A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hooper, John Sackett
HOOPER. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 7; h-p., 31.)
John Sackett Hooper was born 27 Dec. 1792. This officer entered the Navy, 22 Feb. 1809, as Midshipman, on board the Standard 64, Capt. Thos. Harvey, with whom he was for some months employed in the Majestic 74, on the Baltic station; where, in the course of 1810, he joined the Ruby and Dictator 64’s, both commanded by Capt. Robt. Williams. During the action of 6 July, 1812, with the Danish squadron, alluded to in our narrative of Lieut. Benj. Hooper, he is represented to have been on board the latter ship, whose loss on the occasion amounted to 4 persons killed and 24 (including himself[1]) wounded. The three years preceding his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 20 Sept. 1815, were passed by Mr. Hooper on the North Sea, North American, West India, and Newfoundland stations, in the Sceptre and Marlborough 74’s, Capts. Thos. Harvey and Robt. Honyman, and Perseus 22, Capt. Edw. Henry A’Court. He has since been on half-pay.
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1812, p. 1363.