Royal Naval Biography/Hoppner, Henry Parkyns
HENRY PARKYNS HOPPNER, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1825.]
Is a son of the late celebrated artist, and brother to Richard Belgrave Hoppner, Esq. formerly H.M. Consul-General at Venice.
This officer received his first commission in Sept. 1815; and served as junior lieutenant of the Alceste frigate, Captain (now Sir Murray) Maxwell, during Lord Amherst’s embassy to China, in 1816. After the loss of that ship in the Straits of Caspar, he was selected to conduct his lordship and suite, in two boats, from Pulo-Leat to Batavia[1]. His next appointment was, Jan. 14th, 1818, to the Alexander brig, commanded by Lieutenant (now Sir William Edward) Parry, and fitting out for the purpose of accompanying Captain John Ross in an expedition to the arctic regions. The manner in which he was employed, from that period until he lost the Fury sloop, in lat. 72° 42' 30" N., long. 91° 50' 6" W., Aug. 1826, will be seen on reference to pp. 318–364 of Suppl. Part IV[2]. The details of this disaster we now find would occupy too large a portion of our remaining pages, and prevent the insertion of much more interesting as well as original matter. His commission as a commander bears date Jan. 25th, 1822; and he obtained his present rank, Dec. 30th, 1825.
Agents.– Messrs. Stillwell.
- ↑ See Vol. II. Part II. pp. 805–816.
- ↑ Erratum, Suppl. Part IV. p. 350, line 12 from the bottom, for carried, read carried from the Atlantic.