A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hamond, Graham Eden William
HAMOND. (Commander, 1843. f-p., 14; h-p., 5.)
Graham Eden William Hamond was born 3 March, 1814, at Fowey, co. Cornwall, and died 23 Jan. 1847, at Woolwich, while in command of the Medea steam-sloop. He was second and youngest son of the present Admiral Sir Graham Eden Hammond, Bart., K.C.B.
This officer entered the Navy, 22 Feb. 1828, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Blonde 46, Capt. Edm. Lyons, to whom, in the following Oct., after having for some time blockaded the port of Navarin, he officiated as Aide-de-Camp at the bombardment and storming of the Morea Castle. In the summer of 1829 he accompanied Sir Robt. Gordon as British Ambassador to Constantinople, where, during an audience with the Sultan, he was presented with a cloak by that potentate. He next visited the Black Sea, and in the spring of 1830 was employed in partially surveying and wholly sounding of the Bosporus, the Golden Horn of Constantinople, and many places in the Sea of Marmara. In Feb. 1831, shortly after he had escorted Sir John Malcolm from Alexandria to Malta, Mr. Hamond became Midshipman of the Madagascar 46, also commanded by Capt. Lyons, in which ship he had an opportunity, in May, 1832, of witnessing Ibrahim Pacha’s bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre. We subsequently find him, in the early part of 1833, attending King Otho and the Bavarian Regency from Trieste to Greece, and for several months in that year employed in the Madagascar’s barge as steersman to His Majesty. On the paying off of the latter frigate in Jan. 1835 Mr. Hamond (who, previously to passing his examination in Feb. 1834, had had charge of a watch for 12 months) sailed for South America in the Actaeon 26, Capt. Lord Edw. Russell, for the purpose of joining the flag-ship of his father, by whom be was transferred to the Rapid 10, Lieut.-Commander Fred. Patten. Being awarded the rank of Lieutenant by commission dated 1 Feb. 1835, he was afterwards appointed in that capacity – 29 June, 1835, to the North Star 28, Capt. Octavius Vernon Harcourt, under whom he surveyed in part several harbours on the N.W. coast of North America – 23 July, 1836, to the Blonde 46, bearing the broad pendant in the Pacific of Commodore Fras. Mason – 4 July, 1837, to the Imogene 26, Capt. Hen. Wm. Bruce, employed among the South Sea Islands – 17 Jan. 1838, to the Rover 18, Capt. Chas. Eden, in which sloop he returned to England in the following summer – 23 Feb. 1839, to the Implacable 74, Capt. Edw. Harvey, attached to the force in the Mediterranean, whence he invalided in May, 1840 – and, 13 Jan. 1842, to the Howe 120, as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Fras. Mason, on the same station. He attained the rank of Commander 5 June, 1843, and was lastly appointed, 5 Nov. 1846, to the Medea steam-sloop. He died as above.
Commander Hamond married, 7 Dec. 1843, Lucia, only daughter of Luke Dodds, Esq., of Hythe House, Hythe, near Southampton, co. Hants, by whom he has left issue. Agents – Messrs. Ommanney.