Sir Andrew Hamond, 1st Baronet

Captain

Sir Andrew Hamond

Bt
Captain; Sir Andrew Hamond; Bt
	Sir Andrew Hamond
Born	17 December 1738; Blackheath (London), England
Died	12 September 1828 (aged 89); Terrington Saint Clement, England
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	Royal Navy
Rank	Captain
Commands	Nore Command

Captain Sir Andrew Snape Hamond, 1st Baronet (17 December 1738 – 12 September 1828) was a British naval officer and Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia from 1781 to 1782 and Comptroller of the Navy from 1794 to 1828.

Career

Born in Blackheath, London, England, the son of Robert Hamond and Susannah Snape, he joined the Royal Navy in 1753 and served during the Seven Years' War and the American Revolution.^[1] In 1765, he was made a commander and a captain in 1770.^[1]

During the American Revolution he commanded North American station in the Expedition to the Chesapeake (1777) and commanded a warship during the defence of Sandy Hook in 1778, for which he was knighted.

Hamond was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia in 1781, administering Nova Scotia in the absence of Governor Francis Legge, who had been recalled to England, but not replaced, some years before. He ordered troops to end the Raid on Lunenburg, Nova Scotia (1782). He had expected to be named Legge's successor, but John Parr was named to the position instead. Offended, Hamond resigned as lieutenant-governor soon after Parr's arrival.^[2] From 1780 until 1784 he was additionally appointed Resident Commissioner of the Navy, Halifax Nova Scotia.

In 1783, Hamond was awarded a baronetcy (see Hamond-Graeme baronets).^[1] He became Commander-in-Chief, The Nore in 1785 and Comptroller of the Navy from 1794 to his death.^[1] He also was a member of the Court for the Court-Martial of the crew members captured on Tahiti who were involved in the Mutiny on the Bounty.

From 1796 to 1806, he was a Member of Parliament for Ipswich.^[1] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1797.^[3]

Legacy

Settlers of Hammonds Plains, a new settlement outside of Halifax, voted to name their area after the popular Lt. Governor. The Lady Hammond Road, a new main road out of Halifax constructed by Hamond, was named after his wife Cecilia. Cape Hamond in Alaska, now Cape Saint Elias, was also named in his honour, as was the Hammond River in New Brunswick. He is the namesake of Sir Andrew Hammond (1800 ship).

Family

He married Cecilia Sutherland in April 1763. They had no children. He married Anne Graeme in March 1779. They had two children: Admiral of the Fleet Sir Graham Hamond, 2nd Baronet and Caroline Hamond.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Cahill, J. B. (1987). "Hamond, Sir Andrew Snape". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. VI (1821–1835) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
^ Biography of John Parr
^ "Fellows detail". Royal Society. Retrieved 22 January 2017.

Historical List of MPs: I^[usurped]

External links

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Government offices
Preceded by Sir Richard Hughes	Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia 1781-1783 Served under: Francis Legge	Succeeded by Edmund Fanning
Military offices
Preceded by Sir Richard Hughes	Resident Commissioner, Halifax 1781–1783	Succeeded by Henry Duncan
Preceded by Sir Walter Stirling	Commander-in-Chief, The Nore 1785–1788	Succeeded by Richard Edwards
Preceded by Sir Henry Martin	Comptroller of the Navy 1794–1806	Succeeded by Sir Thomas Thompson
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Sir John Hadley D'Oyly, Bt. and Charles Crickitt	Member of Parliament for Ipswich 1796–1800 Served alongside: Charles Crickitt	Succeeded by Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Parliament of Great Britain	Member of Parliament for Ipswich 1801–1806 Served alongside: Charles Crickitt, to 1803; William Middleton, from 1803	Succeeded by Richard Wilson and Robert Stopford
Baronetage of Great Britain
New creation	Baronet (of Holly Grove) 1783–1828	Succeeded by Graham Eden Hamond

[dcb-1] Cahill, J. B. (1987). "Hamond, Sir Andrew Snape". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. VI (1821–1835) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.

[2] Biography of John Parr

[3] "Fellows detail". Royal Society. Retrieved 22 January 2017.

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List of lieutenant governors of Nova Scotia
Governors at Annapolis Royal (1710–1749)	Vetch Hobby Caulfeild Nicholson Caulfeild Vetch Caulfeild Philipps Doucett Armstrong Cosby Mascarene
Governors at Halifax (1749–1786)	Cornwallis Hopson Lawrence Ellis Belcher Wilmot W. Campbell Green Francklin Legge Francklin Arbuthnot Hughes Hamond Parr Fanning
Lieutenant-governors of Cape Breton Island (1784–1820)	Desbarres Macarmick Mathews Ogilvie Murray Despard Nepean Swayne Ainslie
Lieutenant-governors of Nova Scotia before responsible government (1786–1848)	Parr Bulkeley Wentworth Prévost (Croke) Sherbrooke Smyth Dalhousie Kempt Jeffrey Maitland Jeffrey C. Campbell Falkland Dickson Harvey
Lieutenant-governors between responsible government and Confederation (1848–1867)	Harvey Bazalgette Le Marchant Phipps Doyle MacDonnell Doyle Williams
Post-Confederation (1867–present)	Williams Doyle Howe Archibald Richey McLelan Daly Jones D. Fraser McGregor MacKeen M. Grant Douglas Tory Stanfield Covert Irwin Mathers Kendall McCurdy A. Fraser Plow MacKeen Oland Gosse Shaffner Abraham Crouse Kinley Freeman Francis J. Grant LeBlanc Savage (designate)
Lieutenant-governors who served in the absence of governors are listed in parentheses. Acting administrators are listed in italics.

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