A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hempsted, Edmund
HEMPSTED. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
Edmund Hempsted entered the Navy in 1831; passed his examination 2 May, 1838; and was employed, as Mate, on the Mediterranean, Home, and Pacific stations, in the Howe 120, Capts. Sir Watkin Owen Pell, Robt. Smart, and Thos. Forrest, bearing the flag for some time of Sir Fras. Mason, Excellent gunnery-ship, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, and America 50., Capt. Hon. John Gordon. He obtained his commission 1 Dec. 1845, and has been since serving, also in the Pacific, as Additional of the Collingwood 80, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Fras. Seymour.