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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Bindon, John Read

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​BINDON. (Retired Commander, 1843. f-p., 21; h-p., 33.)
John Read Bindon entered the Navy, from the R N. Academy, 21 June, 1793, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Captain 74, Capt. Sam. Reeve. He served on shore in August following at the occupation of Toulon, and in December witnessed the destruction of the French shipping in that port; was further employed, as Midshipman, with the landforce at the reduction of St. Fiorenza and Bastia, in the island of Corsica, in Feb. and May, 1794; and, on 14 March and 13 July, 1795, participated in Hotham’s partial actions with the French fleet. In 1796 Mr. Bindon joined the Andromache 32, Capt. Chas. John Moore Mansfield, one of the in-shore squadron off Cadiz, and, on 31 Jan. 1797, during a close and destructive engagement of 40 minutes with an Algerine ship of similar force, when an attempt was made by the latter to board the British frigate, he received several sabre and gun-shot wounds. We are informed that, on 14 of the following month, he was also present in the action off Cape St. Vincent. Proceeding to the West Indies in the early part of 1799, Mr. Bindon was there promoted, from the Prince of Wales 98, bearing the flag of Lord Hugh Seymour, to a Lieutenancy, on 31 July in the same year, in the Invincible 74, Capt. Wm. Cayley, while under whose command he served on shore with the army during the operations which led to the conquest of the Dutch colony of Surinam. His subsequent appointments appear to have been – 26 June, 1800, to the Cyane 18, Capt. Hen. Matson, also stationed in the West Indies – 26 March, 1801, to the Daphne 20, Capt. Rich. Matson, in which vessel he returned to England – 1 Feb. 1803, to the Russell 74, Capt. Robt. Williams, whom he accompanied to the East Indies – 13 April, 1805, to the Stately 64, Capt. Geo. Parker, employed in the North Sea – and, in Sept. 1806, to the command of a signal-station on the west coast of Ireland, which he retained until 20 June, 1814. Since the latter date – with the exception of some time towards the close of 1821, when, owing to the disturbed state of the co. of Limerick, he was selected to command five armed boats on the river Shannon, and proved of great public utility – he has not been employed. He was placed on the Junior List of Retired Commanders 26 Nov. 1830, and on the Senior 23 Dec. 1843.
Commander Bindon holds an appointment in the Irish Constabulary. He married, 31 Jan. 1806, Sarah Eliza Vereker, cousin of the late Lord Gort, and niece of the late Col. Wm. Odell, M.P. for the co. of Limerick, and a Lord of the Treasury, by whom he has issue an only daughter.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Biddulph, Edward

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​BIDDULPH. (Lieut., 1809. f-p., 16; h-p., 28.)
Edward Biddulph entered the Navy, 12 Sept. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Indefatigable 46, Capts. Graham Moore and John Tremayne Rodd, under the former of whom he was present as Midshipman, 5 Oct. 1804, in an action off Cape St. Mary, which terminated in the capture of three Spanish frigates laden with treasure, and the destruction of a fourth. He removed, in Dec. 1807, to the Foxhound 18, Capt. Pitt Burnaby Greene; and, being next appointed Master’s Mate of the Ville de Paris 110, and Caledonia 120, bearing the flags of Lords Gardner and Gambler, was present in the last-mentioned ship at the destruction, in April, 1809, of the French squadron in Basque Roads. During the ensuing expedition to the Scheldt, Mr. Biddulph, who had been lent to the Sceptre 74, served on shore with a party of seamen at the investment of Flushing. He obtained a commission on 5 Oct. in the same year, and was subsequently appointed – 2 Jan. 1810, to the Onyx 10, Capts. John Parish, Gawen Wm. Hamilton, Chas. Phillips, and Chas. Squire, in which vessel, and in the gun-boat service, he took part in the defence of Cadiz; besides destroying, on the beach of Conil, with the boats of the Onyx and Desperate under his orders, an enemy’s brig, protected at the time by a battery and musketry – 30 Nov. 1813, to the Elephant 74, Capt. Fras. Wm. Austen, at Portsmouth – 14 May, 1814, to the Hebrus 36, Capt. Edmund Palmer, on the coast of North America – 22 July following, to the Florida 20, Capt. Nat. Mitchell, on the same and West India stations, whence he returned home, and was paid off, 5 April, 1815 – and, 6 May, 1819, to the Menai 26, Capt. Fairfax Moresby. In the latter ship Lieut. Biddulph continued until she was placed out of commission in Sept. 1823, and during that period visited St. Helena, assisted, in 1820, in landing a troop of emigrants in Algoa Bay, and was very actively employed in suppressing the slave-traffic on the eastern coast of Africa. He has since been on half-pay.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Bignell, George

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​BIGNELL. (Commander, 1815. f-p.,19; h-p., 33.)
George Bignell, born 1 Dec. 1786, is son of the ​late John Bignell, Esq., upwards of 43 years a Purser, R.N.; and a relative of Commander E. H. Kenney, R.N., and of Dr. Jas. Anderson (b), R.N., Deputy Medical Inspector of Haslar Hospital. This officer entered the Navy, 1 June, 1795, as Midshipman, on board the Andromeda 32, Capt. Wm. Taylor, on the Halifax station, where, and in the Channel, he served with the same officer, latterly in the Magnanime 44, until 1800. In March, 1801, after an intermediate attachment to the Assistance 50, Capt. Robt. Hall, he became Acting-Lieutenant of the London 98, Capt. Robt. Waller Otway, and on the occasion of the battle of Copenhagen, 2 April following, commanded a flat-bottomed boat alongside the Elephant, Lord Nelson’s flag-ship, and was instrumental to the after-destruction of the Danish shipping. He continued to serve in the London, to which ship he was confirmed on 10 Sept. in the same year, until the peace; and was subsequently appointed – 11 April, 1803, to the Spartiate 74, Capt. Sir Eras. Laforey, under whom he fought at Trafalgar, was employed in guarding the coast of Sicily and in landing troops in the Bay of Naples, and co-operated in the reduction of the islands of Ischia and Procida – 26 Dec. 1809, to the Formidable 98, Capt. Jas. Nicoll Morris, stationed in the Baltic and off Lisbon – and, 23 June, 1812, to the Dover troop-ship, Capt. Aug. Vere Drury, in the boats of which he retook a schooner on the banks of Newfoundland, and then proceeded to Quebec. He afterwards volunteered his services on the Canadian Lakes, and on 10 Sept. 1813, while in command of the Hunter brig, of 10 guns, participated, with a flotilla under the orders of Commodore Robt. Heriot Barclay, and exhibited the greatest intrepidity, in a hard-fought and disastrous engagement with a superior American force on Lake Erie, under Commodore Perry. He had the misfortune on that occasion to be very severely wounded; and, being taken prisoner in common with the rest of the British, was detained, as a hostage for some deserters who had been sent to England to be tried for their lives, until July, 1814. He attained his present rank 19 Sept. 1815, but has not since been employed.
Commander Bignell enjoys a pension of 150l., awarded him for his wounds, 16 Feb. 1816. He married, 25 May, 1816, Miss Charlotte Patch, and by that lady has issue six children.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Bevians, Robert John

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​BEVIANS. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Robert John Bevians passed his examination 2 March, 1831; and served in the Coast Guard from 12 Dec. 1839, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 1 July, 1846. He is now unemployed.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Bickford, Joseph Grant

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​BICKFORD. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Joseph Grant Bickford entered the Navy 19 Oct. 1828; passed his examination 4 Dec. 1834; and was promoted while serving as Mate on the Lisbon station of the Ganges 84, Capt. Barrington Reynolds, 23 Nov. 1841. His appointments have since been – 30 Nov. 1841, to the Rodney 92, Capt. Robt. Maunsell, attached to the force in the Mediterranean – 19 Oct. 1843, to the Iris 26, Capt. Geo. Rodney Mundy, on the East India station – and, 11 Oct. 1845, and 15 Oct. 1846, to the Retribution steam-frigate, and Vengeance 84, both commanded by Capt. Stephen Lushington, under whom he is now employed. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Bickerstaff, Francis

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​BICKERSTAFF. (Lieutenant, 1814. f-p.,16; h-p., 26.)
Francis Bickerstaff entered the Navy, 17 March, 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Malabar 50, Capts. Robt. Hall and John Ayscough; and, on 2 Jan. 1806, served in the boats of that ship at the destruction, off the island of Cuba (the Wolfe 18, in company), of the two French privateers, Le Régulateur and Napoléon, of 5 guns each, and a crew united of 146 men, after a well-contested action of an hour and three quarters. On next joining, with Capt. Ayscough, the Success 32, we agaan find him contributing, in the boats, to the capture, 20 Nov. following, under a destructive shower of grape and musketry from the crew, 50 in number, who had landed on the same island and posted themselves on an eminence, of Le Vengeur, another privateer, lashed to the shore. Being transferred, m May, 1807, to the Superb 74, commanded by the late Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats, Mr. Bickerstaff attended the ensuing expedition to Copenhagen – then went to the Mediterranean in pursuit of a French squadron which had effected its escape from Rochefort – witnessed the embarkation from Nyeborg, in Aug. 1808, of the Spanish army under the Marquess de la Romana – was in the Superb when, frozen up at Gottenborg in Jan. 1809, she was only extricated by a canal being cut through four miles of ice – and, ​in the following August, accompanied the force sent to the Walcheren, during the operations against which island he appears to have been employed in a flat-bottomed boat with the van frigates off Bathz. After oiiiciating for a few months as Supernumerary-Midshipman of the Puissant 74, sheer-hulk at Spithead, Capt. Robt. Hall, he became attached, in Feb. 1810, to the Blake 74, Capt. Edw. Codrington; and, during his continuance in that ship, was much engaged on harassing night-duty at the defence of Cadiz, and was present at the siege of Tarragona in May and June, 1811. From the Blake Mr. Bickerstaff removed, 3 Sept. 1812, to the Caledonia 120, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Pellew on the Mediterranean station, where he came frequently into collision with the French fleet, and with the enemy’s batteries on the Iles d’Hières. Having passed his examination 12 Aug. 1811, he became Acting-Lieutenant, 4 Jan. 1814, of the Aigle 36, Capt. Sir John Louis, and, being confirmed in the appointment by commission dated 16 March in the same year, co-operated in the reduction of Genoa, and was otherwise actively employed in the Mediterranean, and subsequently on the coast of North America, until paid off, 17 Aug. 1815. Since that period, with the exception of a command in the Coast Guard, which he held from 27 March, 1829, until 10 Oct. 1834, Mr. Bickerstaff has been unemployed.
# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Silcher, Friedrich

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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Simili

​SIMILI, 'like '; a word commonly used in a series of passages or figures of similar form, to be performed in exactly the same way. After the first few bars of such passages or figures the word simili is used to save trouble of copying the marks of expression and force at every recurrence of the figure. 'Simili marks'
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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Simone Boccanegra

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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Simpson, Thomas

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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Silas, Edouard

​SILAS, Edouard, pianist and composer, was born at Amsterdam, Aug. 22, 1827. His first teacher was Neher, one of the Court orchestra at Mannheim. In 1842 he was placed under Kalkbrenner at Paris, and soon afterwards entered the Conservatoire under Benoist for the organ and Halévy for composition, and in 1849 obtained the first prize for the former. In 1850 he came to England; played first at Liverpool, and made his first appearance in London at the Musical Union, May 21. Since that date Mr. Silas has been established in London as teacher, and as organist of the Catholic Chapel at Kingston-onThames. His oratorio 'Joash' (words compiled by G. Linley) was produced at the Norwich Festival of 1863. A Symphony in A (op. 19) was produced by the Musical Society of London, April 22, 1863; repeated at the Crystal Palace, Feb. 20, 1864; and afterwards published (Cramer & Co.). A Concerto for PF. and orchestra in D minor is also published (Cramer & Co.). A Fantasia and an Elegie, both for PF. and orchestra, were given at the Crystal Palace in 1865 and 1873. In 1866 he received the prize of the Belgian competition for sacred music for his Mass for 4 voices and organ.
​Mr. Silas is the author of a Treatise on Musical Notation, and an Essay on a new method of Harmony—both unpublished. He has still in MS. an English opera, 'Nitocris'; overture and incidental music to 'Fanchette'; a musical comedietta, 'Love's Dilemma'; a Cantata; an 'Ave Verum'; two 'O Salutaris'; a Symphony in C major; and other compositions. The list of his published instrumental works is very large, and includes many PF. pieces, among which the best known are Gavotte in E minor, Bourrée in G minor, 'Malvina' (romance), Suite in A minor op. 103, Six Duets, etc., etc. [App. p.809 "add that three Mythological Pieces for orchestra were played at the Philharmonic Concert of May 17, 1888."]
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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Silbermann

​SILBERMANN. A family of organ builders, clavichord and pianoforte makers, of Saxon origin, of whom the most renowned were Andreas, who built the Strassburg Cathedral organ, and Gottfried, who built the organs of Freiberg and Dresden, and was the first to construct the Pianoforte in Germany. Authorities differ as to whether Andreas and Gottfried were brothers, or uncle and nephew. Following Gerber's Lexicon they were sons of Michael Silbermann, a carpenter at Grafenstein in Saxony, where Andreas was born in 1678. He was brought up to his father's craft, and travelled, according to the custom of the country, in 1700. He learnt organ-building, and in 1703 we find him settled in that vocation at Strassburg. According to Hopkins and Rimbault he built the Strassburg organ—his greatest work of 29 recorded by them—in 1714–16. He had nine sons, of whom three were organ builders, and after the father's death, in 1733 or 34, carried on the business in common. Of the three, Johann Andreas, the eldest (born 1712, died 1783), built the Predigerkirche organ at Strassburg and that of the Abbey of St. Blaise in the Black Forest. In all he built 54 organs, in addition to writing a history of the city of Strassburg. His son, Johann Josias, was a musical-instrument maker. The next son of Andreas, Johann Daniel, born 1718, died 1766, was employed by his uncle Gottfried, and (according to Mr. Hopkins) was entrusted after his uncle's death with the completion of the famous Court organ (at the Catholic Church) in Dresden. Mooser however, who claims to follow good authorities, attributes the completion of this instrument to Zacharias Hildebrand. Be this as it may, Johann Daniel remained at Dresden, a keyed-instrument maker, and constructor of ingenious barrel-organs. A composition of his is preserved in Marpurg's 'Raccolta' (1757). Johann Heinrich, the youngest son of Andreas, born 1727, was living in 1792, when Gerber's Lexicon was published. His pianofortes were well known in Paris; he made them with organ pedals, and constructed a harpsichord of which the longest strings were of what may be called the natural length, 16 feet!
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* ↑ 'The Organ, its History and Construction.' London. 1870.
* ↑ 'Gottfried Silbermann.' Langensalza, 1857.
* ↑ Five of 3 manuals, Freiberg, Zittau and Frauenstein; the Frauenkirche and Katholische Hofkirche at Dresden; twenty-four of 2 manuals; fifteen of 1 manual with pedals, and three of 1 manual without pedals. (Mooser, p. 125.)
* ↑ Probably in 1746. The peace of Dresden was signed by Frederick, Christmas Day 1745; he would have time after that event to inspect Silbermann's pianofortes.
* ↑ The Silbermann piano Burney mentions was that of the Neues Palais. He must have heard the one at Sans Souci, although he does not say so. In all probability the piano J. S. Bach played upon specially, on the occasion of his visit to Frederick the Great, was the one still in the Stadtschloss, the town palace of Potsdam.
# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Simao

​SIMAO. [See Portogallo.]
# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Simpson, Christopher

​SIMPSON, Christopher. [See Sympson.]
# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Silvana

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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hamilton, James

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​HAMILTON. (Lieut., 1821. f-p., 8; h-p., 25.)
James Hamilton, born in Nov. 1799, is son off the late Wm. Hamilton, Esq., of Bangour, co. Ayr, by Anne, daughter of Edw. Lee, Esq., of Tramore Lodge, co. Waterford. His great-grandfather, Wm. Hamilton, joining in the last attempt made to restore the house of Stuart to the throne, fought at the battle of Culloden in 1745, and, after the issue of that memorable conflict, fled to France, where he died in 1754.
This officer entered the Navy, 23 Feb. 1814, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Leander 50, Capt. Sir Geo. Ralph Collier, on the North American station; removed in Aug. following, for a short period, to the Iris 36, receiving-ship at Greenwich, Capt. Wm. Henry Shirreff; and from Feb. 1816, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 27 Jan. 1821, was next employed, on the American, Channel, and Mediterranean stations, in the Eurotas and Forth frigates, both commanded by Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon, Cyrené 20, Capt. Aaron Tozer, and Active 46, Capt. Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon. He then, until paid off in the following Nov., served with Capt. Hon. Henry Duncan, on board the Liffey 50, but has not been since afloat.
Mr. Hamilton is a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for co. Ayr. He married, in Oct. 1824, Mary, daughter of Lord Panmure.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hamilton, Charles Henry

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​HAMILTON. (Commander, 1841.)
Charles Henry Hamilton, born 7 Oct. 1808, is eldest surviving son of the present Lieut. A. B. P. P. Hamilton, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 15 Oct. 1822; passed his examination in 1829; and obtained his first commission 9 July, 1831. From 28 Aug. 1833 until the close of 1835, at which period he invalided, he served in North America and the West Indies on board the Cruizer 16, Capt. John M‘Causland; and he was afterwards appointed, on the Mediterranean station — 8 Dec. 1836, to the Dido 18, Capt. Lewis Davies — 5 April, 16 Aug. and 1 Nov. 1837, to the Caledonia and Princess Charlotte, flag-ships of Sir Robt. Stopford, and Bellerophon 80, Capts. Sam. Jackcson and Chas. John Austen — and, 21 Oct. 1839, to the Ganges 84, Capt. Barrington Reynolds, under whom he took part in the operations on the coast of Syria, and assisted at the blockade of Alexandria. Since the attainment of his present rank, 23 Nov. 1841, Commander Hamilton has been on half-pay. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hamby, Thomas

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​HAMBY. (Lieutenant, 1814. f-p., 13; h-p., 30.)
Thomas Hamby entered the Navy, 10 Oct. 1804, as A.B., on board the Ruby 64, in which ship, under Capts. Chas. Rowley, John Acworth Ommanney. Temple Hardy, John Draper, and the flag of Rear-Admiral Manley Dixon, he continued to serve, on the Cadiz, North Sea, Lisbon, and Baltic stations, nearly the whole time as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, until June, 1811; during which period, in 1807-8, he shared with Capt. Draper in the bombardment of Copenhagen and the blockade of the Russian squadron in the Tagus. The remaining years of the war were passed by Mr. Hamby on ​board the Vigo and Montagu 74’s, both flag-ships for some time of Rear-Admiral Dixon at Rio Janeiro; on his return whence in the Montagu, he was employed, as Acting-Lieutenant, off Flushing, under Capt. Peter Heywood, who, during six months of 1813, caused him to be occupied on shore at South Beveland. He was promoted, after attending on the Allied Sovereigns in the Royal Sovereign yacht, Capt. Sir Edw. Berry, to the rank of Lieutenant, by commission dated 27 June, 1814; and next employed, from 14 May, 1816, until 13 Nov. 1818, in the Scamander 36, Capt. Wm. Elliott, on the West India station. He has since been on half-pay. Agent – J. Woodhead.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hamilton, Augustus Barrington Price Powell

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​HAMILTON. (Lieut., 1802. f-p., 8; h-p., 43.)
Augustus Barrington Price Powell Hamilton, born 22 May, 1781, is second son of the late Chas. Powell Hamilton, Esq., Admiral of the Red, who died 12 March, 1825; brother of Hamilton Chas. Jas. Hamilton, Esq., Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Brazil; and great-grandson of James, fourth Duke of Hamilton.
This officer entered the Navy, 4 April, 1796, as Midshipman, on board the Prince 98, commanded by his father in the Channel. On next joining the London 98, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral John Colpoys, he was an eye-witness in that ship of the mutiny at Spithead in 1797; after which event he became successively attached to the Melpomène and Phaeton frigates, Capts. Sir Chas. Hamilton and Jas. Nicoll Morris. In the boats of the latter ship, after escorting the Earl of Elgin as Ambassador to Constantinople, Mr. Hamilton assisted, under the orders of Lieut. Fras. Beaufort, in cutting out, 28 Oct. 1800, after an obstinate engagement, the Spanish polacre-rigged ship San Josef, carrying 14 brass guns, 34 seamen, and 22 soldiers, moored under the protection of 5 guns in the fortress of Fuengirola, near Malaga. The enemy in this very spirited affair sustained a loss of 19 men wounded, and the British of 1 killed and 4 wounded, including among the latter Mr. Hamilton himself, who, although shot through the thigh in the onset, gallantly boarded with the rest, and was highly spoken of for his conduct. Between the date of his quitting the Phaeton, 2 Feb. 1802, and his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 8 Oct. following, he appears to have been next occupied for short periods in the Latona 38, Capt. Frank Sotheron, Resistance 36, Capt. Hon. Philip Wodehouse, and Royal Charlotte yacht, Capt. Sir Harry Neale. He then joined the Révolutionnaire frigate, Capt. Loch, and was afterwards, between April and Aug. 1804, employed in the Mediterranean on board the Victory 104, flag-ship of Lord Nelson, and Amazon 38, Capt. Wm. Parker. He has not, we believe, been since afloat.
Lieut. Hamilton married, 2 April, 1805, Maria Catherine, daughter of the late John Hyde, Esq., and grand-daughter of Lord Francis Seymour, by whom he has had issue eight sons and three daughters. His eldest surviving son, Charles Henry, is a Commander R.N.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hamilton, Cospatrick Baillie

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​HAMILTON. (Commander, 1844.)
Cospatrick Baillie Hamilton, born 27 Feb. 1817, is youngest brother of Capt. W. A. B. Hamilton, R.N., Second-Secretary of the Admiralty.
This officer entered the Navy, from the Royal Naval College, 24 Dec. 1831; passed his examination in 1836; and, on attaining the rank of Lieutenant, 25 June, 1840, joined the Melville 72, Capt. Hon. Rich. Saunders Dundas, under whom, among other early operations of the China war, he assisted, 7 Jan. and 26 Feb. 1841, at the capture of Tycocktow and the forts at the Boca Tigris. He afterwards joined — 2 Oct. 1841, the Queen 110, fitting at Portsmouth for the flag of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean — and 22 Feb. 1842, the Winchester 50, in which ship he officiated as Flag-Lieutenant to Hon. Josceline Percy, at the Cape of Good Hope, until advanced to his present rank 10 Feb. 1844. He obtained command, on 8 April in the latter year, of the Frolic 16, which sloop, after having been for three years employed on the Brazilian and Pacific stations, he brought home with a freight of more than 1,500,000 dollars, and paid off, in June, 1847.