A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hore, Edward George
HORE. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Edward George Hore, born 17 Sept. 1823, is second son of Commander Herbert Wm. Hore, R.N. (1814), who died 10 Jan. 1823, by Eliza, daughter and co-heir of Geo. Curling, Esq., of West Hatch, co. Essex. He is brother of the present Herbert Fras. Hore, Esq., of Pole Hore, co. Wexford, and is the descendant of a very ancient family.
This officer (who was officially noticed for his services on the coast of Syria, where, as Midshipman of the Castor 36, Capt. Edw. Collier, he assisted in planting the Ottoman flag, and in destroying the guns on the ramparts of Caiffa[1]) passed his examination in Aug. 1842. Between that date and his promotion to the rank he now holds, which took place 15 Jan. 1846, we find him employed as Mate, on the Mediterranean and North America and West India stations, in the Queen 110, flag-ship of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, Devastation steam-sloop, Capt. Wm. Hewgill Kitchen, and Vindictive 50, bearing the flag of Sir Fras. Wm. Austen. He continued in the Vindictive, in the capacity of Additional Lieutenant, until appointed, 13 Oct. 1846, to the Viper brigantine, which vessel he is now commanding on the station last-mentioned.
He married, 17 June, 1847, at Barbadoes, Maria second daughter of Lieut.-Colonel Reid, Governor of the Windward Islands.
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1840, p. 2601.