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Rh  and America, and also in the West Indies, on board the same frigate and the 38, until Aug. 1815. He then removed in succession to the and, flag-ships at Portsmouth of Sir Edw. Thornbrough, but being soon again ordered to the West Indies, was there appointed Acting-Lieutenant, 24 March, 1816, of the 50, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral John Erskine Douglas. In May, 1817, he was transferred, in the latter capacity, to the brig, Capts. Robt. Rochfort Felix and Norwich Duff, in which vessel (being confirmed to her by commission dated 15 May in the following year) he remained until paid off in Aug. 1818. He has not been since employed. – Case and Loudonsack.

 HANKEY. 

, born 3 April, 1813, is third son of John Barnard Hankey, Esq., of Fetcham Park, co. Surrey, by the Hon. Elizabeth De Blaquiere, daughter of John, first Lord De Blaquiere. He is brother of ; nephew of General Lord De Blaquiere; and a connexion of Sir Hugh Dillon Massy, Bart.

This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1826, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 84, Capt. Sam. Hood Inglefield, bearing the flag in South America of Rear-Admiral Robt. Waller Otway; became Midshipman, in the autumn of 1829, of the 52, flag-ship in the West Indies of Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys; and from Aug. 1831 until the receipt of his first commission, bearing date 11 April, 1833, was employed in the Mediterranean, the last twelve months as Mate, on board the 60, Capt. Robt. Maunsell, and 120, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Henry Hotham. He continued to serve for some months, on the latter station and off Oporto, in the 42, Capt. Hon. Rich. Saunders Dundas, and was afterwards appointed – 9 June, 1834, to the 18, Capts. Henry John Codrington, Julius Jas. Farmer Newell, and Wm. Holt, which sloop, also attached to the force in the Mediterranean, he fitted, during a violent gale, with a temporary rudder, and by that means enabled her to proceed 200 miles under close-reefed sails – 2 Feb. 1839, as First, to the 16, Capt. John Adams, with whom he served for three years on the coast of Africa – and 7 Stay, 1844, in a similar capacity, to the  80, flag-ship in the Pacific of Sir Geo. Fras. Seymour. During the period of his continuance in the, Mr. Hankey was instrumental to the liberation of about 1500 negroes, and the condemnation of about 3300 tons of shipping. On one occasion he was strongly recommended to Rear-Admiral Fred. Warren, the Acting-Commander-in-Chief at Plymouth, for his conduct in having intrepidly boarded, with a party of volunteers, during a passage made by the to England, and in the midst of a heavy gale, a schooner which had been utterly abandoned, and to which, having lost her own, he fitted a new rudder. He subsequently, on 6 July, 1841, after a running-fight, assisted in capturing the Gabriel a notorious piratical vessel, well armed, and equally well defended. His previous services as interpreter during a negociation carried on between his Captain and the Governor-General of Mozambique, had obtained Mr. Hankey a very complimentary letter from the-latter personage, as well as a flattering appeal in his behalf to the British and Portuguese Governments. He ultimately left the in consequence of fever contracted on board a slave-vessel of which he had been placed in charge. He was promoted to his present rank, while serving in the, 26 June, 1846; and is now on half-pay.

Commander Haukey, we must not omit to record, had distinguished himself when a Lieutenant in the, by voluntarily going ashore for assistance in the jolly-boat, during a tempest which had dismasted that vessel in the Mole of Malaga. – Messrs. Stilwell.

 HANKEY. 

is a younger brother of. This officer entered the Navy in 1832; passed his examination 6 March, 1839; and, after serving as Mate in the 120, and, for three years, in the  72, flag-ships of Sir John Acworth Ommanney and Sir Thos. John Cochrane, on the Mediterranean and East India stations, was promoted, 2 July, 1845, to a Lieutenancy in the 18, Capts. Fras. Philip Egerton, under whom he is still employed. During an expedition conducted in July, 1846, by Sir T. J. Cochrane, against the Sultan of Borneo, Mr. Hankey officiated as Beach-Master, and assisted at the capture and destruction of the enemy’s forts and batteries up the river Brune.

 HANMER. 

entered the Navy, in Aug. 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 74, Capts. Lord Garlies, Christopher Laroche, and Wm. Brown, one of Sir Robt. Calder’s fleet in the action of 22 July, 1805. From the following Sept. until Dec. 1808, he served in the Mediterranean and off Lisbon in the frigate, and  74, both commanded by Capt. Edw. Fellowes; and he was afterwards, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 7 April, 1813, employed, off the coasts of Portugal, France, and America, chiefly as Master’s Mate, in the 36, Capt. Wm. Granger, 32, Capts. Alex. Robt. Kerr and Geo. Burgoyne Salt, 40, Capt. A. R. Kerr, and  74, flag-ship of Sir John Borlase Warren. He then joined the 38, Capts. Hassard Stackpoole and Spelman Swaine, also attached to the force on the American station, whence he returned home and was paid off in April, 1815. He has not been since afloat. – Hallett and Robinson.

 HANNANT. 

entered the Navy 13 Sept. 1828; passed his examination 13 Feb. 1837; was for some time employed as Mate in the brigantine, Lieut.-Commander Henry Frowd Seagram, on the coast of Africa; and on 16 Sept. 1842, was promoted to his present rank. His appointments have since been – 18 May, 1843, to the 16, Capt. Arch. Reed, on the Brazilian station – and 1 Aug. 1844, to the 50., Capts. Hon. Wm. Gordon and Sir Thos. Maitland, with whom he has been successively employed in the Pacific and Mediterranean. – Messrs. Ommanney.

 HANSARD. 

passed his examination 4 Oct. 1836; and was for a long time employed in the Mediterranean on board the 74 Capt. Edw. Harvey, and steam-vessel, Capt. Edw. John Carpenter. He obtained his commission 19 Dec. 1844; and since 11 March, 1845, has been serving on the coast of Africa in the 12, Capt. Peche Hart Dyke.

 HARCOURT, formerly Vernon. 

, born in 1790, is fourth son of the Right Hon. Edw. Harcourt, D.D., D.C.L., P.C., Archbishop of York, Primate of England, and Lord High Almoner to the Queen, by Anne, third daughter of Granville, first Marquess of Stafford. He is brother of G. G. V. Harcourt, Esq., M.P. for the co. of Oxford; of the Rev. L. V. Harcourt, Chancellor of York; of ; of H. V. Harcourt, Esq., a Lieut.-Colonel in the army; and of Lieut.-Colonel Fras. Harcourt, of the Grenadier Guards, Equerry to the Duchess of Kent. He is cousin of the present Lord Vernon; and is closely connected with the Earls of Lucan, Oxford, Liverpool, Harcourt, and Leicester. 