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See also:HOBART See also:PASHA, See also:AUGUSTUS See also:CHARLES HOBART-See also:HAMPDEN (1822–1886), See also:English See also:naval See also:captain and See also:Turkish See also:admiral, was
See also:born in See also:Leicestershire on the 1st of See also:April 1822, being the third son of the 6th See also:Earl of See also:Buckinghamshire. In 1835 he entered the Royal See also:Navy and served as a See also:midshipman on the See also:coast of See also:Brazil in the suppression of the slave See also:trade, displaying much gallantry in the operations. In 1855 he took See also:part, as captain of the " See also:Driver," in the Baltic Expedition, and was actively engaged at Bomarsund and See also:Abo. In 1862 he retired from the navy with the See also:rank of See also:post-captain; but his love of See also:adventure led him, during the See also:American See also:Civil See also:War, to take the command of a See also:blockade-runner. He had the See also:good See also:fortune to run the blockade eighteen times, conveying war material to See also:Charleston and returning with a See also:cargo of See also:cotton. In 1867 Hobart entered the Turkish service, and was immediately nominated to the command of that See also:fleet, with the rank of " Bahrie Limassi " (See also:rear-admiral). In this capacity he performed splendid service in helping to suppress the insurrection in See also:Crete, and was rewarded by the See also:Sultan with the See also:title of Pasha (1869). In 1874 Hobart, whose name had, on representations made by See also:Greece, been removed from the See also:British Navy See also:List, was reinstated ; his restoration did not, however, last See also:long, for on the outbreak of the Russo-Turkish war he again entered Turkish service. In command of the Turkish See also:squadron he completely dominated the See also:Black See also:Sea, blockading the ports of See also:South See also:Russia and the mouths of the See also:Danube, and paralysing the See also:action of the See also:Russian fleet. On the conclusion of See also:peace Hobart still remained in the Turkish service, and in 1881 was appointed Mushir, or See also:marshal, being the first See also:Christian to hold that high See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office. His achievements as a blockade-runner, his blockade of Crete, and his handling of the Turkish fleet against the See also:torpedo-lined coasts of Russia, showed him to be a daring, resourceful, and skilful See also:commander, worthy to be ranked among the illustrious names of British naval heroes. He died at See also:Milan on the 19th of See also:June 1886.
See his Sketches of My See also:Life (1886), which must, however, be used with caution, since it contains many proved inaccuracies.
End of Article: HOBART PASHA, AUGUSTUS CHARLES
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