A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hoghton, William
HOGHTON. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., ll; h-p., 31.)
William Hoghton entered the Navy, 20 May, 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., On board the St. Albans 64, Capt. John Temple, lying in the Downs, where, in the following Aug., he accompanied the same officer, as Midshipman, into the Utrecht 64. He was afterwards employed for several years in the Mediterranean; on board the Glatton 50, Capt. Thos. Seccombe, and Spider, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Olliver. With the latter and another officer he further served, from Dec. 1811 to Sept. 1812, in the Marshal 12, on the Channel station. He then sailed for the West Indies in the Ister 36, commanded by the present Sir Josiah Coghill Coghill, and, until his return to England in the summer of 1815, was there employed, as Master’s Mate and Acting-Lieutenant. On the paying off of the Ister at the latter period, he took up a commission bearing date 24 Feb. 1815; but he has not been since afloat. Agents – Goode and Lawrence.