A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hill, Henry Joseph
HILL. (Lieutenant, 1825. f-p., 24; h-p., 17.)
Henry Joseph Hill, born 3 Sept. 1780, is eldest son of the late Thos. Hill, Esq., of Gough Square, Fleet Street, London.
This officer (who had previously been in the Hon. E. I. co.’s service) entered the Navy, 8 July, 1806, as Midshipman, on board the Speedwell 14, Lieut.Commander Wm. Robertson, on the Home station, where, on 24 of the following Dec, having been appointed Prize-Master of a Danish brig, he was captured by a French privateer and sent to Calais. He did not in consequence regain his liberty until the peace of 1814, when he returned to England and joined the guard-ship at Plymouth. He was soon afterwards removed into the Resolute 12, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Pringle Green; while serving with whom he passed his examination, 2 Nov. in the same year. From Jan. 1815 until Feb. 1818, Mr. Hill served at Liverpool, Gibraltar, and Portsmouth, a great part of the time as Admiralty Midshipman, in the Princess, Capt. Wm. Simpson, Serapis store-ship, Capt. Wm. Lloyd, Queen Charlotte 108, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Thornbrough, and Rochfort 80, Capt. Sir Archibald Collingwood Dickson; and he was next for upwards of seven years employed, as Chief Mate, in the Hawke Revenue cruizer, Lieut.-Commander Rich. Ward. He at length attained his present rank 27 May, 1825, and, after three years and four months’ servitude in the Coast Guard, was appointed, 26 Nov. 1830, to the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye. He was paid off in March, 1831, and has not been since able to procure employment. Agents – Messrs. Ommanney.