Individual Details
Admiral Sir Phipps Hornby G. C. B.
(27 Apr 1785 - 19 Mar 1867)
G.C.B., of Winwick Cottage Warrngton, and subsequently of Littlegreen and of Lordington, Chichester, Sussex. Entered Royal Navy as Midshipman, 1797, and served in H.M. Frigate Latona under Capt. John Bligh. Then served in H.M. Ships Romney, Agincourt, Active, Theseus, Santa Margarita, Leviathan and Victory. Promoted from H.M..S. Victory to acting lieutenancy in H.M.S. Excellent, 1804. Served in operations in capturing Capri, 1806. Also served on shore at defence of Gaeta. Then served in H.M.S. Swiftsure, and took command of H.M.S. Duchess of Bedford, 1806. In this capacity, engaged two privateers off Gibraltar in same year. Served in H.M.S.Minorca, 1807. In 1810 had temporary command of H.M.S. Fame off Toulon. Then in command of H.M.S. Volage in defence of Slcily aginst Murat and in Hoste's victory of Lissa, 13 Mar. 1811. Received Admiralty Gold Medal. In command of H.M.S. Stag during voyage to Cape of Good Hope, 1812. In 1814 had command of H.M.S. Spartan in Mediterranean, and was employed as senior officer in conjunction with Tuscan land-force to secure accomplishment cf treaty stipulative of surrender to Tuscany of Elba by French. Received from Tuscan Govt. Cross of Imperial Order of St. John of Wurtzbourgh. C.B., 1815. unemployed, 1816-32. Superintendant of R.N. Hospital and Victualling Yard at Plymouth 1832. In command of William and Mary Yacht, and Supt. of WooIwich Dockyard, 1838. Comptroller-General of the Coastguard, 1841-46. C-in-C in the Pacific (H.M.S. Asia), 1847-50.* A Lord of the Admiralty, 1851-52. K.C.B., 1852. Stood as Parlty. candidate for Lyme, 1852, but was defeated. Admiral, 1858. G.C.B., 1861. Succeeded by the will of his godfather, Thomas Peckham Phipps, Esq., of Littlegreen, to the Littlegreen and Lordington estates in Sussex, 1837.
* Hornby Island, in the Strait of Georgia, off Vancouver Island, Canada, was named after Admiral Sir Phipps Hornby, from his time as C-in-C on the Pacific Station. The name was given by the officers of the Hudson's Bay Co. c. 1850.
* Hornby Island, in the Strait of Georgia, off Vancouver Island, Canada, was named after Admiral Sir Phipps Hornby, from his time as C-in-C on the Pacific Station. The name was given by the officers of the Hudson's Bay Co. c. 1850.
Events
| Birth | 27 Apr 1785 | Winwick, Warrington, Lancashire, England | |||
| Birth | 27 Apr 1785 | Somerton, Somerset, England | |||
| Christen | 29 May 1785 | Winwick, Lancashire, England | |||
| Marriage | 22 Dec 1814 | Woodmansterne, Surrey. England - Lady Maria Sophia Burgoyne | |||
| Death | 19 Mar 1867 | Littlegreen | |||
| Title (Nobility) | Sir Knight |
Families
| Spouse | Lady Maria Sophia Burgoyne (1790 - 1860) |
| Child | Maria Elizabeth Hornby (1817 - 1912) |
| Child | Caroline Lucy Hornby (1818 - 1899) |
| Child | Capt. Phipps John Hornby R. E. (1820 - 1848) |
| Child | Susan Charlotte Margaret (1821 - 1903) |
| Child | Lucy Hester Hornby (1822 - 1891) |
| Child | Admiral Of The Fleet Sir Geoffrey Thomas Phipps Hornby G. C. B. J. P. (1825 - 1895) |
| Child | Rev. James John Hornby C. V. O. D. D. D. C. L. (1826 - 1909) |
| Child | Elizabeth Hornby (1825 - 1923) |
| Father | Rev. Geoffrey Hornby D. L. (1750 - 1812) |
| Mother | Hon. Lucy Stanley (1751 - 1833) |
| Sibling | Edmund Hornby (1773 - 1857) |
| Sibling | Lucy Hornby (1775 - 1849) |
| Sibling | Rev. James John Hornby M. A. (1777 - 1855) |
| Sibling | Charlotte Margaret Hornby (1778 - 1817) |
| Sibling | Rev. Geoffrey Hornby Ll. B. (1780 - 1850) |
| Sibling | Edward Thomas Stanley Hornby (1782 - 1825) |
| Sibling | Georgiana Hornby (1783 - 1861) |
| Sibling | Frances Susannah Hornby (1787 - 1874) |
| Sibling | Louisa Hornby (1788 - 1873) |
| Sibling | Rev. George Hornby B. D. (1790 - 1872) |
| Sibling | Col. Charles Hornby (1791 - 1867) |
| Sibling | Henrietta Elizabeth Hornby (1793 - 1859) |