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Captain Sir Charles Hotham KCB (14 January 1806 – 31 December 1855) was Lieutenant-Governor and, later, Governor of Victoria, Australia from 22 June 1854 to 10 November 1855.
Sir Charles Hotham (1806-1855), naval officer and governor, was born on 14 January 1806 in Dennington, Suffolk, England, the eldest son of Frederick Hotham (pronounced `Hutham'), prebendary of Rochester, and his wife Anne Elizabeth, née Hodges.
Charles Hotham. By 1854, Britain was at war with Russia and Charles Hotham wanted to captain a ship. It was made clear to him that the position of Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria was the only assignment available. He accepted with, in his words, ‘a sorrowful heart' but his welcome to the colony was an exuberant one.
Governor Charles Hotham sent two detachments of regiments of the British Army and numerous mounted police to Ballarat, and then retrospectively approved the order to attack civilians early on Sunday 03 December 1854.
In 1845, Hotham led British ships, aided by the French navy, against a Spanish blockade at the Parana River. He was knighted the following year for his achievement. 3 In 1846, Hotham was assigned to the West Coast of Africa to stop slave ships travelling to the Americas.
HOTHAM, Sir Charles, 4th Bt. (c.1663-1723), of Scorborough, nr. Beverley, Yorks. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690-1715, ed. D. Hayton, E. Cruickshanks, S. Handley, 2002. Available from Boydell and Brewer.
Sir Charles Hotham: Born: 14 January, 1806 Dennington, Suffolk, England. Died: 31 December, 1855 (aged 49) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Cultural Heritage: English
