Hobart Pasha ( English Hobart Pasha ), real name Augustus Charles Hobart-Hampden ( English Augustus Charles Hobart-Hampden ; April 1, 1822 , Leicestershire - June 19, 1886 , Milan ) - English captain, admiral Ottoman Empire .
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Biography
Born in Leicestershire in the family of counts of Buckinghamshire . In 1835 he entered the service in the Royal Navy of Great Britain . Being a midshipman served on the coast of Brazil , participating in campaigns against slave traders . September 25, 1845 promoted to the rank of lieutenant and a month later he was assigned to the sloop " Rattler " under the command of captain Henry Smith. March 11, 1847 Gobart was transferred to the ship "Hibernia" ( born HMS Hibernia ) under the flag of Vice Admiral U. Parker.
In the Baltic company of Great Britain ( 1854 - 1855 ) during the Crimean War of 1853-1856 , being the captain of "Driver" ( Eng. "Driver" ), distinguished himself during the capture of Beaumarsund and the bombing of Sveaborg . On September 29, 1855, Gobart was promoted to the rank of commander . On August 15, 1861, he was appointed commander of the Foxhound artillery ship ( Eng. HMS Foxhound ). In 1862 he graduated from service in the English fleet in the rank of captain (corresponds to the captain of the 1st rank ).
During the American Civil War (1861–1865) he served on the side of the Confederation (Southerners) , where he showed great courage, breaking the blockade 18 times, bringing military cargo to Charleston (South Carolina) and exporting commercial cotton from there.
In 1867 he entered the Turkish service, immediately receiving the rank of Rear Admiral . Commanding the fleet, he actively participated in the suppression of the Cretan uprising , having received for this the title of pasha and the post of chief inspector of the fleet. Many contributed to the strengthening of the Turkish fleet.
In 1874, Gobart returned to the English service, bore the rank of vice admiral [3] .
In the Russian-Turkish war of 1877–78, despite the neutrality of Great Britain , he commanded the Turkish fleet in the Black Sea (apparently, it was again excluded from the official lists of the British fleet to observe the formalities of neutrality) [4] . During this war, the Turkish fleet, despite its dominant superiority , proved to be extremely passive and did not show any significant results [5] .
In 1881, the first of Christians received the title of Marshal of the Ottoman Empire.
He was married twice, had two daughters from both marriages [3] .
The author of the book "Sketches of my life" ("Sketches from my life"), which was published posthumously, in 1886, by his wife.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ 1 2 Encyclopædia Britannica
- ↑ 1 2 Genealogy of British Peers and European Families ( English )
- ↑ Gobart Pasha // Military Encyclopedia : [in 18 t.] / Ed. VF Novitsky [et al.]. - SPb. ; [ M. ]: Type. t-islands I. D. Sytin , 1911-1915.
- ↑ Skritsky, 2006 , p. 284-286.
Sources
- Gobart Pasha, August-Charles // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : in 86 tons (82 tons and 4 extras). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
Augustus Charles Hobart-Hampden // Wikipedia in English ( GFDL license) ./ Russian translation from version 249465459 .
Literature
- Skritsky N.V. Balkan gambit. Unknown War of 1877-1878 .. - Moscow: Veche, 2006. - p. 271-329. - 416 s. - 5000 copies - ISBN 5-9533-1143-5 .