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Sir James Everard Home, 2nd Baronet, (25 October 1798 – 1 November 1853), was an eminent nineteenth century

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officer.

Early life

James Everard Home, born 25 October 1793, in London, was a son of

Everard Home Sir Everard Home, 1st Baronet, FRS (6 May 1756, in Kingston upon Hull – 31 August 1832, in London) was a British surgeon. Life Home was born in Kingston-upon-Hull and educated at Westminster School. He gained a scholarship to Trinity Colle ...

, a surgeon, and Jane, daughter of the Rev.

James Tunstall James Tunstall (1708?–1762) was an English cleric and classics scholar. Life The son of James Tunstall, an attorney at Richmond, Yorkshire, he was born about 1708. He was educated at Slaidburn grammar school under Bradbury, and was admitted a s ...

and Elizabeth (née Dodsworth), and widow of Stephen Thompson. His father was made 1st baronet, of Well Manor in the County of Southampton, on 2 January 1813. He succeeded his father as 2nd Baronet on 31 August 1832.

Career

Home entered the Navy on 10 April 1810, as a midshipman on board the frigate HMS ''Euryalus'' under Captain George Dundas. From there he joined HMS ''Malta'' in the Mediterranean in August 1812, under Sir Benjamin Hallowell. Subsequently, he served with Hallowell on board HMS ''Tonnant'' at Cork. Upon arrival in the West Indies in the frigate HMS ''Sybille'', he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 14 July 1814, assigned to HMS ''Larne'' under Captain Abraham Lowe. HMS ''Pique'', under Captain John Mackellar, followed. After eight months Home station service in HMS ''Helicon'', he gained a second commission on 28 January 1822. Home was elected to fellowship of the

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in 1825 with the citation:

Captain Everard Home RN of Sackville Street. A Gentleman well versed in several branches of nautical and astronomical Science, being desirous of becoming a Fellow of the Royal Society, we whose names are underwritten do from our personal knowledge recommend him as deserving of that honour and likely to prove a useful and valuable member.

He returned to sea again from 1 February 1834 to 5 December 1837 as

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of the 18-gun sloop serving in the West Indies. From 30 August 1841 to 8 September 1846 he was

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of the

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HMS ''North Star''. During the period 1841–42 she served at Canton with Sir William Parker's ships in the First Anglo-Chinese War (1839–42), popularly known as the

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. Home was present at the taking of Woosung and Shanghai in mid June 1842, and operations on the

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On 21 July 1842 ''North Star'' blockaded the Woosung River,

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. Queen Victoria appointed Home to be a Companion of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath in December 1842. WilliamsNorthStar1845

On 23 March 1845 ''North Star'' arrived in

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. ''North Star'' operated in the

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during the

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between 11 March 1845 and 11 January 1846. On 30 April 1845

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was taken on board ''North Star'' and, following the burning of his

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, to

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. He was released after

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's intervention. Court-Martial on the Honourable Captain Gordon - The Pictorial Times 1846

In 1846 Home took part in the trial of Captain John Gordon, HMS ''America'', on charges of leaving the South American station in ''America'' without permission and contrary to the orders of the Commander in Chief, Rear Admiral

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, as well as bringing home a quantity of specie intended to have been shipped for England in the steamer ''Salamander'' or HMS ''Daphne''. The Court was composed of: Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Commander in Chief of her Majesty's ships and vessels at Portsmouth, President; Rear Admiral Hyde Parker; Captain

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, HMS ''Victory''; Captain

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, HMS ''Excellent''; Captain Sir James Everard Home, HMS ''North Star''; and Captain Jon Robb, HMS ''Gladiator''. From 28 November 1850 he was captain of the 28-gun

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HMS ''Calliope'' until he died in

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, Australia, on 1 November 1853.Career details of Captain James Everard Home
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Legacy

James Everard Home collected a number of Polynesian artefacts during HMS ''North Stars 1844 South Sea cruise: * A Samoan Tiputa. Coat of "Tapa" cloth fibre, 224 cm x 87 cm. Catalogue no. EBC 42861,

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* A Samoan wooden board and shells for extracting inner bark. Catalogue no. EBC 42887,

* A Pandanus frame used to print Tapa cloth. Catalogue no. EBC 42914,

. Botanical taxa including '' Alpinia homeana'' from Fiji, '' Geranium homeanum'' from New Zealand and ''

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'' from New Caledonia were named in his honor.”

Publications

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References

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