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Popham returned to England in 1819 with his health irremediably impaired by the tropical climate and mourning the death of two of his children who had accompanied him to Jamaica. He died in Cheltenham, 11 Sept. 1820. He was one of a growing number of naval officers who brought scientific knowledge to their profession.
30 de abr. de 2022 · Rear Admiral Sir Home Riggs Popham, KCB, KCH, RN was born at Tetuan in Morocco on 12 October 1762. He is said to have been the 21st child of his mother, who died in giving him birth. He was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he matriculated on 23 January 1776, aged 13.
Rear Admiral Sir Home Riggs Popham, KCB (12 October 1762 – 2 September 1820), was a British Royal Naval commander who saw service during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He is remembered for his scientific accomplishments, particularly the development of a signal code that was adopted by the Royal Navy in 1803. He was the son of Joseph Popham, consul at Tétouan in ...
Sir Home Riggs Popham. by Unknown artist. oil on canvas, circa 1783. NPG 811. Find out more >. Buy a print. Buy as a greetings card. Use this image. Regency Portraits catalogue entry.
Quicksilver Captain is the story of Sir Home Popham (1762–1820), an extraordinary and under-appreciated personality of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Popham was a bundle of highly unusual contradictions. He achieved the rank of post-captain without a ship; he was more often employed by the War Department than by the Admiralty ...
POPHAM, SIR HOME RIGGS (1762–1820), British admiral, was the son of Stephen Popham, consul at Tetuan, and was his mother’s twenty-first child. He entered the navy in 1778, and served with the flag of Rodney till the end of the war. In 1783 he was promoted lieutenant, and was for a time engaged on survey service on the coast of Africa.
Home Riggs Popham fue un almirante británico de ascendencia irlandesa, investigador, estratega, comerciante, diplomático y político, fue autor del sistema telegráfico de señales por banderas que adoptó la Armada Real Británica en 1803, prestó servicios durante la Guerra de Independencia de los Estados Unidos, las Guerras Revolucionarias Francesas y las Guerras Napoleónicas.
