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Date transcribed2011-08-00
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name patterns established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Popham    
First Name(s)  Home Riggs    
Titles, Honours, etc.  Sir    
Birth Year  1762    
Death Year  1820    
Entry  Born Oct. 12, 1762 : son of Stephen Popham : educated at Westminster and Cambridge : entered the Navy, 1778 : served at Cape St. Vincent, in the W. Indies, Kafraria : in 1787 sailed from Ostend, commanding a merchant ship, to India : surveyed New Harbour in the Hughli for a dockyard : from Calcutta sailed to Pulo Penang, and took the Company's fleet to China : his ship was seized at Ostend for trading contrary to the E. I. Co.'s charter : served in Flanders : conveyed troops from the Cape and India to Egypt : further employed in India : charges against him of wasteful expenditure were disproved : Naval Commander of an expedition to the Cape in 1806 : severely reprimanded by court martial for leaving the Cape : Captain of the Fleet at Copenhagen, 1807 : Rear Admiral, 1814 : K.C.B., 1815 : C. in C. on the Jamaica station, 1817-20 : F.R.S., 1799 : died Sep. 20, 1820.     
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