James Everard Home

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

Sir James Everard Home

CB FRS
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
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
MemorialsMemorial plaque, St James' Church, Sydney

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), known popularly as the First Opium War.[4] On 23 March 1845, North Star arrived in New Zealand.[5] 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 pā, to Auckland. He was released after Tāmati Wāka Nene's intervention.[6]

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.[7]

A memorial plaque to him is in St James' Church, Sydney.[8]

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

References
  1. Career details
  2. Monument Australia
  3. thePeerage.Com
  4. "HMS Calliope (Anglo-Chinese war 1842)". Archived from the original on 13 April 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  5. "Narrative of Events at the Bay of Islands". The New Zealander. Vol. 1, no. 1. 7 June 1845. p. 2.
  6. Ballara, Angela (30 October 2012). "Pomare II". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  7. Career details of Captain James Everard Home
  8. "Death of Sir Everard Home". Empire. No. 878. New South Wales, Australia. 3 November 1853. p. 2. Retrieved 26 November 2016.


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