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Rh HAMLEY. 

is youngest brother of

This officer entered the Navy 1 April, 1811; passed his examination in 1817; and obtained his first commission 29 June, 1826. His subsequent appointments were, 30 Sept. 1837, and 20 Aug. 1841, as First Lieutenant, to the and, of 72 guns each, Capts. Wm. Wilmott Henderson and Sir Geo. Rose Sartorius, in the former of which ships he participated in the operations of 1840 on the coast of Syria, including the bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre. He was paid off from the in the early part of 1844; and on 9 Nov. 1846 was advanced to the rank of Commander. He is now on half-pay.

 HAMMET. 

passed his examination 28 Feb. 1840; served as Mate of the 80, Capt. Chas. John Austen, at the bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre in Nov. 1840; and from the close of 1841 until the attainment of his present rank, 7 Feb. 1846, was employed on the North America and West India station in the 72, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Adam, and 26, Capt. Geo. Elliot. He has been attached, since 30 of the following March, to the 22, commanded in the Mediterranean by Capt. Thos. Matthew Chas. Symonds.

 HAMMOND. 

entered the Navy, 10 May, 1797, as Midshipman, on board the, Capt. Philip Bartholomew, lying in Hamoaze; and, from the close of the same year until the summer of 1802, was employed, on the African, Home, and West India stations, in the 18, Capt. Jas. Nash. In 1803, on his return from the West Indies, where he had continued to serve, as Master’s Mate, in the 74, Commodore Hon. Robt. Stopford, he joined the 36, Capts. Willoughby Thos. Lake, Anselm John Griffiths, Henry Hope, and Edw. Harvey, to which frigate he continued attached, on the Cork and Mediterranean stations, the greater part of the time as Lieutenant (commission dated 23 March, 1805), until Jan. 1812. During that period, among other dashing services, Mr. Hammond, on 12 March, 1809, took part, near Corfu, in a very spirited action which terminated in the beating off by the of the two French 40-gun frigates Danaé and Flore; and about the same period he received a severe wound, which nearly deprived him of the use of his right hand, at the cutting out of two vessels on the coast of Italy. Notwithstanding this misfortune, he again, on 31 of the following May, took command of the boats, and, by dint of sterling gallantry, succeeded, with a loss of only 1 man killed and another wounded, although encountered by a galling fire from the enemy and many severe obstacles, in capturing nine vessels lying at anchor in the road of Demata, behind a reef of rocks under the fortress of Santa Maura. The prizes on the occasion were loaded with timber and brandy on Government account, and were bound to Corfu, where their cargoes were much needed. They consisted, besides four trabacolos, of a xebec of 8 carriage-guns, 6 swivels, and a crew of 55 men; of one cutter of 4, and one felucca of 3 guns; and of two gun-boats of 1 gun each. So great was the admiration entertained of this exploit by Capt. Griffiths, that we find him recommending Mr. Hammond, who was at the time his First Lieutenant in the very strongest manner to notice. The next occasion on which we perceive mention of our valiant but ill-rewarded officer was on 31 Oct. 1809, when he took charge of the boats of the, and, in unison with those of a squadron under Lieut. John Tailour, contributed to the capture and destruction, in the Bay of Rosas – despite a fierce opposition from the crews, and a fire from the batteries inflictive of a loss on the British of 15 men killed and 55 wounded – of the French armed store-ship Lamproie, of 16 guns and 116 men, bombards Victoire and Grandeur, armed xebec Normande, and a convoy of seven merchantmen. ’ His last appointment was, 11 Aug. 1812, to the sloop, Capts. Nathaniel Mitchell, Vincent Newton, and Geo. Hilton, stationed off the coast of North America, whence he returned in May, 1815. On 21 of the ensuing June he again presents himself to our notice as commanding the boats of the, and effecting the capture, in conjunction with those of the under Lieut. Andw. Wilson, of two vessels in the Bay of Martino, in the island of Corsica, where a 3-gun battery which protected the entrance of the bay was carried by a detachment of seamen and marines, and the guns rendered unserviceable; the enemy in the affair being occasioned a loss of several men killed and wounded, and the British 1 man killed and 2 wounded. – Messrs. Ommanney.

 HAMMOND. 

served on board the 36, Capt. Edm. Palmer, at the forcing of the Gironde in 1814. He passed his examination in 1818; was made Lieutenant, 23 June, 1827, into the 50, commanded in the Mediterranean by Capt. Hon. Jas. Ashley Maude; and, on 23 Aug. following, removed to the sloop, Capts. Lord Ingestrie and Hon. Wm. Edwardes. That vessel being paid off in 1828, he next joined, 24 Jan. 1835, the 50, bearing the flag in South America of Sir Graham Eden Hamond. He was superseded at his own request 12 April, 1836, and has not since been afloat.

Lieut. Hammond married, in 1836, Sophia, daughter of John Musters, Esq., of Colwick Hall, co. Nottingham (a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for that shire), by Mary, only daughter and coheiress of Wm. Chaworth, Esq., of Annesley, Notts.

 HAMOND. 

, born 3 Oct. 1811, is eldest son of

This officer entered the Navy 5 Aug. 1824; served as Midshipman of the 28, Capt. Hon. Fred. Spencer, at the battle of Navarin, 20 Oct. 1827; passed his examination in 1830; and, obtaining his first commission 25 May, 1831, was successively appointed- 30 Sept. 1831, to the 74, flag-ship in the East Indies of Sir John Gore – and, 2 Oct. .1834, to the  50, as Flag-Lieutenant to his father, on the South American station. He was presented with a second promotal commission 19 May, 1838, and, on 24 June, 1842, was invested with the command of the steam-sloop in the Pacific. He has been on half-pay since the attainment of his present rank, 8 June, 1846.

Capt. Hamond married Mary, second daughter of Edw. Miller, Esq., co. Cambridge, and niece of General Miller, Her Britannic Majesty’s Consul-General for the islands in the Pacific.

 HAMOND, Bart., K.C.B., K.C.T.S.

, born 30 Dec. 1779, in London, is only son of the late Sir Andw. Snape Hamond, Bart., F.R.S., Captain R.N., by Anne,