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522  that officer in the ensuing expedition to Copenhagen; on his return whence, he was for four years employed with Capt. Edw. Fellowes in the 38, and  74, chiefly on the Mediterranean station. Between Feb. 1812, and July, 1813, he served in the Channel on board the 110, and  100, flag-ships of Lord Keith, by whom he was then appointed Lieutenant of the  sloop, Capt. John Campbell. While employed, soon afterwards, in rowing guard in a 6-oared cutter off St. Jean de Luz, Mr. Hoare, in spite of all the resistance he could offer, was captured by four French gun-boats and taken to Bayonne. On his exchange and return to England, he was at once, by a commission dated 13 Nov. 1813, officially advanced to the rank of Lieutenant, and on 30 of the same month nominated to the 74, Capt. Robt. Barrie, under whom he enacted a prominent part in the after-scenes of the American war. His succeeding appointments were – 30 Aug. and 27 Oct. 1815, to the and  frigates, commanded by Capt. Fras. Stanfell, at Sheerness and at the Cape of Good Hope – 7 June, 1818, as First-Lieutenant, to the 26, Capts. Fred. Hickey and Fred. Edw. Venables, in South America – and 9 Feb. 1821, in a similar capacity, to the 28, Capt. Edw. Reynolds Sibly, fitting for service at Halifax. He was promoted, on the latter station, to the command, 19 July, 1822, of the 18, which sloop he brought home and paid off in 1825. He acquired his present rank 7 July, 1827, but has not been since afloat.

Capt. Hoare married, first, 15 March, 1823, Mary Offley, youngest daughter of the late Admiral Sir Wm. Chas. Fahie, K.C.B., by whom (who died 27 Sept. 1826) he had issue; and secondly, in 1834, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Wm. Praed, Esq., of Tyringham, Bucks, and of Trewithon, Cornwall.

 HOARE. 

, born 23 March, 1807, is second son of Sir Joseph Wallis Hoare, Bart., of Annabelle, co. Cork, by Lady Harriet O’Bryen, sister of the present Marquess of Thomond, Vice-Admiral of the Red, G.C.H. He is brother of John Willoughby Hoare, Esq., of the 13th Bombay Native Infantry; nephew of ; and brother-in-law of Commander Matthew Chas. Foster, R.N.

This officer entered the Navy 23 Feb. 1821; passed his examination in 1827; obtained his first commission 30 Aug. 1828; and was afterwards appointed – 6 Nov. 1829, to the 46, Capt. Gawen Wm. Hamilton, in South America – 14 April, 1831, to the 46, Capt. Sir Edw. Thos. Troubridge, employed on particular service, which vessel he left in January, 1832 – and 25 May, 1843, to the command of the brigantine, on the Brazilian station, where he continued until superseded in Feb. 1845. He attained his present rank 9 Nov. 1846, and has since been on half-pay.

Commander Hoare married, 2 May, 1834, Caroline, daughter of John Hornby, Esq., of the Hook, Hampshire, by whom he has issue.

 HOBART. 

entered the Navy in 1835; passed his examination 28 Dec. 1842; and served, as Mate, on board the gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings – also in the brigantine, commanded on the Brazilian station by Lieut. Wm. O’Bryen Hoare – and in the steam-yacht, Capt. Lord Adolphus FitzClarence. He obtained his commission 25 Sept. 1845; joined, 11 Nov. following, the steam-sloop, Capts. Henry Smith and Rich. Moorman, on the Channel station; and since 11 March, 1847, has been borne, as Additional-Lieutenant, on the books of the 104, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker, Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean.

 HOCKIN. 

passed his examination in 1831; attained the rank of Lieutenant 2 March, 1838; was employed in the Mediterranean, from 8 of the following May until paid off in the summer of 1841, on board the 18, Capt. Lewis Davies; and on 18 Oct. 1842 was appointed Senior of the  16, Capts. Andrew Drew, Henry Bagot, and Sidney Henry Ussher. After serving for nearly four years in the latter vessel on the North American, West India, and African stations, he was advanced to the rank he now holds 5 Aug. 1846. He has since been on half-pay.

 HOCKIN. 

was born 21 April, 1794. His father was a banker; and his mother a sister of the late Sir Wm. Adams.

This officer entered the Navy, 10 June, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 74, Capt. (subsequently Rear-Admiral) Rich. Goodwin Keats, under whom, after serving at the blockade of Rochefort, he attended the expedition to Copenhagen in Aug. and Sept. 1807, was present at the embarkation from Nyeborg of the Marquis de la Romana and his army, 11 Aug. 1808, and assisted as Midshipman at the bombardment of Flushing in Aug. 1809. He was next, from Nov. 1809 to Aug. 1810, borne at Spithead on the books of the 74, Capts. Robt. Hall and John Irwin; after which he rejoined Rear-Admiral Keats on board the 74, and continned to serve with him in that ship and in the  120, at the defence of Cadiz (where he participated in the duties of the flotilla) and off Toulon, until Sept. 1812. During the two following years we find him attached to the 36, Capt. Rich. Buck, by whom, with a view to co-operating with the Spanish patriots, he was intrusted with the command of a boat, armed with a brass 6-pounder, for the purpose of annoying the French land-convoys on their way from the foot of the Pyrenees to Barcelona. On leaving the Franchise, Mr. Hockin successively joined the 38, Capt. John Bastard, and  74, bearing the flag of Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming, on the Gibraltar and Cadiz stations. In June, 1815, after having cruized for five months off Lisbon as Acting-Lieutenant of the 10, Capt. Thos. Carew, he took up a commission dated on 17 of the previous Feb. With the exception of an appointment in the Coast Guard, which he held from 13 Nov. 1833 until 1841, he has since been on half-pay.

Lieut. Hockin married Miss Elizabeth Dodd, of Cheshire, and by that lady has issue one son.

 HOCKINGS. 

, born 1 May, 1776, at Gibraltar, is eldest son of the late Thos. Hockings, Esq., a gentleman who held an appointment for nearly fifty years in the Civil department of the Ordnance at that place, and was severely wounded during its siege. He is nephew of Major Rich. Hockings, who died of yellow fever at Trinidad while commanding the Royal Engineers; brother of Lieut. Geo. Hockings, of the 10th Regt., who lost a leg in Egypt under Sir Ralph Abercromby, and ultimately died of fever at Gibraltar; and uncle of Robt. Hockings, Esq., First-Lieutenant R.M., of Hockings, Esq., of the 40th Regt., and of Thos. Hockings, Esq., Purser and Paymaster R.N.

This officer entered the Navy, 26 Oct. 1790, as A.B. (under the auspices of H.R.H. the late Duke of Kent), on board the 32, Capt. Robt. Devereux Fancourt, stationed in the Mediterranean, where, until Feb. 1793, he further served, part of the time as Midshipman, in the 24, Capt. Geo. Lunisdaine, 18, Capt. Wm. Brown, 32, Capt. Geo. Wm. Augustus Courtenay, cutter, Lieut.-Commander Henry West, and  50, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sam. Cranston Goodall. During the next four years he was employed in the Channel, and agun in the Mediterranean, on board the 28, and  32, both commanded by Capt. Hon. Henry Curzon,