steamers. He attained his present rank 9 Nov. 1846; and is now on half-pay. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
HOSKEN. (Lieut., 1828. f-p., 24; h-p., 15.)
James Hosken entered the Navy 23 Feb. 1808; passed his examination in 1816; and, between that period and 1824, was employed on the West India and Home stations, in the Pique 36, Capts. Fanshawe, John M‘Kellar, and Jas. Haldane Tait, Wolf sloop, Capt. Bernard Yeoman, and Bulwark 74, Capt. Dundas. On 9 Aug. 1828, as a reward for four years of very active servitude, as Mate of the Scout Revenue-outter, Lieut.-Commanders Cook and Fitzmaurice, he was promoted to his present rank. He was then, until paid off in May, 1830, employed on the Mediterranean station in the Aetna bomb, Capt. Stephen Lushington; and he afterwards, until put out of commission in Oct. 1832, had charge of the Princess Elizabeth and Tyrian packets, in the West Indies and South America. He has since been on half-pay.
On leaving the Tyrian, Lieut. Hosken took command of a merchant-ship; and, in July, 1836, he assumed that of the celebrated steamer the Great Western, in which he made 33 voyages, or 66 passages to and from New York. In Jan. 1844 he was appointed to that leviathan of the deep the Great Britain steam-ship.
HOSKINS. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 11; h-p., 33.)
Samuel Hoskins entered the Navy, 10 July, 1803, as A.B., on board the Amazon 38, Capt. Wm. Parker. Continuing to serve with that officer for a period of nearly seven years, he in consequence commanded a boat at the cutting-out of a brig from under the batteries of Palma – accompanied Lord Nelson in his celebrated pursuit of the combined squadrons to the West Indies – assisted, on 13 March, 1806, in company with the London 98, at the capture, after a long running fight, and a loss to the Amazon of 3 men killed and 6 wounded, of the French 80-gun ship Marengo, bearing the flag of Hear- Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate Belle Poule – and co-operated with the patriots on the coast of Gallicia, where many of the enemy’s batteries were destroyed. On 4 April, 1810, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in the Rota 38, Capt. Philip Somerville; in the boats belonging to which frigate he appears to have been wounded at the capture of a privateer, off the island of Ushant, in 1812. He was advanced – after having officiated for 18 months, on board the San Juan 74, as Flag-Lieutenant at Gibraltar to Rear-Admiral Sam. Hood Linzee – to the rank of Commander 4 July, 1814; but he has not been since afloat.
Commander Hoskins married, in 1820, Mary Anne, youngest daughter of the late Commander Folliott, R.N. (1790), and by that lady has issue.
HOSTE, Bart. (Commander, 1843. f-p., 14; h-p., 3.)
Sir William Legge George Hoste, born 19 March, 1818, is son of that distinguished officer, the late Capt. Sir Wm. Hoste, Bart., K.C.B.,[1] by Harriet, third daughter of Horatio, second Earl of Orford; and nephew of Sir Geo. Chas. Hoste, C.B., Colonel of the Royal Engineers.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Aug. 1830, as a Volunteer, on board the Briton 46, Capt. John Duff Markland, employed on the Home station; became Midshipman, in Feb. 1833, of the Victory 104, Capt. Edw. Rich. Williams, guard-ship at Portsmouth; and proceeded soon afterwards to South America, in the Conway 28, Capt. Henry Eden. Between March, 1834, and his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant 27 June, 1838, we find him employed in the Mediterranean, the last 15 months as Mate, on board the Thunderer 84, Capt. Wm. Furlong Wise, Asia 84, Capt. Wm. Fisher, and Princess Charlotte 104, bearing the flag of Hon. Sir Robt. Stopford. Being then, however, reappointed to the latter ship, he continued attached to her, on the same station, until Nov. 1839. He subsequently, from 12 April, 1841, until paid off in Dec. 1842, served in the Southampton 50, under the flag of Sir Edw. Durnford King, Commander-in-Chief at the Cape of Good Hope and Brazils, and assisted during that period in taking possession of Port Natal. Being next, on 1 July, 1843, appointed to the Victoria and Albert yacht, Capt. Lord Adolphus FitzClarence, Sir Wm. Hoste was present in the ensuing Sept. at the meeting which took place at Treport between the Sovereigns of France and England. He was advanced to his present rank, at the request of H.R.H. Prince Albert, 5 Nov. 1843; and, since 17 Dec. 1845, has been in successive command of the Ringdove and Spiteful steam-sloops, on the East India station.
Sir Wm. Hoste received in 1845 the appointment of Gentleman Usher to the Queen Dowager.
HOTCHKIS. (Retired Commander, 1833. f-p., 9; h-p., 60.)
John Hotchkis was born 28 Aug. 1766. One of his brothers, Adam, was killed in India, in the Medical Service of the Company, in 1780; another, Alexander, a Lieutenant of Marines, perished in the same year on board the Stirling Castle 64, on the coast of America; and a third, David, lost his left leg while serving as a Lieutenant of the Preston 50, in the action off the Dogger Bank in 1781.
This officer entered the Navy, in Oct. 1778, as Captain’s Servant, on board the Crescent 28, Capt. Chas. Hope, with whom he continued to serve as Midshipman of the Iphigenia 32, and Leocadia 38, on the Home and Newfoundland stations, until the peace of 1783. Re-embarking, in 1793, as Master’s Mate, on board the Gibraltar 80, Capts. Thos. Mackenzie and John Pakenham, he had an opportunity, under the former officer, of witnessing Lord Howe’s action of 1 June, 1794, on which occasion he was sent into port as Acting-Master of the Northumberland 74, one of the prizes taken by the British. On proceeding to the Mediterranean Mr. Hotchkis was there promoted, 17 June, 1795, to a Lieutenancy in the Ça Ira 80, Capt. Chas. Dudley Pater. He remained in that ship until burnt out, in consequence of her having accidentally caught fire, in San Fiorenza Bay, 11 April, 1796; after which we find him employed, from 26 Sept. in the same year until May, 1797, on board the Monmouth 64, Capt. the Earl of Northesk, in the North Sea. He then invalided, from badness of sight, and did not again go afloat. He became a Retired Commander on the Junior List 26 Nov. 1830, and on the Senior 21 Dec. 1833.
Commander Hotohlds married, first, 9 Nov. 1800, Mary, daughter of Rich. Pearce, Esq., co. Westmeath. That lady dying in 1830, he espoused, secondly, in 1832, a daughter of Thos. Hart, Esq., a Major in the Hon.E.I.Co.’s service, by whom he has issue one son.
HOTHAM, K.C.B. (Captain, 1833. f-p., 19; h-p., 10.)
Sir Charles Hotham, born in 1806, is eldest son of the Rev. Fras. Hotham, Prebendary of Rochester
- ↑ Sir Wm. Hoste entered the Navy at the commencement of the French revolutionary war, was with Nelson at Teneriffe in 1797. and attained Post-rank in 1802. On 13 March, 1811, being at the time in the Amphion 32, and in command (including that ship) of four frigates, carrying, in the whole, 156 guns and 879 men, he effected the brilliant defeat, after a battle of six hours, and a loss to the Amphion of 15 killed and 47 wounded, of a Franco-Venetian armament, whose force amounted to 284 guns and 2655 men. When in the Bacchante, in 1813, he commanded the Naval force employed at the reduction of the important fortresses of Cattaro and Ragusa. For the above and other dashing services, Capt. Hoste was raised to the dignity of a Baronet in 1814. In the same year he obtained an honourable augmentation to the family arms; and in 1815 he was nominated a K.C.B. In consideration of his services at Cattaro and Ragusa, the Emperor of Austria also conferred on him the insignia of a K.M.T. He died Dec. 1828.
