stone Fleeming, on board the Howe 120, at Sheerness; was transferred, 8 Oct. following, to the command, on particular service, of the Scorpion brig, in which vessel he remained for a period of three months; from 2 Aug. 1838 until the spring of 1840 commanded the Dolphin brigantine, of 36 guns, on the coast of Africa, whence he removed early in 1840; and on 3 of the next July was advanced to his present rank. He has been employed in the Coast Guard since 10 July, 1845. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
HOLLAND. (Commander, 1846.)
Frederick Holland obtained his first commission 13 Aug. 1836; joined, on 24 Oct. following, the Satellite 18, Capt. John Kobb, on the North America and West India station; and on 9 March, 1839, was there removed to the command of the Pickle schooner. He was superseded from the latter vessel in Dec. 1840; and advanced to the rank he now holds 9 Nov. 1846. He is at present on half-pay.
Commander Holland married, first, 14 Sept. 1842, Susan, eldest daughter of Sam. Christian, Esq., of Malta; and (having been left a widower 11 July, 1844) secondly, 18 Aug. 1846, Anne, fifth daughter of Lord Denman, Chief Justice of the Court of Queen’s Bench. Agent – Joseph Woodhead.
HOLLINWORTH. (Lieutenant, 1843.)
Henry Augustus Hollinworth entered the Navy 14 Feb. 1834; passed his examination 15 July, 1840; served on board the Thunderer 84, Capt. Maurice Frederick Fitzhardinge Berkeley, during the proximate operations on the coast of Syria, including the bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre; and on proceeding to China as Mate of the Cornwallis 72, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker, was there employed in 1842, at the capture of Chapoo, Woosung, and Chin-Kiang-Foo.[1] He acquired his present rank, on his return to England, 20 Sept. 1843; since which period his appointments have been – 28 Dec. 1844, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capts. Sir Thos. Hastings and Henry Ducie Chads – and 29 Jan. 1847, as Additional, to the Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir John Louis, Admiral-Superintendent at Devonport.
HOLLINWORTH. (Rear-Admiral,, 1846. f-p., 15; h-p., 37.)
John Hollinworth is son of M. Hollinworth, Esq., many years a clerk of the Admiralty; and brother of Thos. Hollinworth, Esq., formerly Naval Storekeeper at Devonport.
This officer entered the Navy, in June, 1795, as Midshipman, on board the Repulse 74, Capt. Wm. Geo. Fairfax, employed on the Home station, where he removed, in March, 1797, to the Daedalus 32, Capt. Hall. Towards the close of the same year he sailed for the Cape of Good Hope in the Garland 28, Capts. John Clarke Searle and Jas. Athol Wood; under the latter of whom he had the misfortune to be wrecked, while in pursuit of an enemy’s vessel, off Madagascar, 26 July, 1798. On his return to England, in 1799, on board the Sphynx 20, Capt. Lord Augustus Fitzroy, he became attached in succession to the Téméraire, Barfleur, and Téméraire again, 98’s, in which ships we find him serving until May, 1800, in the Channel, under the flag of Rear-Admiral Jas. Hawkins Whitshed. Joining, then, the Endymion 40, Capt. Sir Thos. Williams, he proceeded to the Mediterranean, where – being appointed on his arrival Acting-Lieutenant of the Vestal armée en flûte, Capt. Valentine Collard – he accompanied the expedition to Egypt in 1801. On 10 June, 1802, he was confirmed a Lieutenant in the Carrère, Capt. Maitland. Between Feb. 1803 and April, 1806 (on 22 Jan. in which latter year he was promoted to the rank of Commander), he presents himself to our notice as next serving, in the Channel and West Indies, on board the Venerable 74, flagship of Rear-Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, Mermaid 32, Capt. Aiskew Paffard Hollis, and Hercule 74, bearing the flags of Sir John Duckworth and Rear-Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres. His succeeding and last appointments were, on the Mediterranean station – 25 March, 1807, to the Minstrel 18, in which sloop he captured, 16 July, 1808, the Italian schooner Ortenzia, pierced for 16 guns, but carrying only 2 long 24-pounders, 6 long 9-pounder and 2 3-pounder swivels, with a complement of 56 men, who effected their escape[2] – and, 22 Nov. 1809, and 7 April and 12 July, 1810, to the Acting-Captaincy of the Invincible 74, and Resistance and Salsette frigates. He returned to England soon after his official advancement to Post-rank, which took place 3 April, 1811; and on 1 Oct. 1846 he became a Rear-Admiral.
He married, in 1808, a daughter of John Jackson, Esq., Master-Attendant at Portsmouth; by whom he has, with other issue, a daughter, Marianne, who married, in 1844, a son of Colonel Shadforth. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
HOLLINWORTH. (Lieutenant, 1837.)
John Hollinworth entered the Navy 21 Nov. 1818; obtained his commission 10 Jan. 1837; and from 4 of the following March until paid off in the summer of 1842 was employed, a great part of the time as First-Lieutenant, in the Sappho 16, Capts. Thos. Eraser and Edw. Iggulden Parrey, on the North America and West India station. He has not been since afloat. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
HOLLOWAY. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 9; h-p., 32.)
Thomas Holloway entered the Navy, in Jan. 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Utrecht 64, Capt. Thos. Seccombe. With that officer, after having served a few months in the Downs under the flag of Rear-Admiral John Holloway, he removed to the Glatton 50, and proceeded to the Mediterranean, where, until the close of 1808, he was actively employed with Capt. Robt. Waller Otway on board the Montagu 74, and Malta 84. During the next 12 months we find him serving, on the Downs and Newfoundland stations, in the Isis 50, Capts. Laugharne and D. M‘Leod, and Antelope 50, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Holloway. He then rejoined Capt. Otway in the Ajax 74, and on 20 July, 1810, was on board that ship in a very gallant skirmish, in which the British, with a slender force, beat back a powerful division of the French flotilla [errata 1]. After an attachment of some time to the Cumberland 74, commanded on the Home station by Capt. Thos. Baker, Mr. Holloway was made Lieutenant, 10 March, 1812, into the Fame 74, Capt. Walter Bathurst, under whom he long cooperated with the patriots on the coast of Spain, and came into frequent contact with the French. Since he was paid off, in Oct. 1814, he has not been afloat.
HOLMAN, K.W., F.R.S. (Lieutenant, 1807.)
James Holman is brother of Capt. Wm. Holman, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 7 Dec. 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal George 100, Capt. Chas. Morice Pole, bearing the flag in the Channel of Lord Bridport; served, from Sept. 1799 until April, 1805, in the Cambrian 40, Capts. Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge, Geo. Henry Towry, Wm. Bradley, and John Poo Beresford, on the Home and North American stations; then joined in succession the Leander 50, Capts. John Talbot and Henry Whitby, and Cleopatra 32, of which frigate, commanded by Capts. John Wight, Love, and Simpson, he was created a Lieutenant 27 April, 1807; and from Oct. 1808 to Nov. 1810, when he invalided, was employed in the Guerrière frigate, Capts. Alex. Skene, Robt. Lloyd, and Sam. John Pechell, stationed, as was also the Cleopatra, on the coast of North America. He has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Holman (who is totally deprived of sight, and whose extensive peregrinations have procured
