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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Adderley, Arden

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​ADDERLEY. (Captain, 1814. f-p., 15; h-p., 36.)
Arden Adderley, whose family is of great antiquity in the co. of Stafford, is third son of the late Ralph Adderley, Esq., of Coton, by Dorothy, daughter of Thos. Kynnersley, Esq., of Loxley Park, and widow of Thos. Byrche Savage, Esq., of Elmley Castle, co. Worcester. He is next brother of the present Ralph Adderley, Esq., of Barlaston and Coton Halls; and uncle of Chas. Bowyer Adderley, Esq., M.P. for North Staffordshire.
This officer entered the Navy 4 June, 1796, and afterwards served as Midshipman, on the Irish, West India, Home, and Mediterranean stations, in the Russell 74, Capts. Sir Henry Trollope and Herbert Sawyer, Juste 80, Capts. Sir H. Trollope, Rich. Dacres, and Sir Edm. Nagle, Culloden 74, Capt. Henry Lane, Tonnant 80, Capt. Edw. Pellew, and Victory 100, flag-ship of Lord Nelson. Being promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 6 April, 1804, in the Madras 54, Capt. Chas. Marsh Schomberg, he next, in that capacity, joined the Superb 74, Capt. Rich. Goodwin Keats, and had an opportunity of sharing in the action off St. Domingo, 6 Feb. 1806. While afterwards serving in the Hibernia 110, flag-ship in the Channel of Earl St. Vincent, he was advanced to the rank of Commander, by commission dated 4 Aug. in the latter year. His subsequent appointments appear to have been – 24 Aug. 1809, to the Goldfinch sloop, on the north coast of Spain – 22 Oct. 1810, to the Echo 18, on the Downs station, where, on 21 Feb. 1811, he took La Confiance French privateer, of 16 guns and 62 men – and 14 Aug. 1814, to the Crocus 14, in which vessel he further captured, in the Mediterranean, 4 Sept. 1812, the Formica settee, of 2 guns and 25 men. Capt. Adderley, who was posted, 19 July, 1814, into the Swiftsure 74, bearing the flag in the Mediterranean of Vice-Admiral John Laughame, left that ship on her return home in the following October, and did not again go afloat. He took the retired half-pay 1 Oct. 1846.
He married Anne, only daughter of W. R. Bishton, Esq., of Shakerley House, co. Salop. Agents – Coplands and Burnett.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Adams, William

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​ADAMS. (Lieutenant, 1829.)
William Adams (b) entered the Navy 6 March 1810; passed his examination in 1817; and obtained his commission 25 April, 1829. He has since been on half-pay.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Addington, William Silvester

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​ADDINGTON. (Commander, 1830. f-p., 16; h-p., 32.)
William Silvester Addington entered the Navy, 27 Jan. 1799, as A.B., on board the Penelope 36, Capt. Hon. Chas. Paget, with whom, and at intervals with Capts. Hon. Philip Wodehouse, Geo. Mundy, and Edw. Durnford King, he continued to serve, as Midshipman and Master’s Mate of the Brilliant, Hydra, Endymion, and Egyptienne frigates, until Feb. 1807; during which period he was very actively employed off Newfoundland, and in the Channel and Mediterranean, in cruizing against the enemy, from whom he assisted in taking a large number of privateers and other armed vessels, and, on one occasion, several richly laden Spanish merchantmen. On 12 March, 1807, he was promoted (from the Hibernia 110, flag-ship in the Channel of Earl St. Vincent) to a Lieutenancy in the Maida 74, Capt. Sam. Hood Linzee, part of the force employed in the ensuing expedition against Copenhagen. In the course of 1808, Mr. Addington joined the Leviathan and Revenge 74’s, both commanded by his old Captain, Hon. C. Paget, under whom we find him witnessing, in the Revenge, the destruction of the French shipping in Basque Roads, and also attending the expedition to the Walcheren in 1809. In Oct. 1810, he sailed in command of the Orion transport, with combustibles intended for the destruction of the Toulon fleet; and from April to Sept. 1811, he next had charge of the Delfine fire-brig, in the Adriatic. From the latter date he remained unemployed until ​at length appointed, 2 Aug. 1827, to the Prince Regent 120, bearing the flag at the Nore of Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood, in which ship he continued until shortly previous to his advancement to the rank of Commander, 22 July, 1830. He has since been on half-pay. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Adamson, John

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​ADAMSON. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 23; h-p., 21.)
John Adamson entered the Navy, 21 June, 1803, as Midshipman, on board the Britannia 100, Captain, afterwards Rear-Admiral, the Earl of Northesk, under whom he fought as Master’s Mate at Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805, and on the completion of the victory was sent to assist in navigating the Berwick, one of the captured 74’s. While next attached, from 1806 until 1809, to the Lavinia 40, Capt. Lord Wm. Stuart, on the Channel and Mediterranean stations, he witnessed the surrender of a frigate and store-ship – assisted on different occasions in cutting seven merchantmen from under the enemy’s batteries – was once sent to Malta in combined charge of two prizes – and for upwards of two years had charge of a watch. Being invested with the command, in July, 1809, of a gun-boat mounting a long 24-pounder forward and a carronade abaft, with a complement of 37 men, Mr. Adamson, who did not pass his examination until some months afterwards, took an active part in all the operations connected with the expedition to the Walcheren, and was particularly praised by the present Sir Geo. Cockburn for the precision of his fire during the bombardment of Flushing. After a further servitude in the Formidable 98, Capt. Jas. Nicoll Morris, and Victory 100, bearing the flag of Sir Jas. Saumarez (to a Lieutenancy in which ship he was confirmed 6 July, 1811), he joined, early in 1812, the Hannibal 74, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Philip Chas. Durham, with whom he continued actively to serve, in the Christian VII. 80, and Bulwark 74, on the Home station, until Nov. 1813. He was then successively appointed Senior of the Elk 20, Capt. John Curran, lying at Portsmouth, and Favorite 18, Capt. Hon. Jas. Ashley Maude, in which latter vessel we find him returning home from America with the ratification of the treaty concluded at Ghent between Great Britain and the United States, and subsequently employed in the East Indies in co-operation with the army against the province of Cutch. The Favorite being paid off in June, 1817, Mr. Adamson remained unemployed until Nov. 1825, when he obtained an appointment as Agent for Transports afloat. He continued in that service, commanding successively the Vibilia, Hope, Cato, and Neva transports, in every quarter of the globe, until again placed on half-pay, 22 May, 1832, on which occasion he received a very flattering, unsolicited letter of approbation from the Commissioner at the head of the Transport department. He has not been since able to procure employment.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Addis, Edward Brown

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​ADDIS. (Lieut., 1811. F.P., 19; H-P., 25.)
Edward Brown Addis entered the Navy, 13 Aug, 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Excellent 74, Capt. Frank Sotheron, employed in the defence of the Bay of Naples; removed as Midshipman, in July, 1806, to the Zealous 74, Capt. John Okes Hardy; and on next joining the Athenienne 64, Capt. Robt. Raynsford, was wrecked, on the Esquerques Rocks, near Sicily, 8 Oct. following, on which occasion the Commander and 396 of the crew were lost. He then became attached to the Saturn 74, Capt. Lord Amelius Beauclerk, off Cadiz, and on his return to England in the Royal George, flag-ship of Sir John Duckworth, joined, in Oct. 1807, the Barracouta, Capt. Geo. Harris, under whom (with the exception of a brief attachment, during the summer of 1810, to the Russell 74, flagship of Rear-Admiral Wm. O’Brien Drury) he continued principally to serve, both in the Barracouta and in the Sir Francis Drake frigate, the last two years as Lieutenant (commission dated 9 Aug. 1811), until June, 1813. In Aug. 1810, Mr. Addis ably assisted, as Acting Lieutenant, at the destruction by the boats of the Sir Francis Drake and of the Belliqueux 64, under the immediate orders of Lieut. Joseph Prior, of a French privateer and two gun-vessels, beneath a continued fire from the batteries of Bantam, in Java; and on 23 May, 1811, he again served in the boats, and contributed, in a most undaunted gallant manner, to the capture, off Rembang, of a fiercely defended flotilla of Dutch gun-vessels and armed proas. Being next appointed, 11 Aug. 1813, to the Dasher sloop, Capt. Wm. Henderson, he served on the West India station, whither he accompanied the outward-bound trade, until placed on half-pay in Nov. 1814; after which, from Sept. 1824 until 1830, he appears to have been employed on the Coast Blockade as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Ramillies and Hyperion, Capts. Wm. M‘Culloch and Wm. Jas. Mingaye. Since the latter date he has again been on half-pay.
Lieut. Addis received in 1842, and still holds, the appointment of Crown Commissioner at Port Philip. He married, 9 March, 1826, Elizabeth, daughter of the late Lieut. Mc Arthur, of Haslar.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1811, p. 1195.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1811, p. 2409.
# A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans/Biography/Samuel Hummer

​ Samuel Hummer, by his early settlement and his wide interests as a land owner and business man, is one of the sterling pioneers of Kansas whose names should receive the credit of some record in this publication.
He was born near Gettysburg and not far from the battlefield of that name in Adams County, Pennsylvania, in 1811. His father, P. H. Hummer, served as a soldier in the Revolutionary war. Samuel Hummer grew up in Pennsylvania, followed farming there for a number of years, and in 1868 brought his family out to Kansas. On the 16th of December of that year he ate his first meal in the state at the old Gordon Hotel on East Fourth Street in Topeka. He then settled on his farm and from the first gave particular attention to the raising of good grades of livestock. He was one of the successful men of his time, and lived a long and useful life, which came to its close in 1891 at the age of eighty.
In 1835 in Pennsylvania he married Anna Heller. To their marriage were born five daughters and four sons, and those who grew to maturity were Lewis, Hiram, Isabel, June, Clayton, Ann and Samuel Jr.
The late Samuel Hummer was a man of deep religious convictions, and for years was identified with the Dunkard Church, doing much to maintain that organization in the early days of Kansas. In disposition he was jovial and happy, possessed high moral character, never used liquor nor tobacco and was upright and square in all his dealings. He enjoyed the love and respect of his own family, though he always maintained strict discipline in the household.
Clayton W. Hummer, a son of this pioneer, was born in Adams County, Pennsylvania, in 1851, and accompanied the family to Kansas. For many years he has been a successful farmer, though he started his career with practically nothing. Since then by hard work and good judgment he has acquired 1,500 acres of land, of which 1,000 acres is under cultivation, and all of it within ten miles of Topeka. He is one of the largest stock raisers in Shawnee County, raising the Durham, Shorthorn and Hereford cattle. His home is on rural route No. 3 out of North Topeka.
In 1896 Clayton W. Hummer married Catherine Copeland and they had two children, Harry Clayton, who is living, and Anna L., who died in infancy. In politics Mr. Hummer is a republican.
# A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans/Biography/William Boast

​ William Boast. Nearly forty-five years ago the Boast family came to Shawnee County, Kansas. Mr. William Boast, who now lives retired in Topeka, had a long and active career in general farming and stock raising, and by industry and good foresight he accumulated 480 acres in Menoken Township of Shawnee County. He retired from active farm work in 1901, and later sold his old homestead and reinvested in a quarter section of land six miles north of North Topeka on the Rochester Road. He also owns 270 acres of fine Missouri land six miles north of Kansas City.
Mr. Boast is a member of an English-Canadian family. He was born in Richmond County of the Province of Quebec in 1854. His grandfather, Joseph Boast, was born in Yorkshire, England, and came to Canada in very early days. William Boast, Sr., who was born in Montreal, Canada, in 1821, brought his family to Kansas in 1872 and located in Shawnee County. For many years he was a prominent resident of Menoken Township, where he died in 1899 at the age of seventy-eight years, six months. He was a man of more than ordinary ability, and his public spirited citizenship was on a par with his success as a business man. William Boast, Sr., married Anna Scott of the Province of Quebec. Her father, George Scott, was a successful farmer. To their marriage were born ten children, five sons and five daughters. Those now living are William, Jr., Anna and Edward. The daughter Anna is Mrs. Clinton Antrim and lives at 1269 North Kansas Avenue in Topeka. The son Edward is a farmer and lives near Elmont.
William Boast, Jr., was eighteen years of age when the family came to Shawnee County, Kansas. In the meantime he had received a substantial education and was ready to take up the serious responsibilities of life. He lived with his father in Menoken Township ten miles north of Topeka and afterwards went on a farm of his own, and with what success his activities as a farmer were carried on has already been noted.
In 1880 Mr. Boast married Miss Lulabell Coleman. Her father, A. M. Coleman, came from Indiana to Kansas in 1871 and was one of the early farmers of Menoken Township. Mr. and Mrs. Boast are the parents of three sons and one daughter, C. W., R. A., G. A. and Hazel Ann. The son C. W. is now a mail carrier in Topeka and lives in Highland Park. R. A. resides with his father at 909 North Jackson Street. G. A. is proprietor of a feed yard in Kansas City, Missouri. Hazel Ann recently completed her studies in the Topeka High School.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Dickson, David John

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​DICKSON. (Commander, 1827. f-p., 20;. h-p., 24.)
David John Dickson, born 24 Oct. 1790, at Sydenham House, near Kelso, is eldest son of the late Wm. Dickson, Esq., Admiral of the Blue, who died in 1803, by his second wife, Miss Elizabeth Charteris; and half-uncle of the present Sir Wm. Dickson, Bart., Capt. R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 4 April, 1803, as Midshipman, on board the Sceptre 74, commanded by his half-brother, Capt. Sir Archibald Collingwood Dickson, in which ship, and the Albion 74, Capt. John Ferrier, he served, on the East India station, until his return home, in 1808, on board the St. Fiorenzo 40,- Capt. John Bastard. In the course of 1809 he next successively joined the Nassau 64, Capt. Robt. Campbell, Culloden 74, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Pellew, and Orion 74, Capt. Sir A. C. Dickson. In the latter ship, of which he was created a Lieutenant on his return from the Walcheren expedition, 8 Nov. 1809, Mr. Dickson continued to serve until Jan. 1814, being very actively engaged during that period in escorting convoys through the Great Belt. After a further attachment to the Colossus and Achille 74’s, Capts. Thos. Alexander and Aiskew Paffard Hollis, on the Home and Brazilian stations, he joined, 14 May, 1816, the Britomart 10, Capts. Robt. Riddell, Constantine Rich. Moorsom, and Hon. Geo. Jas. Perceval, under the first of whom he bore a part, as Senior Lieutenant, in the battle of Algiers; 27 Aug. following. His succeeding appointments appear to have been – 3 Feb. 1817, to the Rochfort 80, Capt. Sir A. C. Dickson, guard-ship at Portsmouth – 29 March, 1819, to the Falmouth 18, Capt. Henry Theodosius Browne Collier – 11 May, 1820, to the Alacrity 10, Capt. Henry Stanhope – 19 Feb. 1821, and 16 Jan. 1823, to the command of the Hornet and Basilisk cutters, on the Home station – 22 Aug. 1825, to the Pandora 18, Capt. Wm. Clarke Jervoise, one of an experimental squadron sent to the Cape of Good Hope – and, 14 March, 1827, to the command of the Sylvia cutter. He acquired the rank he now holds 29 Sept. 1827, and has since been on half-pay.
He married, 21 Aug. 1828, Hester, second surviving daughter of the late Rev. Wm. Rawlins, M.A., Rector of Tevresal, co. Notts.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Dickson, John Bourmaster

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​DICKSON. (Lieutenant, 1839.)
John Bourmaster Dickson, born in 1815, Is fifth son of the late Rear-Admiral Sir Arch. Collingwood Dickson, Bart.; and brother of the present Sir Wm. Dickson, Bart., Capt. R.N.
This officer passed his examination in 1834, and, obtaining a Lieutenancy, 18 Oct. 1839, in the Melville 72, Capt. Hon. Rich. Saunders Dundas, served, throughout a portion of the war in China. On 18 Aug. 1841, we find him joining the Warspite 50, Capt. Provo Wm. Parry Wallis, stationed in the Mediterranean, where he appears to have been employed, latterly as First Lieutenant, for upwards of four years. Mr. Dickinson has been officiating, since 24 April, 1846, as Second and First of the Queen 110, Capt. Sir Henry John Leeke, on the Home station. Agents- Messrs. Halford and Co.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Dickson, William (b)

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​DICKSON. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 11; h-p., 32.)
William Dickson, born 19 July, 1791, is son of Major Thos. Dickson, of Woodville, co. Leitrim, M.P. for Ballyshannon.
This officer entered the Navy, 15 Jan. 1804, as L.M., on board La Virginie 38, Capt. John Poo Beresford, stationed in the North Sea. He was subsequently employed for three years, latterly as Midshipman, in the Ramillies 74, Capts. Fras. Pickmore and Robt. Yarker, chiefly on the West India and North American stations. From Dec. 1808, to Nov. 1810, he next cruized with Capts. John Tower and Hon. Granville Leveson Proby, in the Ibis alias Solebay 32. He then joined the Dragon 74, flag-ship in the West Indies of Sir Fras. Laforey; ​and, after holding for fifteen months the command, as Acting-Lieutenant, of the Lemon and Orange schooners, on the latter station, was confirmed in his present rank 21 Aug. 1812. Mr. Dickson, whose ensuing appointment was, 17 May, 1813, to the Grasshopper 18, commanded in the Mediterranean by Capts. Henry Robt. Battersby and Sir Chas. Burrard, has been on half-pay since 6 JFeb. 1816.
He married, in Oct. 1819, Hester, youngest daughter of Daniel Eccles, Esq., of Ecclesville, co. Tyrone, and has issue two children.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Dickman, William Henry

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​DICKMAN. (Lieutenant, 1829.)
William Henry Dickman entered the Navy 16 Oct. 1807; passed his examination in 1817; obtained his commission 11 Feb. 1829; served afterwards in the Coast Guard; and, since 1831, has been unemployed.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Dickonson, Lacy

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​DICKONSON. (Lieut., 1809. f-p., 15; h-p., 34.)
Lacy Dickonson was born 17 April, 1786. This officer entered the Navy, 31 Dec. 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Anson 44, Capt. Philip Chas. Durham, stationed in the Channel; and, from April, 1800, to Jan. 1803, served on the West India station, in the Severn 44, Capts. John Whitby and Geo. Barker. He then joined, as Midshipman, the Raisonnable 64, Capts. Wm. Hotham and Robt. Barton, in the North Sea, where, from Aug. 1805, to Sept. 1806, he officiated as Acting-Lieutenant, and Acting-Sub-Lieutenant, of the Mercator armed ship, Capt. Jas. Welch, and Snipe gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Chas. Champion. After a further attachment of 19 months, as Master’s Mate, to the Magnificent 74, Capt. Geo. Eyre, off the Port of Cadiz, Mr. Dickonson, on 28 June, 1808, was appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the Hercule 74, Capt. Lord Colville, on the Lisbon station. He was soon after transferred, in a similar capacity, to the Comus 22, Capt. Matthew Smith, to which ship he was at length confirmed, 31 May, 1809. Being next appointed, 14 May, 1810, to the Impetueux 74, Capt. John Lawford, he landed with a body of seamen, and co-operated with the army under Lord Hill, until the retreat of the French from before the lines of Salvaterra, in 1811. Lieut. Dickenson’s last appointment was, 2 Feb. 1812, to the Nightingale 16, Capt. Christopher Nixon, on the Leith station. He invalided 20 Dec. 1814, and has not since been afloat.
He is married, and has issue one daughter. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Dickson, William (a)

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​DICKSON, Bart. (Captain, 1837. f-p., 22; h-p., 14.)
Sir William Dickson, born 10 June, 1798; is eldest son of the late Rear-Admiral Sir Arch. Collingwood Dickson, Bart., by Harriet, daughter of Admiral Bourmaster, of Tichfield; nephew of Lieut.-Colonel Sir Arch. Dickson, K.C.B., K.C.H., and of the present Commander David John Dickson, R.N.; great-nephew of Admiral Sir Arch. Dickson, Bart, who died in 1803; brother-in-law of Capt. Thos. Wren Carter, R.N.; and cousin of Capt. John Brett Purvis, R.N. He has also two brothers in the Navy, Alexander Collingwood Thomas, a Commander – and John Bourmaster, a Lieutenant.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 1 Aug. 1811, and embarked, 6 May, 1814, as a Volunteer; on board the Cumberland 74, Capt. Thos. Baker, fitting for the Cape of Good Hope, where he attained the rating of Midshipman 2 Nov. following. He afterwards served for upwards of three years, under his father and Capt. Wm. Paterson, on board the Caledonia 120, Rochfort 80, {sc|Erindanus}} 36, and Minden 74; and in the latter ship was present, as Admiralty Midshipman, at the battle of Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816. Until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 15 Oct. 1822, Mr. Dickson further served, on the East India, South American, and Home stations, in the Trincomalee 46, Capt. Philip Henry Bridges, Vengeur 74, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland, Atholl 28, Capt. Henry Bourchier, Liffey 50, Capt. Hon. Henry Duncan, Ramillies 74, Capt. Edw. Brace, and Royal Sovereign yacht, Capts. Chas. Adam and Sir Jahleel Brenton. He was subsequently appointed to the Queen Charlotte 100, flag-ship of the Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, Seringapatam 46, Capt. Chas. Sotheby, Revenge 78, bearing the flag in the Mediterranean of Sir Harry Burrard Neale, and Raleigh sloop; and, on 19 Feb. 1828, was wrecked off the coast of Portugal, while proceeding to the last-mentioned station as a passenger in the Terror bomb, Capt. David Hope. On 4 March, 1829, we find him promoted to the command of the Raleigh; and, on 28 Sept. 1833, appointed to the Orestes 18, off Lisbon. Attaining Post-rank 10 Jan. 1837, Sir Wm. Dickson was further invested with the command, 30 Aug. 1841, of the Volage 26, on the North America and West India station. He paid that vessel off in 1845, and has not since been afloat. Agents – Messrs. Halford and Co.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Didham, Charles John

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​DIDHAM. (Lieutenant, 1846)
Charles John Didham passed his examination 9 Sept. 1845; was immediately appointed Mate of the President 50, flag-ship at the Cape of Good Hope of Rear-Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres; obtained his commission 28 July, 1846; and has been since serving on board the Cleopatra 26, Capt. Christopher Wyvill.