Henry Hotham

Henry Hotham

Le vice-amiral britannique Sir Henry Hotham (19 février 1777 - 19 avril 1833) était un héros de la Royal Navy qui a été en service pendant les guerres napoléoniennes. Il était le troisième fils de Sir Beaumont Hotham, le second Lord Hotham.

En 1812, il était commandant des forces britanniques chargées du blocus de la France. Après la défaite de Napoléon à la bataille de Waterloo, en juillet 1815, Napoléon se rendit au capitaine Frédéric Maitland du HMS Bellerophon au large de Rochefort. Le navire de Hotham, le HMS Superb était en compagnie du Bellérophon. Au moment de sa mort, il était commandant en chef de la Mediterranean Fleet.


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