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Charles Hotham. Captain Sir Charles Hotham KCB (14 January 1806 – 31 December 1855) [1] was Lieutenant-Governor and, later, Governor of Victoria, Australia from 22 June 1854 to 10 November 1855. Early life. Hotham was born at Dennington, Suffolk, England.
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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.
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.
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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. Hotham had reason to believe he was dealing with more than simple dissatisfaction with the gold license system.
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naval officer and governor. Biographical Entries. Australian Dictionary of Biography entry. Stawell, William Foster.
Sir Charles Hotham, born in 1806, is eldest son of the Rev. Fras. Hotham, Prebendary of Rochester (second son of the second Lord Hotham, one of the Barons of the Court of Exchequer), by Anne Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Thos. Hallett Hodges, Esq., of Hemsted Place, Kent; and first cousin of Capt. Hon. Geo. Fred. Hotham, R.N. Sir Charles, who ...
