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Governor Hindmarsh

Rear Admiral
Sir John Hindmarsh
KH RN
John Hindmarsh 2.jpeg
1st Governor of South Australia
In office
28 December 1836 – 16 July 1838
Monarch

William IV (Until 1837)

Victoria (1837 Onwards)
Preceded by Office established
Succeeded by George Gawler
Personal details
Born 1785
Chatham, Kent
Great Britain
Died 29 July 1860(1860-07-29) (aged 75)
London, United Kingdom
Resting place St. Andrew's Church, Hove
Occupation Naval officer, Colonial administrator
Awards Naval General Service Medal
Knight of the Royal Guelphic Order
Military service
Allegiance Great Britain (1793–1801)
United Kingdom (1801–1846)
Service/branch  Royal Navy
Years of service 1793–1856
Rank Rear Admiral
Unit HMS Bellerophon
HMS Spencer
HMS Victory
HMS Phoebe
HMS Beagle
HMS Nisus
HMS Scylla
HMS Buffalo
Commands HMS Scylla
HMS Buffalo
Battles/wars Glorious First of June
Battle of the 17th of June 1795
Battle of the Nile
Second Battle of Algeciras
Battle of Trafalgar
Battle of the Basque Roads
Invasion of Java

William IV (Until 1837)

Rear-Admiral Sir John Hindmarsh KH RN (baptised 22 May 1785 – 29 July 1860) was a naval officer and the first Governor of South Australia, from 28 December 1836 to 16 July 1838.

His grandfather William Hindmarsh was a gardener in Coniscliffe, County Durham.

His father, John Hindmarsh, was born on 27 June 1753 and baptized at St Cuthbert's Church, Darlington. He was pressed into the Royal Navy, and eventually became a warrant officer of the Bellerophon. On 23 August 1784, Hindmarsh (senior) married Mrs Mary Roxburgh, a widow, at St George's-in-the East, Middlesex. At the time of the Battle of the Nile, Hindmarsh (senior) was the gunner of the Bellerophon, (This was a warrant officer position.)

Hindmarsh was John and Mary Hindmarsh's eldest son, and was baptized on 25 May 1785 at St Mary's Church, Chatham, Kent.

Hindmarsh joined the Royal Navy either in April 1793 (aged seven or eight), or on 19 July 1790 (aged five). In 1793 he was listed on the muster roll of the Bellerophon as the servant of his father. He was schooled by Mr Neale, the purser of the Bellerophon. He saw action on the Bellerophon at the Battle of the Glorious First of June in 1794 and the Battle of the Nile in 1798.

He was promoted to First Class Volunteer, when he was nine, for his actions at the Battle of the Glorious First of June.

During the Battle of the Nile on 1 August 1798, the fire on board the French line-of-battle ship l'Orient put the Bellerophon in danger; all the other officers on the quarterdeck on the Bellerophon were killed or wounded, so 13-year-old Midshipman Hindmarsh gathered some of the crew, cut the anchor cables, and raised a spritsail to get the ship moving. Captain Darby then came on deck from having his wounds dressed.Nelson knew of this incident and referred to it five years later when he gave Hindmarsh his promotion to lieutenant on 1 August 1803 on board the Victory. Hindmarsh suffered a contusion during the Battle of the Nile that resulted in him later losing an eye.


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