and all but 68 of her crew, on the Hannois rocks, near Guernsey, 5 Dec. 1807. Mr. Hemmans, who previously to that catastrophe had attained the rating of Midshipman, was subsequently, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 5 Feb. 1813, employed, on the Home, Baltic, and Mediterranean stations, in the Resolution and Pompée 74’s, Capts. Geo. Burlton and Geo. Hope, Victory 100, flagship of Sir Jas. Saumarez, and Volage 22, and Resistance 36, Capts. Philip L. J. Rosenhagen, Chas. Hole, Wm. Hamilton, and Hon. Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew. Being then appointed to the Undaunted 38, Capts. Thos. Ussher and Chas. Thurlow Smith, he assisted in that frigate in conveying Napoleon Buonaparte from Frejus to Elba in 1814, and was present in her at the capture of the Tremiti islands in 1815. He afterwards joined – 22 Sept. 1815, the Bulwark 74, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Rowley in the river Medway – 27 Feb. 1818, the Curlew 10, Capts. Wm. Walpole and Geo. Cornish Gambier, under the former of whom he was actively employed, in Jan. 1820, against the pirates of the Persian Gulf, where Ras-al-Khyma, their principal resort and head-quarters, was taken, the fortifications destroyed, all their vessels burnt or sunk, and a large quantity of treasure seized – 7 Feb. 1824, the Blanche 46, Capt. Wm. Bowen Mends, fitting for the South American station, whence he returned to England and was paid off 25 Oct. 1827 – and 6 April, 1829, the Herald yacht, Capt. Geo. Berkeley Maxwell, which vessel, employed in attendance on various diplomatic personages, be left about Aug. 1830. He has not been since afloat.
Lieut. Hemmans has for some time, we believe, filled the post of Emigration Agent at Greenock. Agents – Goode and Lawrence.
HEMPSTED. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
Edmund Hempsted entered the Navy in 1831; passed his examination 2 May, 1838; and was employed, as Mate, on the Mediterranean, Home, and Pacific stations, in the Howe 120, Capts. Sir Watkin Owen Pell, Robt. Smart, and Thos. Forrest, bearing the flag for some time of Sir Fras. Mason, Excellent gunnery-ship, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, and America 50., Capt. Hon. John Gordon. He obtained his commission 1 Dec. 1845, and has been since serving, also in the Pacific, as Additional of the Collingwood 80, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Fras. Seymour.
HEMSWORTH. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 19; h-p., 28.)
William Glassford Hemsworth entered the Navy, 1 Nov. 1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Formidable 98, Capt. Rich. Grindall, with whom he cruized in the Channel and West Indies until Sept 1802. He re-embarked, 22 May, 1805, on board the Brilliant 28, Capts. Robt. Barrie, Rich. Budd Vincent, and Smyth, in which vessel he served for two years and a half on the Irish and Guernsey stations, and was on one occasion wounded while in charge of some French prisoners. From Nov. 1807 until Aug. 1808, Mr. Hemsworth officiated, we find, as Midshipman of the Neptune 98, Capt. Sir Thos. Williams, both in the Channel and West Indies. In June, 1809, he joined the Ajax 74, Capts. Robt. Waller Otway, Robt. Clephane, and Sir Robt. Laurie, on the Mediterranean station, where (besides commanding, as Master’s Mate, a boat in an attack on a French brig of war in the Piombino passage, and participating in a very gallant skirmish, in which the British with a slender force beat back a powerful division of the French Toulon fleet) he received a slight injury in a spirited but unfortunate attempt made by the boats of a squadron under Capt. Fras. Wm. Fane upon the enemy’s shipping in the Mole of Palamos, on which occasion the British sustained a loss, out of 600 teamen and marines, of at least 200 killed, wounded, and taken prisoners. He also, we understand, contributed to the capture, 31 March, 1811, of Le Dromadaire store-ship, of 20 guns and 150 men. Being discharged from the Ajax in Dec. 1811, Mr. Hemsworth, during the next two years served, in the Mediterranean, off Lisbon, and at Spithead and Plymouth, on board the York 74, Capt. Robt. Barton, Andromeda 24, Capt. Rich. Arthur, and Puissant and Saturn 74’s, Capts. Benj. Wm. Page and J. Nash. He then proceeded to the East Indies in the Minden 74, bearing the flag of Sir Sam. Hood, and on 28 Feb. 1815, after having further served for a short time on board the Hecate 18, Capt. John Allen, was there appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the Wellesley 74, Capt. Mich. Matthews. He was officially promoted on 20 of the following Sept., and in July, 1816, he returned home in the Salsette 36, Capt. John Bowen. His appointments have since been – in 1840, to an Agency for Transports Afloat – 17 Nov. 1842, to the post of Admiralty Agent on board a contract mail steam-vessel – and, 9 July, 1844, to the command of the Crescent receiving-ship at Rio de Janeiro, where he is at present employed. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
HENDERSON. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 9; h-p., 32.)
David Henderson entered the Navy, 16 Nov. 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Speedy brig, Capt. Rich. Henry Muddle, on the Newfonndlaiid station; removed, in March, 1808, to the Thetis 38, Capt. Geo. Miller, with whom he visited St. Helena, and cruized in the Bay of Biscay; became Midshipman and Master’s Mate, in March, 1809, and April, 1813, of the Comet sloop, Capts. R. H. Muddle, Wm. Shepheard, and Geo. Wm. Blarney, again at Newfoundland; and was next, in March, 1814, transferred to the Prince 98, flag-ship of Sir Rich. Bickerton at Spithead. He went on half-pay on the receipt of his commission, which bears date 3 March, 1815, and he has not been since afloat.
Lieut. Henderson married, 23 Feb. 1819, Anne, daughter of the late G. Brettell, Esq., of Baker Street. He was left a widower 18 July, 1836.
HENDERSON. (Rear-Admiral, 1846. f-p., 14; h-p., 39.)
George Henderson is son of the late John Henderson, Esq., many years Secretary to Admiral Lord Bridport; and brother-in-law of Capt. W. W. Henderson, R.N., C.B.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 March, 1794, as part of the Admiral’s retinue, on board the Royal George 100, Capt. Wm. Domett, on the books of which ship, bearing the flag in the Channel of the late Lord Bridport, then Sir Alex. Hood, he was borne until Dec. 1795. In May, 1799, he rejoihed the Royal George, still the flag-ship of his patron, Lord Bridport, from which, in Nov. 1800, he removed, as Midshipman, to the Belleisle 74, Capts. Wm. Domett and Chas. Boyles, bearing the flag afterwards of Hon. Wm. Cornwallis. Proceeding, in the summer of 1802, to the West Indies as Master’s Mate of the Ulysses 44, Mr. Henderson served in that frigate, under the broad pendant of Sir Sam. Hood, at the capture of Tobago, 1 July, 1803. On rejoining the last-mentioned officer, after having gone to England for the purpose of passing his examination, he was promoted by him to the rank of Lieutenant 28 Jan. 1804, and appointed to the Alligator 28, armée en flûte, Capt. Chas. Richardson, part of the force employed at the ensuing reduction of the Dutch colony of Surinam, where he was severely wounded.[1] During the year 1805 Mr. Henderson presents himself to our notice as serving with Capt. Murray Maxwell, on board the Centaur 74, and Galatea and Hyaena frigates, in the first named of which ships he accompanied Rear-Admiral Hon. Alex. Cochrane in his pursuit of the celebrated Rochefort squadron. On his rejunction, in the early part of 1806, of Sir Sam. Hood in the Centaur, he cruized for some time off Rochefort, where, on
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1804, p. 759.
