Home Riggs Popham KCB KCH (1762 - 1820)

Born 12 Oct 1762 in Gibraltar

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Moffat (Prince) Popham — married 19 Dec 1788 in Calcutta, Bengal, India

Descendants

Died 2 Sep 1820 at age 57 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England

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Preceded by Station held by Dutch Forces

Rear Admiral Sir Home Riggs Popham, KCB, KCH Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station 1806—1807

Succeeded by Charles Stirling

British cruiser HMS Gibraltar, flagship of the Cape of Good Hope Station (1892).

• Home Riggs Popham did much useful survey work, was one of the most scientific seamen of his era, and was the author of the code using signal flags adopted by the admiralty in 1803 and used for many years.^[1]
• Home Riggs Popham was promoted to Rear Admiral in 1814, appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in 1815, and gifted as Knight Commander of the Royal Guelphic Order in 1818.
• Popham was also Member of Parliament for Yarmouth from 1804 to 1806, Shaftesbury from 1806 to 1807, and Ipswich from 1807 to 1812.

Biography

Home Popham KCB KCH is Notable.

Home Riggs Popham was born in 1762, in Gibraltar, the fifteenth child* of Joseph Popham and Mary Riggs.^[2]

Home married Elizabeth Moffat Prince on the 19 December 1788, in Calcutta, Bengal, India.^[3]

Home Riggs Popham passed away on the 2nd September 1820, in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, aged 57 years, and was buried in St Michael and All Angels Churchyard, Sunninghill, Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough, Berkshire. ^[4]

Research Notes

• Wikipedia says he was aboard the Euryalus at the Battle of Trafalgar. The Trafalgar Companion does not mention him, nor does the Trafalgar Ancestors website. 17 April 2018 Seems to have been removed from Wikipedia

• The 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica entry for Popham states he was his mother's 21st child.^[1] This appears to be in conflict with the 2021 Wikipedia statement that he was the 15th child of his parents.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica Sir Home Riggs Popham
2. ↑ Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 16; Page: 143; London, England: Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed. Dictionary of National Biography, 1921–1922. Volumes 1–22. London, England: Oxford University Press, 1921–1922.
3. ↑ India, Marriages, 1792-1948. Name: Home Popham; Gender: Male; Marriage Date: 19 Dec 1788; Marriage Place: India Office Ecclesiastical Returns-Bengal Presidency, Misc, India; Spouse: Elizabeth M. Prince; FHL Film Number: 498608.
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 9 March 2021), memorial page for Sir Home Riggs Popham (12 Oct 1762–2 Sep 1820), Find A Grave: Memorial #55096714, citing St Michael and All Angels Churchyard, Sunninghill, Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough, Berkshire, England ; Maintained by julia&keld (contributor 46812479).

• History of Parliament online
• Venn Cambridge Alumni: Home Riggs Popham
• England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858 The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 1634

See also:

• Wikipedia biography : Home Riggs Popham
• Wikidata: Item Q333951, en:Wikipedia