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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Higgins, Thomas

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​HIGGINS. (Lieutenant, 1814. f-p., 7; h-p., 33.)
Thomas Higgins entered the Navy, 16 May, 1807, as Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Caesar 80, Capt. Chas. Kichardson, successive flag-ship of Rear-Admirals Sir Rich. John Strachan, Hon. Robt. Stopford, and Wm. Albany Otway. In the course of 1809, previously to which he had made a voyage to the Mediterranean, we find him assisting in the destruction of three heavy French frigates under the batteries of Sable d’Olonne, also of the shipping in Basque Roads, and in the expedition to Flushing. In April, 1810, he removed with Capt. Richardson to the Semiramis frigate, and was for upwards of two years employed in that ship on the Lisbon and Channel stations. During the rest of the war he served, on the coast of North America, in the Ardent 64, Capt. Bell, and St. Domingo 74, bearing the flag of Sir John Borlase Warren. He obtained his commission 3 June, 1814; but has not been since afloat.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Higginson, Francis

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​HIGGINSON. (Lieutenant, 1839.)
Francis Higginson entered the Navy, 15 Nov. 1813; and on 25 Feb. 1814, while serving, as we are informed, on board the Eurotas, of 46 guns and 320 men, Capt. John Phillimore, was present in an engagement of two hours and 10 minutes, which rendered captive to that ship, after she had incurred a loss of 20 men killed and 40 wounded, the French frigate La Clorinde, mounting 44 guns and 12 brass swivels, with a complement of 360 picked men, of whom 120 were killed and wounded. He subsequently (when in the Severn 40, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Aylmer) shared in the bombardment of Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816; and on 1 Jan. 1839, having passed his examination in 1828, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. He obtained an appointment in the Coast Guard 27 Feb. following; but has been on halt-pay since the autumn of 1845. Lieut. Higginson, who is Senior of 1839, has been presented with a medal by the Royal Humane Society. Agents – Messrs. Chard.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hickley, Victor Grant

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​HICKLEY. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Victor Grant Hickley passed his examination 18 Aug. 1842; served for some time in North America and the West Indies as Mate of the Vindictive 50, flag-ship of Sir Fras. Wm. Austen; and obtained his commission 2 Jan. 1846. He continued to serve in the Vindictive, as Additional-Lieutenant, until the receipt, 3 Oct. following, of his present appointment in the Vesuvius steam-sloop, Capts. Geo. Wm. Douglas O’Callaghan and Ashley La Touche, in which vessel he is still employed on the above station.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Higgon, Henry Miller

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​HIGGON. (Lieut., 1828. f-p., 28; h-p., 8.)
Henry Miller Higgon was born 22 Jan. 1796. This officer entered the Navy, 17 Aug. 1811, as Midshipman, on board the Abercromby 74, Capt. Wm. Chas. Fahie, stationed in the Channel; and was next, between Feb. 1814 and Sept. 1821, employed, chiefly in the West Indies, on board the Halcyon sloop, Capt. John Houlton Marshall, Ulysses 44, Capt. Thos. Browne, Larne 20, Capt. Abraham Lowe, and Sapphire 26, Capt. Henry Hart. He then joined the Bann 20, Capt. Chas. Phillips, and sailed for the western coast of Africa, where that vessel cruized with success against the slave-trade, and lost, when at Ascension in 1823, the greater part of her crew from the effects of the climate. In Oct. 1823 Mr. Higgon, who had passed his examination in Jan. 1818, and had for the last six months acted as First-Lieutenant, was superseded from the Bann; nor was he promoted until 6 April, 1828, by which period he had further served for four years and a half as (Admiralty) Midshipman, almost continuously on the African coast, in the Jasper 10, Capt. Alex. Dundas Young Arbuthnott, Blanche 46, Capt. Wm. Bowen Mends, Blonde 42, Capt. Lord Byron, and Sybille 48, Commodore Sir Fras. Augustus Collier. He returned to England in May, 1828, after having been fmrther attached for a few weeks to the North Star 28, Capt. Septimus Arabin; and, with the exception of a period of two years in 1840-2, has been employed in the Coast Guard since 7 Oct. 1833.
Lieut. Higgon, during his servitude afloat, was eight times attacked with yellow fever and once with cholera. His testimonials for character and conduct are of a very high order.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hicks, John

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​HICKS. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 9; h-p., 33.)
John Hicks was born 6 Nov. 1792.
This officer entered the Navy, 29 Sept. 1805, as a Volunteer, on board the Powerful 74, Capts. Robt. Plampin, Rich. Buck, Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew, and Chas. Jas. Johnston. Proceeding in that ship to the East Indies, he there (besides assisting at the capture of the privateers La Henriette, of 20 guns and 124 men, and La Bellone, of 30 guns and 194 men) served as Midshipman in the boats at the capture and destruction, 27 Nov. 1806, of a Dutch frigate, seven brigs-of-war, and about 20 armed and other merchant-vessels lying in Batavia Roads. On 11 Dec. 1807 he similarly contributed to the annihilation, at Griessee, of the dockyard and stores, and of all the men-of-war remaining to Holland in the East Indies. On his ultimate return to Europe Mr. Hicks accompanied the expedition to the Walcheren, where, during the bombaidment of Flushing, he commanded a gun-boat under the very walls of that city, and was in the end towed out with the loss of his mast, and of 1 man killed and 1 wounded. His conduct on the occasion, we may add, was deservedly marked by the approbation of his Captain. From Oct. 1809 to Feb. 1812 he again served with Capt. Plampin on board the ​Courageux 74, and Gibraltar 84; and while in the latter ship he was for nearly two years constantly employed as a volunteer in her boats in operations against the enemy’s coasting trade, and was in frequent action with their batteries and gun-vessels. In March, 1812, he joined the Stirling Castle 74, Capt. Jahleel Brenton, lying at Chatham, but before he had been many weeks in that ship he was appointed Master’s Mate of the Tenedos 38, Capt. Hyde Parker, and ordered to North America. While on the latter station he assisted at the capture of some of the finest privateers belonging to the United States, and in particular of L’Invincible Napoléon of 16 guns, which he cut out, when in command of the frigate’s boats, from under the heights of Gloucester, near Cape Anne, in Boston Bay, in April, 1813, although exposed to a most galling fire from the enemy’s fieldpieces and musketry. As a reward for his conduct in this afifair Mr. Hicks was ultimately, on 27 May, 1814, appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the Victorious 74, Capt. John Talbot, with whom he made a voyage to Davis Strait, and remained until the following Aug. He was officially promoted 21 Feb. 1815, but has not been since afloat.
He married 10 May, 1826.
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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hicks, William

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​HICKS. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 20; h-p., 22.)
William Hicks entered the Navy, 10 May, 1805, as Midshipman, on board the Theseus 74, Capt. Fras. Temple, on the Jamaica station. While next attached, between the following Sept. and Oct. 1809, to the Powerful 74, Capts. Plampin, Buck, Pellew, and Johnston, he went through much active service in the East Indies, where he assisted in the boats at the destruction of a Malay pirate, and co-operated (as alluded to in our memoir of Lieut. John Hicks) in the capture and destruction of La Henriette and La Bellone, the shipping in Batavia Roads, and the dockyard, &c., at Griessee. He was also present, as Master’s Mate, at the bombardment of Flushing. After that event he joined the Milford 74, commanded at first, as a private ship, by Capt. Hen. Wm. Bayntun, and next employed under the flag of Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats, with whom he for some time participated in the defence of Cadiz, and then proceeded to the Mediterranean. From Aug. 1811 until July, 1812, Mr. Hicks further served on the latter station with his former Captain, Buck, on board the Franchise frigate. In the spring of 1813 he joined the Wolfe 24, hearing the broad pendant of Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo on Lake Ontario, where, in May of the same year, he took part in an attack made by that officer and Sir Geo. Prevost upon the Americans at Sacket’s Harbour. He subsequently commanded a division of gun-boats at the defeat of the American army at La Cole; and officiated as Acting-Lieutenant in command of the Finch schooner in an attack on the squadron at Plattshurg. He returned to England in Aug. 1815, having been confirmed in the rank he now holds on 15 of the previous March; and since 12 July, 1837, has been employed in command of a station in the Coast Guard.
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Morgan (Thomas)

​MORGAN (THOMAS), bookseller (?) in London, 1660. Only known from the imprint to a pamphlet entitled Short Representation performed before the Lord General Monk, 1660.
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Morison (John)

​MORISON (JOHN), bookseller in Glasgow, 1659-62. One of the debtors in Lithgow's inventory, 1662. [H. G. Aldis, List of Books, p. 117.]
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Moseley (Humphrey)

​MOSELEY (HUMPHREY) bookseller in London; Princes Arms St. Paul's Churchyard, 1630-61. Conjectured to be a son of Samuel Moseley, a Staffordshire man, who was a stationer in London. [Arber, ii 249; iii 683.] Took up his freedom May 7th, 1627. [ibid., iii. 686.] His first book entry May 29th, 1630. He became the chief publisher of the finer literature of his age. He published the first collected edition of Milton's Poems, as well as the works of Cartwright, Crashaw, D'Avenant, Denham, ​Donne, Fanshaw, Howell, Vaughan, and Waller. He died January 31st, 1660-61, and was buried in St. Gregory's. By his will he appointed his wife Anne and his only daughter Anne his executors, and bequeathed £10 for a bowl to the Stationers' Company. [D.N.B.] An interesting list of books sold by him in 1640, with dates of publication and prices attached, is amongst the State Papers, Charles I, vol. 478, no. 16. This consists of 76 items, the greater part being plays, and the average price was sixpence apiece. Printed lists of his publications were issued with many of his books, of which the following have been noted: Sir Aston Cokain's Dianea, 1654 (B.M. 12470, bb. 8), containing a list of 180 works, and Richard Brome's Five New Playes, 1653 (B.M. E. 1423), which has an added sheet containing 135 items.
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Mortlock (Henry)

​MORTLOCK (HENRY), bookseller in London, (1) Phœnix in St. Paul's Churchyard; (2) White Hart in Westminster Hall 1660-1702. Chiefly a publisher of theological literature.
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Moseley (Anne)

​MOSELEY (ANNE), bookseller in London; Prince's Arms, Paul's Churchyard, 1661-4. Widow of Humphrey Moseley.
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Moule (Gregory)

​MOULE (GREGORY), bookseller in London; Three Bibles in the Poultry, under St. Mildreds Church, 1649-51. In partnership with T. Brewster in the publication of theological, political, and miscellaneous literature. Moule's name is lost sight of at the end of 1651.
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Morgan (John) (II)

​MORGAN (JOHN), printer (?) in London, 1660. Hazlitt, ii. (107), records The Royal Pilgrimage … By an Eye-witness. London, Printed by John Morgan, 1660.
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Morgan (W )

​MORGAN (W), bookseller (?) in London; Near the Blue Boar Ludgate Street, 1661. In Mr. G. J. Gray's Index to Hazlitt there is a reference under this name, but it appears to be a misprint.
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Mottershead (Edward)

​MOTTERSHEAD (EDWARD), printer; St. Bennet, Paul's Wharf [near Doctors Commons], 1641-65. Took up his freedom January 20th, 1640. [Arber, iii. 688.] In the Churchwardens' Books of St. Bennet, Paul's Wharf, he is described as cousin germane to Thomas Mottershead of that parish. In partnership with T. Ratcliffe, q.v. In 1664 he was arrested at the instance of the Company of Stationers for illegally printing law books. [Chan. Proc. Before 1714, Reynardson, bundle 31, Stationers' Co. v. Flesher.]
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Moulton (Charles)

​MOULTON (CHARLES), bookseller (?) in London, 1663. Only known from the imprint to: Carleton (Mary), Historicall Narrative, 1663. [Hazlitt, iii. 30.]
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Holland, Edward

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​HOLLAND. (Commander, 1840.)
Edward Holland entered the Navy 31 Jan. 1814; passed his examination in 1820; and from 26 July, 1826, the date of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, until he invalided in Dec. 1830, was in successive command, on the West India station of the Monkey schooner. Nimble cutter, and Union, Minx, and Firefly schooners. He became Flag-Lieutenant, 31 March, 1836, to Hon. Chas. ​Elphinstone Fleeming, on board the Howe 120, at Sheerness; was transferred, 8 Oct. following, to the command, on particular service, of the Scorpion brig, in which vessel he remained for a period of three months; from 2 Aug. 1838 until the spring of 1840 commanded the Dolphin brigantine, of 36 guns, on the coast of Africa, whence he removed early in 1840; and on 3 of the next July was advanced to his present rank. He has been employed in the Coast Guard since 10 July, 1845. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Holbech, George

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​HOLBECH. (Commander, 1830. f-p., 13; h-p., 28.)
George Holbech, born 24 Dec. 1793, is son of the late Wm. Holbech, Esq., of Mollington, M.P. for Banbury from 1792 to 1796, by Anne, daughter of Wm. Woodhouse, Esq., M.D., of Lichfield; and uncle of the present Sir John Mordaunt, Bart., M.P., of Walton, near Stratford-on-Avon. One of his brothers, Edward, is an officer in the Army.
This officer entered the Navy, 19 Aug. 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Spencer 74, Captain (afterwards Rear-Admiral) Hon. Robt. Stopford. In Aug. 1807, on his return from the Cape of Good Hope, he accompanied the expedition to Copenhagen; and from Jan. 1809 (11 months previously to which period he had attained the rating of Midshipman) until Nov. of the same year we find him stationed off the north coast of Spain in the Amazon 38, Capt. Wm. Parker. He then rejoined Rear-Admiral Stopford on board the Scipion 74, and, continuing to serve with that officer for upwards of three years in the same ship, and in the Lion 64, and President 38, was present with him, in the former, at the reduction of Java in 1811. From July, 1813, until Aug. 1814, he was further employed on board the Stately 64, and Rodney 74, bearing each the flag of Vice-Admiral Geo. Martin on the Lisbon station, where he was created a Lieutenant of the last-mentioned ship by commission dated 16 June, 1814. His succeeding appointments were – in Oct. 1814, to the Clorinde 40, Capt. Sam. Geo. Pechell, fitting for the purpose of attending the Princess of Wales during her visit to the Mediterranean, whence he returned in July, 1816 – and, 9 Nov. 1823, to the Menai 26, Capt. Houston Stewart, with whom he served on the Halifax station until paid off; about Jan. 1827. He assumed his present rank 22 July, 1830, but has not been since afloat.
Commander Holbech married, 2 June, 1846, Ellen Catherine, eldest daughter of Chas. M. Bicketts, Esq., of Alverton, Stratford-on-Avon.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Holberton, John

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​HOLBERTON. (Lieutenant, 1816.)
John Holberton entered the Navy, 16 Dec. 1809, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Implacable 74, Capt. Thos. Byam Martin, lying at Plymouth. In Feb. 1810 he joined the Scipion 74, bearing the flag of lion. Robt. Stopford, with whom, after sharing in the reduction of Java, he removed as Midshipman, in Jan. 1812, to the Lion 64. From 1813 to July, 1816, he was employed on board the Ajax 74, Capts. Robt. Waller Otway and Geo. Mundy; and he assisted, during that period, at the siege of St. Sebastian, also at the capture of L’Alcyon corvette, of 16 guns and 120 men, and in many active operations in the Mediterranean, where he visited Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli, for the purpose of obtaining the liberation of the Christian slaves in bondage at those places. For his subsequent conduct at the battle of Algiers in the Impregnable 104, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral David Milne, Mr. Holberton was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant by commission dated 16 Sept. 1816; but, with the exception of some time passed in the Coast Blockade as a Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Ramillies 74, Capt. Wm. M‘Culloch, he has since been on half-pay.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Holbrook, James

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​HOLBROOK. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 24; h-p., 24.)
James Holbrook entered the Navy, 30 Oct. 1799, as Midshipman, on board the Abundance store-ship, Master-Commander Wm. Price; and in June, 1801, on his return from the Cape of Good Hope, he removed to the Unicorn 32, Capts. Chas. Wemyss and Chas. Stuart, attached to the force on the Home station; where, between Jan. 1803 and May, 1805, we find him employed on board the Ethalion and Melampus frigates, Capts. Chas. Stuart and Stephen Poyntz. In the course of the latter year he proceeded to the East Indies in the Woolwich 44, armée en flûte, Capt. Fras. Beaufort, with whom, we believe, he remained until April, 1807. From Nov. 1809, until Jan. 1813, he served on board the Magnificent 74, Capts. Geo. Eyre and Willoughby Thos. Lake, in the Mediterranean, and also on the north coast of Spain, where, in co-operation with the patriots, he assisted at the reduction of Castro, Puerta Galletta, Guetaria, St. Ano, &c. Until Sept. 1814, Mr. Holbrook was further occupied on the Channel station, in the Whiting schooner, Lieut.-Commander Geo. Hayes, and Insolent brig, Capts. Edw. Brazier and Wm. Kelly. He obtained his commission 15 Feb. 1815, but, with the exception of an appointment in the Coast Blockade, which he held as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye, from 4 Sept. 1826, until Aug. 1827, he was not again employed until 27 Jan. 1837; since which period he has been in charge of a station in the Coast Guard. Agents – Messrs. Chard.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hole, Lewis

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​HOLE. (Rear-Admiral, 1846. f-p., 17; h-p., 37.)
Lewis Hole, born 16 Jan. 1779, at Strodeley, in Devonshire, is son of the late Rev. W. Hole, of Kuscott Hill, Surrogate of Barnstaple, by a lady descended from Sir John Berry, Knt., who was a Captain in the R.N. in 1665 He is brother of Capt. Henry Hole, R.N. (1812), who died in 1838; and of Commander Chas. Hole, R.N. (1812), a very excellent officer, who died 8 Sept. 1844, in his 64th year. One of his nephews, Wm. Hole, is a Lieutenant R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, at the commencement of 1793, as A.B., on board the Sampson 64, Capt. Geo. Montagu; and was soon afterwards ordered to Quebec in the Severn 44, Capt. Paul Minchin. Being next, on his return, appointed Midshipman of the Belliqueux 64, Capt. Jas. Brine, he assisted in that ship at the capture of Port-au-Prince, 4 June, 1794; after which event, and until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 6 July, 1798, he served on the Home station in the Sandwich, Capt. Moss, Camilla 20, Capts. Dacres, Rotheram, and Poyntz, Astraea frigate, Capt. R. Dacres, and Kent 74, Capt. Wm. Johnstone Hope. He was then employed for two years on board the Explosion bomb, in the Channel; and at the expiration of that time he joined the Ramillies 74, Capts. Rich. Grindall, John Wm. Taylor Dixon, Sam. Osborn, and Henry Nicholls, bearing the flag for some time of Sir Chas. Morice Pole. Continuing in the latter ship until 1802, he accompanied the expedition sent in 1801 to act against the Northern Confederacy. Previously to the attack made upon the Danish line of defence before Copenhagen, he had the fortune to be placed in command of a dvision of boats attached to Lord Nelson’s squadron; and on the memorable 2 April he served as a volunteer on board the Polyphemus 64. Mr. Hole’s next appointments were, 9 March, 1804, and 18 April, 1805, to the Trusty, 50, and Revenge 74, Capts. Geo. Argles and Robt. Moorsom. In the former ship he cruized off Boulogne; and in the Revenge he was fiercely engaged, as First-Lieutenant, at Trafalgar; for his conduct on which occasion he was promoted to the rank of Commander 24 Dec. 1805. The ships he last joined were – 2 Dec. 1807, the Hindostan 50, lying at Plymouth – 10 March, 1 808, the Egeria, in which sloop he served on the Channel and Leith stations until Aug. 1812 – and 21 April, 1813, the Bacchus 16, on the coast of Ireland. While in the Egeria, he captured the Naesois privateer, of 10 guns and 26 men, the Aalborg cutter, of 6 guns and 25 men, and the Alvor privateer, of 14 guns and 38 men. He became a Post-Captain 4 Dec. 1813; left the Bacchus in the following Feb.; and assumed his present rank 1 Oct. 1846.
Rear-Admiral Hole married a daughter of the late Wm. Finch, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, and Master of the Grocers Company, by whom he has issue.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Holland, Frederick

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​HOLLAND. (Commander, 1846.)
Frederick Holland obtained his first commission 13 Aug. 1836; joined, on 24 Oct. following, the Satellite 18, Capt. John Kobb, on the North America and West India station; and on 9 March, 1839, was there removed to the command of the Pickle schooner. He was superseded from the latter vessel in Dec. 1840; and advanced to the rank he now holds 9 Nov. 1846. He is at present on half-pay.
Commander Holland married, first, 14 Sept. 1842, Susan, eldest daughter of Sam. Christian, Esq., of Malta; and (having been left a widower 11 July, 1844) secondly, 18 Aug. 1846, Anne, fifth daughter of Lord Denman, Chief Justice of the Court of Queen’s Bench. Agent – Joseph Woodhead.