Charles Frederick Hotham

nationalist uprising

against the administration.

Hotham went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station. He sought to intervene in the Chilean Civil War by arranging a peace agreement between the forces of President José Manuel Balmaceda and those of the National Congress of Chile who opposed the President. Unfortunately Hotham was shot at while going ashore, no agreement was signed and the Civil War rumbled on until a much larger international peace-keeping force arrived to restore order. Hotham later became Commander-in-Chief, The Nore and then Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth.

Early career

Born in

Tauranga Campaign.^[1] He was promoted to commander, in recognition of his good service in New Zealand,^[4] on 19 April 1865.^[5]

After a brief stay in England, Hotham was given command of the

nationalist uprising against the administration.^[1] Hotham was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath on 14 August 1882.^[7]

Hotham became senior officer on the

Admiralty in January 1886 and was appointed a naval aide-de-camp to the Queen on 18 January 1886.^[8]

Promoted to

vice admiral on 1 September 1893,^[10] he was advanced to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath on 25 May 1895.^[11]

Hotham became

fleet review held at Spithead on 16 August 1902, his flagship HMS Royal Sovereign.^[15] For his service he was advanced to Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) in the November 1902 Birthday Honours list.^[16]^[17] He was promoted to Admiral of the Fleet on 30 August 1903.^[18] He retired in March 1913^[19] and died in London on 23 May 1925.^[13]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Heathcote, p. 121
^ King, p. 214
^ Dalton, p. 178–179
^ "No. 22875". The London Gazette. 15 July 1864. p. 3557.
^ "No. 22993". The London Gazette. 21 July 1865. p. 3627.
^ "No. 23826". The London Gazette. 9 February 1872. p. 510.
^ "No. 25138". The London Gazette. 15 August 1882. p. 3794.
^ "No. 25551". The London Gazette. 22 January 1886. p. 329.
^ "No. 25774". The London Gazette. 6 January 1888. p. 242.
^ "No. 26438". The London Gazette. 5 September 1893. p. 5057.
^ "No. 26628". The London Gazette. 25 May 1895. p. 3079.
^ "No. 27043". The London Gazette. 17 January 1899. p. 298.
^ ^a ^b Heathcote, p. 122
^ "No. 27292". The London Gazette. 8 March 1901. p. 1647.
^ "The Naval Review". The Times. No. 36848. London. 16 August 1902. p. 4. Retrieved 9 January 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Birthday Honours". The Times. No. 36921. London. 10 November 1902. p. 10. Retrieved 9 January 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "No. 27493". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 November 1902. p. 7162.
^ "No. 27593". The London Gazette. 1 September 1903. p. 5476.
^ "No. 28703". The London Gazette. 21 March 1913. p. 2159.
^ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.

Military offices
Preceded by Lord Charles Beresford	Junior Naval Lord 1888–1889	Succeeded by Sir Frederick Bedford
Preceded by Sir Algernon Heneage	Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station 1890–1893	Succeeded by Sir Henry Stephenson
Preceded by Sir Henry Nicholson	Commander-in-Chief, The Nore 1897–1899	Succeeded by Sir Nathaniel Bowden-Smith
Preceded by Sir Michael Culme-Seymour	Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth 1900–1903	Succeeded by Sir John Fisher