A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hotham, John William
HOTHAM. (Lieutenant, 1832.)
John William Hotham, born in 1809, is. third son of Admiral Sir Wm. Hotham, G.C.B., by his first marriage.
This officer passed his examination in 1830, and was made Lieutenant, 13 March, 1832, into the Alfred 50, Capt. Robt. Maunsell, on the Mediterranean station. He was paid off on his return to England 28 July, 1834, and has since been unemployed.
Lieut. Hotham married, 29 April, 1838, Sarah Eliza, eldest daughter of Wm. Hawkesley, Esq., of the Circus, Bath.