PLUM RIDGE

Sir James Hanway (son of James Plum ridge of London, architect). b. Hertford st. May fair, London 1787; entered navy 6 Sept. 1799; commander 7 June 1814; commanded the Sappho brig at St. Helena and on the Irish station 1818–21; captain 9 Oct. 1822; captain of the Magicienne frigate in the East Indies 1831–5; superintendent of the Falmouth packets 7 April 1837 to 1841; M.P. Penryn and Falmouth 1841–7; storekeeper of the ordnance 23 June 1842 to 1847; second in command on the East Indies station 1847–50; R.A. 7 Oct. 1852; commanded the flying squadron in the Baltic 7 March 1854 to Feb. 1855; superintendent of Devonport dockyard 19 Feb. 1855 to 4 Dec. 1857; member of order of St. John of Jerusalem 12 Dec. 1857; K.C.B. 5 July 1855; V.A. 28 Nov. 1857; admiral of the blue 27 April 1863. d. Hopton hall, near Lowest oft 29 Nov. 1863. G. B. Earp’s History of the Baltic campaign from documents furnished by sir C. Napier (1857) 45, 620.