Comdr William Crichton Stuart HATHORN, RN^{[1, 2]}

1849 - 27 Apr 1932 unm

• Name	William Crichton Stuart HATHORN
  Prefix	Comdr
  Suffix	RN
  Born	26 Jun 1849	St. Giles, Bloomsbury, Middlesex
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	26 Jun 1849	St Giles, Bloomsbury, London, England
  Birth	26 Jun 1849	Russell Street, Bloomsbury, London, England
  Died	27 Apr 1932 unm	Folkestone, Kent, England
  Notes	Hard to see details of where he was born, but looks like St. Giles? . According to the 1871 census, from Sunday April 2nd 1871, when he's aged 21 and a sub-lieutenant on board a vessel in Bombay Harbour, he was born in Bloomsbury, Middlesex. William’s obituary was in The Times and said, “Commander William Crichton Stuart Hathorn, RN, died on April 27th at Folkestone in his eighty-third year. He entered the Britannia as a cadet in 1863 and was promoted to lieutenant in 1874. He served in the Danae, screw corvette, on the Cape and West Africa Station, and later in Australia, leaving her in 1881 after a five-year commission. He was then appointed to the Impregnable, training ship at Devonport. In 1884 he retired, with the rank of commander, and took up ostrich farming in South Africa. A naval pension of £50 a year was granted him in 1911 , and a Travers pension of £75 a year was substituted for this in 1928.” !Sub Lt 12 Feb 1870, Lt 17 Feb 1874, Cmdr 27 Sep 1884; emigrated British Columbia, Canada; died unm England
  Person ID	I14297	Vans family
  Last Modified	1 Jan 2009

  
  

  Father	Admiral George HATHORN,   b. 17 Nov 1803, London ,   d. Mar 1876, Dover, Kent  (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Mary Isabella McDOUALL,   b. 1818, probably Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire ,   d. 13 Apr 1902, 54 Bouverie Road West, Folkestone, Kent, England  (Age 84 years)
  Married	28 Sep 1843	Luton, Bedfordshire
  Family ID	F11107	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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