Capt. Chas. Philip Butler Bateman, and, after serving for some time in the North Sea, proceeded off Lisbon, where he removed with the same officer to the Gannet 16, commanded subsequently by Capt. Jas. Stevenson. Being discharged from the latter vessel in April, 1808, he was next, between June, 1809, and the date of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 17 Feb. 1815, employed, on the Channel, Mediterranean, and West India stations, in the Nymphe 38, Capt. Hon. Josceline Percy, Growler gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander John Weeks, Magnificent 74, Capt. Willoughby Thos. Lake, San Josef 110, flag-ship of Sir Rich. King, and Swiftsure 74, Capt. Wm. Henry Webley. While in the Magnificent, in 1812, Mr. Hamilton was much employed in co-operation with the patriots on the north coast of Spain, where he witnessed the reduction of Castro, Puerta Galletta, Guetaria, St. Ano, &c. He has not been afloat since his promotion.
HAMILTON. (Lieutenant, 1844.)
John Fane Charles Hamilton is son, we believe, of Colonel John P. Hamilton, by Charlotte, daughter of John Fane, Esq., of Wormsley, LL.D., an eminent agriculturist, and many years M.P. for co. Oxford. His uncle, Rear-Admiral Fras. Wm. Fane, died 28 March, 1844.
This officer entered the Navy 28 Aug. 1835; and in 1841-2, while attached to the Blonde 42, Capt. Thos. Bourchier, was present, either in the boats or on shore, at the taking of Amoy, the storming of Chinghae, the attack on the Chinese entrenched camp on the heights of Segoan, the capture of Chapoo, and the engagement with the enemy’s batteries at Woosung.[1] He also, on 10 March, 1842, served in the boats under Capt. Geo. Goldsmith at the destruction of 10 fire-vessels with which the Chinese had attempted to annihilate the British shipping and transports at their anchorage off Chinghae.[2] Having passed his examination 10 Nov. 1841, and been further employed, as Mate, in the Warspite 50, Capt. Provo Wm. Parry Wallis, and St. Vincent 120, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Rowley, on the Lisbon and Portsmouth stations, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 8 March, 1844, and subsequently appointed, 24 May and 1 Aug. 1844, to the America 50., and Racer 16, Capts. Hon. John Gordon and Archibald Reed, both on the South American station. He left the latter vessel in the summer of 1846. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
HAMILTON. (Commander, 1828. f-p., 18; h-p., 16.)
Joseph Hamilton died in 1845.
This officer entered the Navy, 2 April, 1811, as a Supernumerary, on board the Phipps gun-brig, Capt. Christ. Bell, from which vessel he almost immediately removed to the Caledonia 120, bearing the flag in the Mediterranean of Sir Edw. Pellew. After participating, as Midshipman, in the partial action of 5 Nov. 1813 with the Toulon fleet, he became attached to the Alcmène 38, Capt. Jeremiah Coghlan, under whom, in 1814-15, he witnessed the capture of a large convoy under the guns of Porto Maurizio, as also the surrender of Genoa and Naples. Rejoining Lord Exmouth in Oct. of the latter year on board the Boyne 98, he continued to serve with that nobleman, latterly in the Queen Charlotte 100, until after the battle of Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816. He then went back to the Boyne, in which ship, and again in the Queen Charlotte, we find him for two years employed at Portsmouth under the flags of Sir Edw. Thornbrough and Sir Geo. Campbell. After a further servitude of three years on the Home station in the Liffey 50, Capt. Hon. Henry Duncan, and of a few weeks in the Andromache frigate, Capt. Joseph Nourse, he obtained a commission dated 29 Jan. 1822. His succeeding appointments were – chiefly in the West Indies – 1 Feb. 1822, to the Helicon 10, Capts. Wm. Robt. Dawkins and Thos. Tucker – 8 Feb. 1825, to the Rattlesnake 28, Capts. Hugh Patton and John Leith – and, 2 July, 1827, to the Barham 50, Capt. Sir John Louis. He attained the rank of Commander 4 Oct. 1828, but was not afterwards employed afloat.
Commander Hamilton was for some time, we understand, a Commissioner of Taxes and Stipendiary Magistrate at British Guiana. Agents – Goode and Lawrence.
HAMILTON. (Commander, 1841.)
Peter William Hamilton entered the Navy 19 Nov. 1825; served as Midshipman of the Brisk 10, Capt. Hon. Wm. Anson, at the battle of Navarin, 20 Oct. 1827; passed his examination in 1833; and, obtaining his first commission 2 March, 1838, was subsequently appointed, on the East India station – 16 Aug. 1838, to the Herald 26, Capt. Joseph Nias – 16 June, 1839, to the Volage 26, Capt. Henry Smith – and, 13 Oct. 1840, as First, to the Columbine 16, Capt. Thos. Jordaine Clarke. He served in the Volage in an attack made in 1839 on a fleet of Chihese war-junks; and, in 1841, he was attached to the Columbine during the first and second series of operations against Canton, where he appears to have had command of that vessel’s boats, and to have been spoken of in the highest terms.[3] He was, in consequence, promoted to his present rank 8 Oct. 1841.[4]
Commander Hamilton has for several years been Vice-Consul at Boulogne. Agents – Messrs. Chard.
HAMILTON. (Lieut., 1825. f-p., 34; h-p., 1.)
Thomas Hamilton was born 1 Aug. 1801.
This officer entered the Navy, 14 July, 1812, as A.B., on board the Barbara 12, Lieut.-Commander Jas. Morgan, under whom be shared in many dashing affairs with the enemy’s armed vessels off the coast of France and in the Baltic. On one occasion, in particular, he came into destructive conflict with a flotilla of seven gun-boats off Fladstrand; and, on another, he assisted in cutting out 10 sail from Randers Fiord. After further serving off St. Sebastian, and witnessing the embarkation of the British troops in the Garonne, Mr. Hamilton accompanied the expedition against New Orleans, and bore an active part in all the harassing operations connected with it. At the commencement of 1816, having been for short periods employed in different vessels on the Home station, he proceeded to St. Helena and the Cape, where for three years he served, as Midshipman, in the Griffon 14, Capts. Geo. Hewson, Jas. Arthur Murray, and Wm. Elliot Wright, Spey 20, Capt. J. A. Murray, and Favorite 26, Capt. Hercules Robinson. He next, on his return to England, joined the Queen Charlotte 100, Capt. Edm. Boger, and Camelion 10, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye; and, in 1819, a year or two after he had passed his examination, he became attached to the Severn frigate, Capt. Wm. M‘Culloch, under whom, with his name latterly on the books of the Ramillies 74, he was for a considerable time employed on the Coast Blockade. In consequence of certain acts performed by Mr. Hamilton at Dymchurch while in the execution of his duty, he was imprisoned for 11 days in the black-hole at that place, and afterwards conveyed to London, and thence to Maidstone. He was ultimately however, on 7 Aug. 1823, honourably acquitted, and had the satisfaction of being highly complimented by his judge, as well as by Capt. M‘Culloch and the Blockade officers. On the occasion of a subsequent and very fierce affray with a band of smugglers, many of whom were killed. Mr. Hamilton was so desperately wounded as at the moment to be considered lifeless. His arm, jaws, and one of his fingers were broken, and, independently of injuries inflicted on his left eye and breast, he received three sabre-wounds in the head. He was advanced to his present rank 14 Feb. 1825; and since 3 of the following Oct. has been employed in
