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| Popham, Home Riggs. Adm. pens. (age 15) at TRINITY, Jan. 23, 1776. [Yst.] s. of Joseph, of Gibraltar [sometime H.B.M. Consul at Tetuan] (and Mary Riggs) [21st child of his mother, who died at his birth). [B. Oct. 12, 1762, at Tetuan.] School, Westminster. Doubtful if resided. Entered the Royal Navy, 1778; served in the Hyaena, 1778; in the action off Cape St Vincent. Jan. 16, 1780; Lieut., 1783; engaged in the East India and China trade, 1787-93. Served in Flanders under the Duke of York, 1794; Commander, 1791; Post-Captain, 1795; commanded the Naval portion of the Expedition to Ostend, 1798. Sent to Kronstadt, 1799, receiving marks of favour from the Emperor of Russia. Commander-in-Chief of an expedition against the Cape of Good Hope, 1806. Sailed with Sir William Carr Beresford to liberate Monte Video and Buenos Ayres from the tyranny of Spanish rule, 1806. 'Popham could do nothing beyond blockading the river till the arrival of reinforcements in October permitted him to take the offensive and to occupy the harbour of Maldonado.' Recalled to England, and tried by court-martial on a charge of having withdrawn from the Cape of Good Hope without orders, being severely reprimanded. Captain of the Fleet in the expedition against Copenhagen, 1808. Rear-Admiral, 1814. Commander-in-Chief on the Jamaica station, 1817-20. M.P. for Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, 1804-6; for Shaftesbury, 1806-7; for Ipswich, 1807-12. Received the Freedom of the City of London, 1808. K.C.B., 1815; K.C.H., 1818. F.R.S., 1799. 'Adapted the code of signals adopted by the Admiralty in 1803, which was in use at Trafalgar.' Married, 1788, Elizabeth Moffat, dau. of Capt. John Prince, Comdr. Latham, East Indiaman, and had issue. Author, Description of Prince of Wales Island, etc. Died Sept. 10, 1820, at Cheltenham. Brother of Stephen (1763). (Record of Old Westminsters; Return of M.Ps.; D.N.B., which erroneously gives his father's name as 'Stephen.') | Home Riggs POPHAM Approx. lifespan: 1762–1820 pens. aged 15 Trinity College adm1776:01:23 Yst.] s. of Joseph POPHAM of Gibraltar , [sometime H.B.M. Consul at: : Tetuan, [Morocco], (and Mary Riggs) [21st child of his mother, who died at his birth). [ b. Tetuan, [Morocco], 1762:10:12 Sch: Westminster School Westminster, [London], Doubtful if resided. Entered: Royal Navy 1778 served in the Hyaena 1778;in the action off Cape Street Vincent, Cape, [Portugal], . 1780:01:16 Lieutenant: 1783 engaged in the East India and China trade East Indies , China , 1787-93 Served Flanders , under the Duke of York 1794 Commander: 1791 Post- Captain: 1795 commanded the Naval portion of the Expedition to Ostend, [Belgium], 1798 Sent to Kronstadt, [Russia], 1799,receiving marks of favour from the Emperor of Russia , Commander-in-Chief of an expedition against the Cape of Good Hope, [Cape Colony], [South Africa], 1806 Sailed with Sir William Carr Beresford to liberate Monte Video, [Uruguay], and Buenos Ayres, [Argentina], from the tyranny of Spanish rule 1806 "Popham could do nothing beyond blockading the river till the arrival of reinforcements in October permitted him to take the offensive and to occupy the harbour of Maldonado, < >[[XXX], " Recalled to England, and tried by court-martial on a charge of having withdrawn from the Cape of Good Hope, [Cape Colony], [South Africa], without orders, being severely reprimanded. Captain of: : Fleet in the expedition against Copenhagen, [Denmark], 1808 Rear-Admiral 1814 Commander-in-Chief: on the Jamaica , station 1817-20 M.P. for: : Yarmouth, Isle of Wight , 1804-06 for Shaftesbury, [Dorset], 1806-07 for Ipswich, [Suffolk], 1807-12 Received the Freedom of the City of London, [London], 1808 KCB 1815 K.C.H. 1818 FRS 1799 "Adapted the code of signals adopted by Admiralty in1803,which was in use at Trafalgar." m. 1788, Elizabeth Moffat PRINCE dau. of Captain John PRINCE, Comdr. Latham, East Indiaman. had issue Publ.: Description of Prince of Wales Island etc. d. Cheltenham, [Gloucestershire], 1820:09:10 brother of Stephen POPHAM (1763) ( Record of Old Westminsters; Return of M.Ps.; D.N.B., which erroneously gives his father's name as "Stephen.") |