A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hamilton, Cospatrick Baillie
HAMILTON. (Commander, 1844.)
Cospatrick Baillie Hamilton, born 27 Feb. 1817, is youngest brother of Capt. W. A. B. Hamilton, R.N., Second-Secretary of the Admiralty.
This officer entered the Navy, from the Royal Naval College, 24 Dec. 1831; passed his examination in 1836; and, on attaining the rank of Lieutenant, 25 June, 1840, joined the Melville 72, Capt. Hon. Rich. Saunders Dundas, under whom, among other early operations of the China war, he assisted, 7 Jan. and 26 Feb. 1841, at the capture of Tycocktow and the forts at the Boca Tigris. He afterwards joined — 2 Oct. 1841, the Queen 110, fitting at Portsmouth for the flag of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean — and 22 Feb. 1842, the Winchester 50, in which ship he officiated as Flag-Lieutenant to Hon. Josceline Percy, at the Cape of Good Hope, until advanced to his present rank 10 Feb. 1844. He obtained command, on 8 April in the latter year, of the Frolic 16, which sloop, after having been for three years employed on the Brazilian and Pacific stations, he brought home with a freight of more than 1,500,000 dollars, and paid off, in June, 1847.