any pension), yet, to his honour be it recorded, nothing could induce him to leave his station. Accompanying Capt. Darby, in May, 1800, into the Spencer 74, he had an opportunity, in July, 1801, of sharing both in the action off Algeciras, and in the victory gained by Sir Jas. Saumarez in the Gut of Gibraltar; where he also came into frequent boat-contact with the Spaniards, and was once in particular engaged in repelling a serious attack made by their flotilla upon H.M.S. Northumberland, of 74 guns. The Spencer being paid off in Sept. 1802, on her return from a voyage to the West Indies, Mr. Hindmarsh next, in April, 1803, joined the Victory 100, bearing the flag in the Mediterranean of Lord Nelson, through whose influence he was promoted, on 1 of the following Aug., to a Lieutenancy in the Phoebe 36, Capt. Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel. During a servitude of more than two years in that frigate, he commanded her boats at the capture of many of the enemy’s vessels, and in one instance, having successfully stormed some batteries in the neighbourhood of Toulon, he brought out a ship which had been lying under their protection. After participating in the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805, he contributed, at its close, to the preservation of two of the prizes, the Smiftsure and the Bahama, and was subsequently placed in charge, first of the Fougueux, and then of the Bahama. On leaving the Phoebe he was appointed, in Nov. 1805, Senior of the Beagle 18, Capts. Geo. Digby and Fras. Newcombe, under whom he was for a long time employed on the coast of France, and proved instrumental to the capture of many very heavy privateers. During the operations connected with the destruction of the French squadron in Aix Roads, in April, 1809, the Beagle, with a degree of gallantry that procured her general admiration, took up a position between H.M. ships and the enemy, and remained on the quarters of the Aquilon 74, and Ville de Varsovie 80, until they successively struck their colours. She then followed the Océan 120, up the river Charente, and, having moored across the stern of that ship, continued in hot action with her for a period of five hours, when the turning of the tide compelled her to desist. After assisting at the reduction of Flushing, Mr. Hindmarsh was nominated First-Lieutenant of the Nisus 38, Capt. Philip Beaver, and ordered to the Isle of France, where he arrived in time to aid in its subjugation, and to command a large detachment of boats sent to take possession of its coast batteries. He next, in Sept. 1811, beheld the fall of Java, and in May, 1813, he invalided home. His promotion to the rank of Commander took place 15 June, 1814, but it was not until 8 March, 1830, that he succeeded in obtaining another appointment. He was then placed in command of the Scylla 18, fitting for the Mediterranean, from which station, on advancement to Post-rank 3 Sept. 1831, he returned home. On 21 April, 1836, Capt. Hindmarsh (who had been allowed, previously to joining the Scylla, to study at the Royal Naval College) was next appointed to the Buffalo 6, for the purpose of founding the colony of South Australia – a settlement of which he became the first Governor. He left the Buffalo in June, 1837, and has not since held any employment afloat.
On 4 May, 1836, Capt. Hindmarsh had the honour of being invested with the insignia of a K.H. His nomination to the Lieutenant-Governorship of Heligoland, which he still retains, was effected on 28 Sept. 1840. Capt. Hindmarsh’s only son, John, now a Barrister, was formerly in the Navy, having entered the College in 1833 (where he continued two years and carried off the first medal) and been subsequently employed for six months with Capt. Thos. Brown in the Caledonia 120. One of his daughters, Mary, is married to G. M. Stephen, Esq., son of Judge Stephen, and brother of Sir Alfred Stephen, Chief Justice of New South Wales; and another, Jane, is the wife of A. M. Mundy, Esq., Colonial Secretary for South Australia, nephew of Admiral Sir Geo. Mundy, G.C.B., brother of E. M. Mundy, Esq., M.P., of Shipley Hall, co. Derby, and brother-in-law of the Duchess of Newcastle.
HINGSTON. (Lieutenant, 1825.)
George Hingston entered the Navy 28 April, 1807; passed his examination in 1814; and obtained his commission 10 Jan. 1825. He has not been since employed.
HIPPISLEY. (Lieut., 1836. f-p., 30; h-p., 6.)
Charles James Hippisley, born 23 Sept. 1798, is third son of the late Gustavus Mathias Hippisley, Esq., by Ellen, third daughter of Thos. Fitzgerald, knight of Glin, of Glin Castle, co. Limerick; and grandson of the late Robt. Hippisley Trenchard, Esq., of Abbot’s Leigh Court, co. Somerset, Cutteridge, co. Wilts, and Mount Trenchard, Ireland. One of his brothers, Robt. Fitzgerald Hippisley, now deceased, was also a Lieutenant in the Navy.
This officer entered the Navy, 5 Aug. 1811, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Audacious 74, Capt. Donald Campbell, stationed in the North Sea, and from the following Dec. until July, 1814, was employed in the Prince of Wales 98, Capts. Thos. Burton and John Erskine Douglas, on the Mediterranean station, where, in April of the latter year, he was present, as Midshipman, at the capture of Genoa. Prior to Oct. 1815, he next, we find, served in the West Indies on board the Rinaldo 10, Capts. Arch. Tisdall and John Undrell, but, being then paid off, he did not again go afloat until April, 1822, on 14 of which month he was nominated Master’s Mate of the Pigmy 10, Lieut.-Commander Thos. Hills, with whom he cruized on the Channel and Irish stations until March, 1823. His name was then borne for two years on the books of the Bulwark 76, from which ship, commanded at Plymouth and Portsmouth by Capt. Thos. Dundas, he was lent as Mate in July, 1824 (having passed his examination on 4 of the preceding Feb.) to the Herald yacht, Capt. H. J. Leeke, for the purpose of making a voyage to St. Petersburg. After a further employment of 2 years at Plymouth and off Lisbon in the Windsor Castle 74, Capts. Hugh Downman and Edw. Durnford King, Mr. Hippisley, in June, 1827, was appointed Chief Mate of the Hornet Revenue cutter, Lieut.-Commanders Henry Nevill Eastwood, Henry Crocker, and Dan. M‘Neale Beatty, on the coast of Ireland. In July, 1831, and May, 1832, he successively removed to the Sprightly and Harpy, other Revenue vessels, commanded, on Channel service, by Lieut. Thos. Holloway Holman and Edw. Youel. He left the Harpy on the ultimate attainment of his present rank, 15 Jan. 1836, and since 9 of the following March has been in charge of a station in the Coast Guard.
Lieut. Hippisley, who is Senior of 1836, is in possession of testimonials that do him much credit. He married, 14 Dec. 1826, Mary Eliza Temple, second daughter of the late John Wills, Esq., Purser and Paymaster, R.N. (1797.)
HIRE. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 36; h-p., 6.)
Frederick Hire was born 15 Jan. 1796, and died in 1846. He was brother of the present Lieut. Henry Hire, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, in Jan. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board L’Aigle 36, Capt. Geo. Wolfe. He was present, in the course of the same year, in Admiral Hon. Wm. Cornwallis’ pursuit of the French fleet into Brest, and also in an action off Vigo, in which the British frigate captured one and defeated the rest of a flotilla of nine gun-boats by whom she had been attacked. In March, 1808, he enacted a Midshipman’s part, and was wounded in a very gallant engagement fought by L’Aigle with two Frenoh frigates and the enemy’s batteries on Ile de Groix, where, besides having 3 of her guns split and dismounted, a bower-anchor cut in two, and her mainmast and bowsprit irreparably injured the former ship had two-and-twenty of her people more or less severely hurt. One of her antagonists
