18 Facts About John Hindmarsh

1.

Rear-Admiral Sir John Hindmarsh KH was a naval officer and the first Governor of South Australia, from 28 December 1836 to 16 July 1838.

2.

John Hindmarsh's grandfather William Hindmarsh was a gardener in Coniscliffe, County Durham.

3.

John Hindmarsh was pressed into the Royal Navy, and eventually became a warrant officer of the Bellerophon.

4.

John Hindmarsh was schooled by Mr Neale, the purser of the Bellerophon.

5.

John Hindmarsh suffered a contusion during the Battle of the Nile that resulted in him later losing an eye.

6.

John Hindmarsh transferred to the Spencer in May 1800, and took part in the Battle of Algeciras Bay in 1801.

7.

John Hindmarsh served in the Nisus in the invasion of Java in 1811.

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8.

John Hindmarsh was promoted to commander on 15 June 1814.

9.

John Hindmarsh received his commission as governor and commander-in-chief of the province of South Australia on 14 July 1836.

10.

On 11 July 1836 John Hindmarsh sailed for South Australia on HMS Buffalo as its first governor after winning influential support and applying to the Colonial Office.

11.

The seven clasps on John Hindmarsh's medal were for Java, Basque Roads 1809, Trafalgar, Gut of Gibraltar 12 July 1801, Nile, 17 June 1795 and 1 June 1794.

12.

John Hindmarsh was promoted to rear admiral on the retired list in 1856.

13.

John Hindmarsh wanted it at Port Lincoln, instead of at the present site which had been selected by Light.

14.

In 1840 John Hindmarsh was made Lieutenant-Governor of Heligoland, where he served until 7 March 1857.

15.

John Hindmarsh was knighted by Queen Victoria on 7 August 1851, and retired in 1857 to the seaside town of Hove, England.

16.

John Hindmarsh lived at 30 Albany Villas in Hove for a number of years, where there is a blue plaque in his honour.

17.

Rear-Admiral Sir John Hindmarsh died in London on 29 July 1860 and is buried in the grounds of St Andrew's Church, Hove.

18.

John Hindmarsh married Susanna Wilson Edmeades, daughter of Henry Dickson Edmeades, on 4 November 1809 at St Nicholas' Church, Strood, Kent.