William Hoste (1780 - 1828)

Born 26 Aug 1780 in Ingoldisthorpe, Norfolk, England

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Died 6 Dec 1828 at age 48 in London, England

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Biography

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Birth

Captain Sir William Hoste, 1st Bt. was born on 26 August 1780 at Ingoldisthorpe, Norfolk, England. He was the son of Reverend Dixon Hoste and Margaret Stanforth.

Marriage

He married Lady Harriet Walpole, daughter of Horatio Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford and Sophia Churchill, on 17 April 1817.

Death

He died on 6 December 1828 at age 48

Profession

He gained the rank of Midshipman in April 1793 in the service of the Royal Navy, as captain's servant to Nelson on board H.M.S. Agamemnon.

He gained the rank of Lieutenant in 1798.

He was educated at Paston School, England.

He gained the rank of Captain in 1802.

He fought in the Battle of Lissa in 1811, where he defeated Commodore Bernard Bubourdieu's squadron of 7 frigates, with only 4 frigates.

He was created 1st Baronet Hoste [U.K.] on 21 September 1814.

He has an extensive biographical entry in the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Children

Children of Captain Sir William Hoste, 1st Bt. and Lady Harriet Walpole:

- Caroline Harriet Clementina Hoste

- Priscilla Anne Hoste d. 21 Oct 1854

- Admiral Sir William Legge George Hoste, 2nd Bt. b. 19 Mar 1818, d. 10 Sep 1868

- Theodore Oxford Raphael Hoste b. 31 Jul 1819, d. 1835

- Psyche Rose Elizabeth Hoste b. 4 Apr 1822, d. 8 Jul 1904

- Wyndham Horatio Nelson Hoste1 b. 2 Feb 1825

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Ancestors

He was descended from

- Jacques Hoost, governor of Bruges, in Flanders

- his son, Jacques Hoste, of Middleburg, in Zealand

- Dierick Hoste, the son of Jacques Hoste

- Theodore, the son of Dierick and Jane

- James Hoste

etc.

Source: Memoirs and Letters of Capt. Sir William Hoste, Volume 1, page 4-5 ^[2]

Wikipedia

"Captain Sir William Hoste, 1st Baronet KCB RN (26 August 1780 – 6 December 1828), Royal Navy captain, was the son of Dixon Hoste, rector of Godwick and Tittleshall in Norfolk. He was born at Ingoldisthorpe, and the family later moved to Godwick Hall, east of Tittleshall, which was leased from Thomas Coke, who later became the 1st Earl of Leicester, of Holkham Hall.

Although, perhaps best known as one of Lord Nelson's protégés, Hoste was one of the great frigate captains of the Napoleonic wars, taking part in six major actions including the capture of a heavily fortified port. He was however absent from Trafalgar having been sent with gifts to the Dey of Algiers. The Hoste Hotel in Burnham Market, Norfolk, is such named after William Hoste and features a Lord Nelson museum tribute.

Hoste's health, compromised by his malaria and earlier lung infection, worsened and he was forced to return to England. In 1814, he was made a baronet, and in 1815 he was knighted KCB. In 1817, he married Lady Harriet Walpole, with whom he had three sons and three daughters. In 1825, he was appointed to the royal yacht Royal Sovereign.

In January 1828, he developed a cold which affected his already weakened lungs, and he died of tuberculosis in London on 6 December 1828. He was buried in St John's Chapel, London." ^[3]

Miscellaneous

'The Hoste', a hotel located in Burnham Market, North Norfolk, is is mentioned after William Hoste. "In 1811 The Pitt Arms changed its name to The Hoste Arms. Captain Sir William Hoste was Nelson’s protege and flew the flags after winning the battle of Lissa, in rememberance of Nelson who had been killed six years previously. The Hoste family were huge land owners in the area who had recently purchased Sandringham. The Hoste Arms fell under brewery ownership in the 1860s and suffered 130 years of decline." ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ http://www.thepeerage.com/p3833.htm#i38323
2. ↑ Memoirs and Letters of Capt. Sir William Hoste, Volume 1, page 4-5
3. ↑ Wikipedia
4. ↑ https://www.thehoste.com/information/about-the-hoste/

• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Hoste, Sir William, first baronet (1780–1828)
• The marriage, baptismal, and burial registers, 1571 to 1874, and monumental inscriptions, of the Dutch Reformed Church, Austin Friars, London; with a short account of the strangers and their churches, ed. by William John Charles Moens.