle of Martinique 
15.5.1780 Action of March 15 1780 
19.5.1780 Action of March 19 1780 
1.5.178231.3.1783
Edgar (74) 1779-1835
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1814 Renamed "Retribution"
, as Flag Officer, Commodore, 		BWAS-1714
20.10.1782 Battle of Cape Spartel 
24.9.1787 Rear-Admiral of the RedCSORN
16.5.17909.9.1791
Princess Royal (98) 1773-1807
British 98 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral, 		BWAS-1714
1.17931.1796
Britannia (100) 1762-1825
British 100 Gun
1st Rate Ship of the Line
1812 Renamed "Princess Royal"
1812 Renamed "Saint George"
1819 Renamed "Barfleur"
, as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral, 		BWAS-1714
1.2.1793 Vice-Admiral of the WhiteCSORN
12.4.1794 Vice-Admiral of the RedCSORN
14.3.1795 Action off Genoa 
4.5.179511.1795Appointed Commander-in-Chief — The Mediterranean Sea ADM 6/25/184ADM 6/25
13.7.1795 Commander-in-Chief at the Battle of Hyeres 
13.7.1795 Battle of Hyeres 
7.3.1797 Created 1st Baron HothamODNB
14.2.1799 Admiral of the WhiteCSORN
18.7.1811 Succeeded as 11st Baronet HothamODNB
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