uncle of the present Sir Ord Honyman, Bart., Lieut.Colonel of the Grenadier Guards, who married a daughter of Admiral Geo. Bowen, of Coton Hall, Salop.
This officer entered the Navy, 20 April, 1782, as Captain’s Servant, on board the Queen, Capt. Patrick Sinclair, stationed in the North Sea, where he removed, with the same Captain, to the Termagant sloop. In Sept. 1783, after he had served for six months with Capt. Benj. Archer in the Unicorn 32, he rejoined him as Midshipman on board the Hyaena 24, on the Irish station; and he was next, from Oct. 1785 until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 21 Oct. 1790, employed, chiefly at home, in the Powerful 74, Capt. Andrew Sutherland, Lowestoffe frigate, Capt. Edm. Dod, Orion 74, Capts. A. Sutherland and Chas. Chamberlayne, Iphigenia frigate, Capt. P. Sinclair, and Regulus 44, Capt. Wm. Mitchell. On the renewal of hostilities in 1793 he obtained an appointment to the Diadem 64, Capts. A. Sutherland and Wm. Smith, and sailed for the Mediterranean, where, after witnessing the occupation of Toulon, he removed in succession to the Berwick 74, Capts. A. Sutherland and Wm. Smith, and St. George 98, flag-ship of Sir Hyde Parker, under whom he was wounded in Hotham’s first partial action, 14 March, 1795.[1] Being awarded (while serving in the Channel on board the Defiance 74, Capt. Theophilus Jones) a second promotal commission 13 Aug. 1796, Capt. Honyman, on 4 May, 1797, assumed command of the Tisiphone sloop, in which, in the course of the same year, he captured the French privateers Le Prospère of 14 guns and 73 men, and Le Cerf Volant, of 14 guns, 6 swivels, and 63 men. He attained Post-rank in the Dortrecht, On the Home station, 10 Dec. 1798, and was subsequently appointed – 16 Oct. 1800, to the Garland 28, in which ship he conveyed Rear-Admiral Robt. Montagu to Jamaica – 19 Oct. 1801, to the Topaze frigate, employed on the latter station, whence he returned towards the close of 1802 – 21 Dec. 1802, to the Leda 38 – 14 March, 1809, to the Ardent 64, attached to the force in the Baltic, on which station he continued until April, 1812 – 1 Jan. and 28 June, 1813, to the Sceptre and Marlborough 74’s, both in North America – and, 11 June, 1814, to the office of Regulating Captain at Portsmouth. When in the Leda, at the commencement of the late war, we find Capt. Honyman stationed on the coast of France, with a small squadron under his orders, for the purpose of obstructing the progress of the enemy’s flotilla from the eastward towards Boulogne. On 29 Sept. 1803 part of his force attacked a division of gun-boats, and drove two on shore, where they were bilged; and on 24 April, 1805, having discovered 26 of the enemy’s vessels rounding Cape Grisnez, he succeeded, during an engagement of about two hours, in cutting off seven schuyts, carrying altogether 18 guns, 1 howitzer, and 168 men, from Dunkerque, bound to Ambleteuse.[2] The Leda afterwards assisted in a conspicuous manner at the reduction of the Cape of Good Hope in Jan. 1806[3] – was present at the capture, 21 Feb. and 4 March following, of the Rolla brig and Voluntaire frigate in Table Bay – took an active and zealous share, on accompanying Sir Home Popham to the Rio de la Plata, in all the operations which preceded the evacuation of Spanish America in 1807[4] – formed part of the ensuing expedition to Copenhagen – effected the capture, 4 Dec. 1807, of L’Adolphe privateer, of 18 guns and 70 men – and was finally wrecked, near the entrance of Milford Haven, 31 Jan. 1808. The subject of the present narrative, whom a court-martial acquitted of all blame in the catastrophe, and who has been unemployed since Jan. 1816, became a Rear-Admiral 27 May, 1825, a Vice-Admiral 10 Jan. 1837, and a full Admiral 19 Feb. 1847.
Admiral Honyman was elected M.P. in 1802 for the shires of Orkney and Shetland. He is married.
HOOD. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Arthur William Acland Hood, born 14 July, 1824, is second son of Sir Alex. Hood, Bart., of Tidlake, co. Surrey, by Amelia Anne, youngest daughter and co-heir of Sir Hugh Bateman, Bart., of Hartington Hall, co. Derby; grandson of the gallant Capt. Alex. Hood, R.N., who accompanied Capt. Cook in one of his voyages round the world, and, after much distinguished service, fell in command of the Mars 74, during a tremendous yard-arm-and-yard-arm conflict which preceded the surrender to the latter ship of the French 74 L’Hercule, 21 April, 1798; and grand-nephew of that excellent officer, the late Vice-Admiral Sir Sam. Hood, K.B., K.F.M.[5] His elder and only brother, Alex. Bateman Periam Hood, is a Lieutenant in the Royal Horse Guards.
This officer passed his examination 2 Aug. 1843; and, after serving for nearly two years, as Mate, in the Excellent gunnery-ship, at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, and for a short time in the President 50, fitting for the flag of Rear-Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres, was promoted to the rank he now holds 9 Jan. 1846. He was then re-appointed to the President, in the capacity of Additional-Lieutenant, and is at present serving in her at the Cape of Good Hope.
HOOD. (Commander, 1815. f-p., 15; h-p., 32.)
Silas Thomson Hood, born in 1789, at Devonport, is elder and only brother of Captain W. J. T. Hood, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 May, 1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board La Suffisante 14, Capts. Joseph Whitman, Jonas Rose, and Christopher John Williams Nesham, attached to the force in the Channel, where he served until Aug. 1802, and assisted at the capture of several privateers and merchantmen. In March, 1803, he re-embarked on board the Plantagenet 74, Capts. Graham Eden Hamond, Hon. Michael de Courcy, Fras. Pender, and Wm. Bradley, in which ship he was for five years actively employed on the Channel, St. Helena, and Lisbon stations, chiefly as Midshipman and Master’s Mate. Being then, in March, 1808, ap-
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1795, p. 306.
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1805, p. 554.
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1806, p. 258.
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1807, pp. 112, 113, 126.
- ↑ Sir Samuel Hood was born in 1762, and entered the Navy at the age of 14, on board the Courageux 74, commanded by his father’s first-cousin, the first Viscount Hood. He commanded the Renard sloop on the glorious 12 April, 1782; and in 1784 he was advanced, for his services, to Post-rank. In Dec. 1793, being then in the Juno frigate, he entered Toulon, unapprized of its evacuation, but succeeded, with consummate skill and presence of mind, in effecting his escape. He was next employed at the reduction of Corsica, and in command of a small squadron in the Archipelago. As Captain of the Zealous 74, he accompanied Nelson to Teneriffe in 1797, and fought with him at the Nile, where he captured Le Guerrier 74, and, until called off by signal, was singly in combat with four French ships. His valour on the occasion procured him the thanks of Parliament, and a sword from the City of London. In 1799 his conduct in expelling the French from Naples was acknowledged with the order of St. Ferdinand and Merit from the King of the Two Sicilies. He subsequently commanded the Courageux 74, in Sir John Borlase Warren’s expedition to Ferrol; enacted a conspicuous part in the Venerable 74, in Sir James Saumarez’ actions of 6 and 12 July, 1801, off Algeciras and in the Gut of Gibraltar; and in 1803, on being appointed Commodore of the West India squadron, with his broad pendant in the Centaur 74, won the distinction of a K.B. for his capture of the Dutch settlements of Demerara, Essequibo, and Berbice. In Sept. 1806, being still in the Centaur, and in command of a squadron off Rochefort, Sir Samuel Hood made prize of four heavy French frigates. Having on that occasion lost his right arm, he was awarded, in consideration of the wound and of his numerous services, a pension of 500l. In 1807 he was elected M.P. for Westminster, and in the ensuing Oct., on his return with Lord Gambier from Copenhagen, he was promoted to Flag-rank. In Dec. of the same year we find him obtaining possession, with Major-General Beresford, of the island of Madeira; and next, when in company with the Implacable 74, effecting the destruction, in Aug. 1808, of the 74-gun ship Sewolod, after a close and furious conflict fought in sight of the whole Russian fleet near Rogerswick. In 1809 he received the thanks of Parliament for his services at Corunna. He was created a Baronet on 13 of the following April; and on 24 Dec. 1814, a few months after his assumption of the rank of Vice-Admiral, died, on the East India station, where he had been appointed Commander-in-Chief.
