Sir

James Everard Home

Memorial to Sir James Everard Home in St James' Church, Sydney
Born(1798-10-25)25 October 1798
Well Manor, Hampshire
Died2 November 1853(1853-11-02) (aged 55)
Sydney, New South Wales
Buried
Allegiance United Kingdom
Branch Royal Navy
RankCaptain
Commands heldHMS Racehorse, 1834–37

HMS North Star, 1841–46

HMS Calliope, 1850–53
CampaignsFirst Opium War

Flagstaff War

AwardsCompanion of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath[1]
China War Medal (1842)[2]
MemorialsMemorial plaque, St James' Church, Sydney[3]
RelationsEverard Home (father)
Anne Home (aunt)
Robert Home (uncle)

Captain Sir James Everard Home, 2nd Baronet, RN CB FRS (25 October 1798 – 1 November 1853), born at Well Manor, Hampshire, England, was an eminent nineteenth century Royal Navy officer.[4][3]

Career

From 1 February 1834 to 5 December 1837, he was commander of the 18-gun sloop HMS Racehorse (1830), serving in the West Indies. From 30 August 1841 to 8 September 1846 he was captain of the corvette 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 First Opium War. Home was present at the taking of Woosung and Shanghai in mid June 1842, and operations on the Yangtze[2] On 21 July 1842, North Star blockaded the Woosung River, Shanghai.[5][6] Queen Victoria appointed Home to be a Companion of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath in December 1842.[1]

On 23 March 1845, North Star arrived in New Zealand.[7] North Star operated in the Bay of Islands during the Flagstaff War between 11 March 1845 and 11 January 1846. On 30 April 1845, Pōmare was taken on board North Star and, following the burning of his , to Auckland. He was released after Tāmati Wāka Nene's intervention.[8]

From 28 November 1850, he was captain of the 28-gun sixth rate HMS Calliope until he died in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, on 1 November 1853.[9]

A memorial plaque to him is in St James' Church, Sydney.[10]

Legacy

James Everard Home collected a number of Polynesian artefacts during HMS North Star's 1844 South Sea cruise:

See also

  • Everard Home
  • O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). "Home, James Everard" . A Naval Biographical Dictionary . John Murray via Wikisource.

Publications

References

  1. 1 2 "Downing Street, December 24, 1842". The London Gazette. No. 20181. 27 December 1842. p. 3864.
  2. 1 2 Allen, Joseph (1850). The New Navy List and General Record of the Services of Officers of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines (PDF). London: Parker, Furnxvall, and Parker. pp. 38, 60.
  3. 1 2 "Sir James Everard Home". Monument Australia. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  4. "James Everard Home R.N." The Victorian Royal Navy. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  5. "List of Her Majesty's Ships and Vessels, and those of the Indian Navy, in the Yang-tse-Keang on the 2lst day of July 1842". The London Gazette. No. 20168. 24 November 1842. p. 3404.
  6. "HMS Calliope (Anglo-Chinese war 1842)". Archived from the original on 13 April 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  7. "Narrative of Events at the Bay of Islands". The New Zealander. Vol. 1, no. 1. 7 June 1845. p. 2.
  8. Ballara, Angela (30 October 2012). "Pomare II". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  9. Career details of Captain James Everard Home
  10. "Death of Sir Everard Home". Empire. No. 878. New South Wales, Australia. 3 November 1853. p. 2. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  11. 1 2 Nesbitt, Mark; Mills, Andrew; Curtis, Brittany. "17. From Maker to Museum: Polynesian Barkcloth at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". In Lennard, Frances; Mills, Andy (eds.). Material Approaches to Polynesian Barkcloth: Cloth. Collections. Communities (PDF). Leiden: Sidestone Press. pp. 231–250. ISBN 9789088909726.
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