A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hippisley, Charles James
HIPPISLEY. (Lieut., 1836. f-p., 30; h-p., 6.)
Charles James Hippisley, born 23 Sept. 1798, is third son of the late Gustavus Mathias Hippisley, Esq., by Ellen, third daughter of Thos. Fitzgerald, knight of Glin, of Glin Castle, co. Limerick; and grandson of the late Robt. Hippisley Trenchard, Esq., of Abbot’s Leigh Court, co. Somerset, Cutteridge, co. Wilts, and Mount Trenchard, Ireland. One of his brothers, Robt. Fitzgerald Hippisley, now deceased, was also a Lieutenant in the Navy.
This officer entered the Navy, 5 Aug. 1811, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Audacious 74, Capt. Donald Campbell, stationed in the North Sea, and from the following Dec. until July, 1814, was employed in the Prince of Wales 98, Capts. Thos. Burton and John Erskine Douglas, on the Mediterranean station, where, in April of the latter year, he was present, as Midshipman, at the capture of Genoa. Prior to Oct. 1815, he next, we find, served in the West Indies on board the Rinaldo 10, Capts. Arch. Tisdall and John Undrell, but, being then paid off, he did not again go afloat until April, 1822, on 14 of which month he was nominated Master’s Mate of the Pigmy 10, Lieut.-Commander Thos. Hills, with whom he cruized on the Channel and Irish stations until March, 1823. His name was then borne for two years on the books of the Bulwark 76, from which ship, commanded at Plymouth and Portsmouth by Capt. Thos. Dundas, he was lent as Mate in July, 1824 (having passed his examination on 4 of the preceding Feb.) to the Herald yacht, Capt. H. J. Leeke, for the purpose of making a voyage to St. Petersburg. After a further employment of 2 years at Plymouth and off Lisbon in the Windsor Castle 74, Capts. Hugh Downman and Edw. Durnford King, Mr. Hippisley, in June, 1827, was appointed Chief Mate of the Hornet Revenue cutter, Lieut.-Commanders Henry Nevill Eastwood, Henry Crocker, and Dan. M‘Neale Beatty, on the coast of Ireland. In July, 1831, and May, 1832, he successively removed to the Sprightly and Harpy, other Revenue vessels, commanded, on Channel service, by Lieut. Thos. Holloway Holman and Edw. Youel. He left the Harpy on the ultimate attainment of his present rank, 15 Jan. 1836, and since 9 of the following March has been in charge of a station in the Coast Guard.
Lieut. Hippisley, who is Senior of 1836, is in possession of testimonials that do him much credit. He married, 14 Dec. 1826, Mary Eliza Temple, second daughter of the late John Wills, Esq., Purser and Paymaster, R.N. (1797.)