Charles Frederick Hotham

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Frederick Hotham, GCB GCVO (20 March 1843 – 22 March 1925) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth.

Naval career
Born the son of Captain John Hotham and Maria Elizabeth Thompson, Hotham joined the Royal Navy in 1863.

As a lieutenant he fought in the New Zealand War and in 1877 became Captain of the corvette HMS Charybdis.

He was Captain of the ironclad warship HMS Alexandra (1875) when she fired the first shot at the Bombardment of Alexandria. He went on to be Junior Naval Lord in 1888. As Rear-Admiral he was Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station from 1890 to 1893. He became Commander-in-Chief, The Nore in 1897 and Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth in 1900. He retired in 1903.

He died in London in 1925.

Family
He married on 29 February 1872 Margaret Home, the daughter of David Milne Home. They had one son, John Beaumont Hotham, in 1874.

Honours

 * unknown date : Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, GCB
 * 8 March 1901 : Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, GCVO