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Sir Andrew Snape Hamond, 1st Baronet (17 December 1738 – 12 September 1828) was a British naval officer and

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from 1781 to 1782 and

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from 1794 to 1828.

Career

Born in

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, the son of Robert Hamond and Susannah Snape, he joined the

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in 1753 and served during the

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and the

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. In 1765, he was made a

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and a

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in 1770. During the American Revolution he commanded North American station in the Expedition to the Chesapeake (1777) and commanded a warship during the defence of

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in 1778, for which he was knighted. Hamond was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia in 1781, administering Nova Scotia in the absence of Governor

Francis Legge Francis Legge (c.1719-15 May 1783), was a British military officer and colonial official in Nova Scotia during the 18th century. He served as Governor of Nova Scotia from 1772 to 1776. During the American Revolution, Legge raised the Royal Nov ...

, who had been recalled to England, but not replaced, some years before. He ordered troops to end the

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. He had expected to be named Legge's successor, but

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was named to the position instead. Offended, Hamond resigned as lieutenant-governor soon after Parr's arrival. From 1780 until 1784 he was additionally appointed Resident Commissioner of the Navy, Halifax Nova Scotia. In 1783, Hamond was awarded a baronetcy. He became

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in 1785 and

from 1794 to his death. He also was a member of the Court for the Court-Martial of the crew members captured on Tahiti who were involved in the

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. From 1796 to 1806, he was a

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for

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. He was elected a

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in 1797.

Legacy

Settlers of Hammonds Plains, a new settlement outside of Halifax, voted to name their area after the popular Lt. Governor. The Lady Hammond Road, a new main road out of Halifax constructed by Hamond, was named after his wife Cecilia. Cape Hamond in

Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...

, now

Cape Saint Elias Cape Saint Elias is a cape in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is located at the southwest end of Kayak Island, 104 km (65 mi) southeast of Cordova, at . It is commonly believed that Mount Saint Elias, the second highest mountain in the Un ...

, was also named in his honour, as was the

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in New Brunswick. He is the namesake of

Sir Andrew Hammond (1800 ship) ''Sir Andrew Hammond'' (or ''Sir Andrew Hamond'') was launched at Bermuda in 1800. She spent almost a dozen years as a West Indiaman. From 1812 on she was a whaler. On her first whaling voyage she sailed to the Pacific where the United States Navy ...

Family

He married Cecilia Sutherland in April 1763. They had no children. He married Anne Graeme in March 1779. They had two children: Admiral of the Fleet

Sir Graham Hamond, 2nd Baronet Admiral of the Fleet Sir Graham Eden Hamond, 2nd Baronet, (30 December 1779 – 20 December 1862) was a Royal Navy officer. After seeing action as a junior officer at the Glorious First of June and then at the Battle of Toulon, he commanded th ...

and Caroline Hamond.

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