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Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Frederick Hotham (20 March 1843 – 22 March 1925) was a Royal Navy officer. As a junior officer, he was a member of the naval brigade that fought the Māori people at the Battle of Rangiriri during the invasion of the Waikato and was also present at the Battle of Gate Pā during the Tauranga Campaign. He later took part in the bombardment of Alexandria during the Anglo-Egyptian War and then went ashore as Chief of Staff of the naval brigade, formed under Admiral Sir Beauchamp Seymour, which was dispatched to restore the authority of Khedive Tewfik Pasha in the face of Ahmed ‘Urabi's nationalist uprising against the administration. Hotham went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station. He sought to intervene in the Chilean Civil War by arranging a peace agreement between the forces of President José Manuel Balmaceda and those of the National Congress of Chile who opposed the President. Unfortunately Hotham was shot at while going ashore, no agreement was signed and the Civil War rumbled on until a much larger international peace-keeping force arrived to restore order. Hotham later became Commander-in-Chief, The Nore and then Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth. ==Early career== Born in York the son of Captain John Hotham and Maria Elizabeth Hotham (née Thompson),〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Charles Frederick Hotham )〕 Hotham joined the Royal Navy in 1856.〔Heathcote, p. 121〕 Promoted to lieutenant on 17 February 1863, he was appointed to the frigate HMS ''Curacoa'', flagship of the Commodore commanding the Australia Station.〔 He was a member of the naval brigade that fought the Māori people at the Battle of Rangiriri in November 1863 during the invasion of the Waikato. The invasion was aimed at crushing Kingite power that was seen as a threat to British authority,〔King, p. 214〕 and also at driving Waikato Māori from their territory in readiness for occupation and settlement by Europeans.〔Dalton, p. 178–179〕 Hotham was also present at the Battle of Gate Pā in April 1864 during the Tauranga Campaign.〔 He was promoted to commander, in recognition of his good service in New Zealand, on 19 April 1865. After a brief stay in England, Hotham was given command of the gunboat HMS ''Jaseur'' on the West Coast of Africa Station in August 1867 and remained with HMS ''Jaseur'' when she joined the Mediterranean Fleet in Summer 1869.〔 Promoted to captain on 29 December 1871, he became commanding officer of the corvette HMS ''Charybdis'' on the China Station in February 1877 and was briefly commanding officer of the battleship HMS ''Thunderer'' before becoming flag captain to the Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet in the battleship HMS ''Alexandra'' in November 1881.〔 He took part in the bombardment of Alexandria in July 1882 during the Anglo-Egyptian War and then went ashore as Chief of Staff of the naval brigade, formed under Admiral Sir Beauchamp Seymour, which was dispatched to restore the authority of Khedive Tewfik Pasha in the face of Ahmed ‘Urabi's nationalist uprising against the administration.〔 Hotham was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath on 14 August 1882. Hotham became senior officer on the South East Coast of America Station in April 1885: his fleet consisted of the corvette HMS ''Ruby'' and three gunboats.〔 He went on to be assistant to the Admiral Superintendent of Reserves at the Admiralty in January 1886 and was appointed a naval aide-de-camp to the Queen on 18 January 1886. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles Frederick Hotham」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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