unsuccessful expedition to Sackett’s Harbour; and in July of the same year we find him commanding one of several gun-boats in an action with the enemy at Goose Creek. On that occasion he receiyed a rifle-ball through the left elbow, which destroyed the joint and disabled two fingers. He was also present, 28 Sept. 1813, in a partial action fought with the Americans on Lake Ontario; and on 6 May, 1814, at the capture of Fort Oswego. During the remainder of the war he was employed, as Acting-Lieutenant of the Charwell, in conveying troops from one part of the lakes to another, and in serving on shore with them. When Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen superseded Sir J. L. Yeo, Mr. Hugo was sent to Quebec for the purpose of raising men to supply the places of those whose time had expired. On the breaking up of the establishment on the lakes in Oct. 1816, he was ordered to take command of the Diana, a merchant-ship laden with spars for the Dockyard at Portsmouth, and to return with a party of men to England. He was placed on half-pay in Feb. 1817, having been awarded a commission dated 20 Sept. 1815, and has not been since employed.
On his arrival in England, Lieut. Hugo was presented by the Patriotic Society with a sword, valued at 50l, in consideration of his wounds. He is married, and has issue two daughters.
HULL. (Lieutenant, 1811. f-p., 10; h-p., 33.)
William Hollamby Hull entered the Royal Naval College 23 May, 1804; and embarked, 3 June, 1807, as Midshipman, on board the Niobe 40, Capt. John Wentworth Loring. After participating in an attack made, 15 Nov. 1810, by Capt. Chas. Grant of the Diana, on the two French frigates Amazone and Eliza under the fire of several formidable batteries in the neighbourhood of Cherbourg, he joined the Milford 74, bearing the flag of Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats off Cadiz – with the flotilla at the defence of which place he was for some time employed. In July, 1811, having been advanced to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 of the previous May, he removed in that capacity to the Comus 22, Capts. Matthew Smith and Fras. Geo. Dickins. He served in the latter vessel on the Mediterranean and Channel stations until May, 1814; and has since been on half-pay.
HUME. (Lieutenant, 1813. f-p., 10; h-p., 31.)
Joseph Hume entered the Navy, in April, 1806, as a Volunteer, on board the Theseus 74, Capt. Geo. Hope, whom he accompanied to the Cape of Good Hope. From June, 1807, until Oct. 1812, we find him successively employed with Capt. Henry Hope, as Midshipman, in the Espoir sloop, Glatton 50, and Leonidas, Topaze, and Satellite frigates, all on the Mediterranean station; where, until he invalided in March, 1814, he further served in the Goshawk sloop, Capt. Napier, Stromboli, Capt. Stoddart (of which vessel he was confirmed a Lieutenant 22 Jan. 1813), and Alcmène frigate, Capts. Edwards Lloyd Graham and Jeremiah Coghlan. On the night of 31 Oct. 1809, while in the Topaze, he assisted in her boats, with those of a squadron under Lieut. John Tailour, at the capture and destruction, after a desperate struggle and a loss to the British of 15 men killed and 55 wounded, of the French store-ship Lamproie of 16 guns and 116 men, bombards Victoire and Grandeur, and armed xebec Normande, with a convoy of seven merchant-vessels, defended by numerous strong batteries in the Bay of Rosas.[1] In the Alcmène, Mr. Hume, in Dec. 1813, contributed to the capture of La Flêche national schooner, of 12 guns and 99 men. His last appointments were, 16 June, 1815, and 19 Feb. 1816, to the Eurotas and Firth frigates, Capts. Jas. Lillicrap and Sir John Louis. He returned home from North America in July, 1817, having been superseded at his own request. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
HUNGATE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 13; h-p., 31.)
William Hungate was born 7 Sept. 1786. He was presented to William IV. by the Earl of Denbigh, as a Baronet, 27 April, 1831.
This officer entered the Navy, 10 July, 1803, as Ordinary, on board the Pique 36, Capts. Wm. Cumberland and Chas. Bayne Hodgson Ross. In the course of the same year he witnessed the evacuation of Aux Cayes, St. Domingo, the capture, with other vessels, of Le Goelan 18, and the surrender of three French frigates with the remains of General Rochambeau’s army from Cape François on board. He was also, in Jan. 1804, present in the unsuccessful attack on the island of Curaçoa; and in Dec. 1804 and Feb. 1805, we find him assisting at the capture of the Spanish ships of war Diligentia and Orquijo. On 26 March, 1806, he further contributed to the taking of the French corvettes Phaeton and Voltigeur of 16 guns and 115 men each; the former of which vessels offered so fierce a resistance that 9 of the British were killed, and 14 of them (including Mr. Hungate in the knee) wounded, while in the act of boarding. For their gallantry on the occasion the officers were each presented by the Patriotic Society with the sum of 100l. for the purchase of a sword, and the men with 20l. a-piece. In Aug. 1807, on his return with a large convoy to England, Mr. Hungate removed to the Elizabeth 74, Capts. Hon. H. Curzon, Thos. Searle, and Edw. Leveson Gower. In that ship, in which he served as Midshipman, Master’s Mate, and Second Master, until June, 1812, he witnessed the departure of the Royal Family of Portugal for the Brazils, aided in blockading the Russian Rear-Admiral Seniavin’s squadron in the Tagus, was employed in embarking the troops after the battle of Corunna, and was for some time stationed in South America. From June, 1812, until Feb. 1816, Mr. Hungate officiated as Second Master of the Minden 74, bearing the flag at first of Sir Samuel Hood, and afterwards commanded by Capt. Donald Hugh Mackay, on the East India station. He then, having passed his examination in Dec. 1809, took up a commission bearing date 2 March, 1815; and has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Hungate married, 27 Aug. 1818, Jane, daughter of the late Lieut. Wm. Avery, R.N., and. by that lady, who died 21 June, 1845, has issue six sons and four daughters. Agents – Goode and Lawrence.
HUNGERFORD. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 15; h-p., 28.)
John Hungerford entered the Navy, 22 Jan. 1804, as Master’s Mate, on board the Sandwich, Lieut.-Commander Emanuel Hungerford, lying in the river Medway; where, and in the North Sea, Baltic, and Channel, he served, from Sept. 1805, until Nov. 1811, in the Virginie 38, Capt. Edw. Brace, Imogene sloop, Capt. Thos. Garth, Sandwich again, Procris 18, Capt. Fras. Beauman (in which vessel he attended the expedition of 1807 to Copenhagen), Sandwich once more, Warspite 74, Capt. Hon. Henry Blackwood, Princess of Orange 74, Capt. Fras. Beauman, and St. Domingo 74, bearing the flag of Sir Rich. John Strachan. Prior to the receipt of his first commission, which bears date 4 Feb. 1815, he was further employed on board the Cumberland 74, Capt. Thos. Baker, under whom, besides serving on the coast of Holland, he escorted convoy to and from the West Indies and the Cape of Good Hope. With the exception of the command of the Hound Revenue-vessel, which he held from 20 March, 1829, until April, 1832, Lieut. Hungerford, since 1815, has been on half-pay.
HUNGERFORD. (Lieutenant, 1826.)
Thomas Hungerford entered the Navy, in 1809, on board the Fortunée 36, Capt. Henry Vansittart. In the boats of that ship, during a cruize on the coast of Ireland, he united in an attack upon an enemy’s schooner, in which the British were
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 1907.
