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The following is the entry for Andrew Snape Hamond in William O'Byrnes 1849 'Naval Biographical Dictionary'.
HAMOND. (Captain, 1846.) Andrew Snape Hamond, born 3 Oct. 1811, is eldest son of Admiral Sir Graham Eden Hamond, Bart., K.C.B.This officer entered the Navy 5 Aug. 1824; served as Midshipman of the Talbot 28, Capt. Hon. Fred. Spencer, at the battle of Navarin, 20 Oct. 1827; passed his examination in 1830; and, obtaining his first commission 25 May, 1831, was successively appointed- 30 Sept. 1831, to the Melville 74, flag-ship in the East Indies of Sir John Gore – and, 2 Oct. 1834, to the Dublin 50, as Flag-Lieutenant to his father, on the South American station. He was presented with a second promotal commission 19 May, 1838, and, on 24 June, 1842, was invested with the command of the Salamander steam-sloop in the Pacific. He has been on half-pay since the attainment of his present rank, 8 June, 1846. Capt. Hamond married Mary, second daughter of Edw. Miller, Esq., co. Cambridge, and niece of General Miller, Her Britannic Majesty’s Consul-General for the islands in the Pacific. |
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