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{{Short description|British admiral (1822–1886)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}

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| image = Hobartpasa.jpg
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| birth_date = {{Birth year|1822}}
| death_date = {{death year and age|1886|1822}}
| birth_place = [[Leicestershire]], [[England]]
| death_place = [[Milan]], [[Kingdom of Italy]]
| nickname = Hobart Pasha
| birth_name = Augustus Charles Hobart-Hampden
| allegiance = {{flag|Ottoman Empire}}
| branch = {{navy|Ottoman Empire}}
| serviceyears =
| rank = [[Admiral]]
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| battles = [[Russo-Turkish War (1877–78)]]
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'''Augustus Charles Hobart-Hampden''' (1 April 1822{{snd}}19 June 1886) was an [[England|English]]-born Ottoman admiral (hence widely known as '''Hobart Pasha'''<ref name="auto">{{cite book |last= Stewart |first= William |author-link= |date= 26 Nov 2014|title= Admirals of the World: A Biographical Dictionary, 1500 to the Present| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=S1VimlFIjQoC|access-date= 30 March 2022|location= North Carolina| publisher= McFarland| page=167| isbn= 978-0-786-48288-7}}</ref>).

== Biography ==

[[File:Augustus Charles Hobart-Hampden - Project Gutenberg eText 16296.jpg|thumb|right|185px|Hobart Pasha in civilian attire]]

Hobart-Hampden was born at [[Walton on the Wolds| Walton-on the-Wolds]] in [[Leicestershire]], the third son of the [[Augustus Edward Hobart-Hampden, 6th Earl of Buckinghamshire|6th Earl of Buckinghamshire]].<ref name=EB1911>{{EB1911 |wstitle=Hobart Pasha |volume=13 |pages=543–544 |inline=1}}</ref><ref name="auto"/>

In his youth, he was educated at King Edward VI Grammar School, Louth, Lincolnshire.

In 1835 he entered the [[Royal Navy]] and served as a [[midshipman]] on the coast of [[Brazil]] in the suppression of the [[History of slavery|slave trade]], displaying much gallantry in the operations. In 1842 he passed his examinations at Dartmouth Naval College.<ref>{{cite book |last= McKenna |first= Joseph |author-link= |date= 8 Mar 2010|title= British Ships in the Confederate Navy| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=kpfoCgrp7SsC|access-date= 30 March 2022|location= North Carolina| publisher= McFarland| page=218| isbn= 978-0-786-45827-1}}</ref> In 1855 he took part, as captain of {{HMS|Driver|1840|6}} in the [[Baltic Sea|Baltic]] Expedition, and was actively engaged at [[Bomarsund, Åland|Bomarsund]] and [[Åbo]].<ref name=EB1911/>As a reward he was promoted to the rank of commander.<ref>{{cite book |last= McKenna |first= Joseph |author-link= |date= 11 Apr 2019|title= British Blockade Runners in the American Civil War| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=NBKSDwAAQBAJ|access-date= 30 March 2022|location= North Carolina| publisher= McFarland| page=197| isbn= 978-1-476-63643-6}}</ref>

In 1862 he retired from the navy with the rank of Captain but his love of adventure led him, during the [[American Civil War]], to take the command of a [[blockade runner]]. He had the good fortune to run the [[blockade]] eighteen times, conveying war material to [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]] and returning with a cargo of cotton.<ref name=EB1911/>

In 1867 he became “naval adviser to the Ottoman Sultan by his brother's recommendation.”<ref>{{cite book |last= Arnold-Baker |first= Charles |author-link= |date= 30 Jul 2015|title= The Companion to British History| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=FJdGCgAAQBAJ|access-date= 30 March 2022|location= Oxon| publisher= Routledge| page=658| isbn= 978-1-317-40040-0}}</ref> He was immediately nominated to the command of that fleet, with the rank of "Bahriye Livasi" (rear-admiral). In this capacity he performed splendid service in helping to suppress the [[Cretan Revolt (1866–1869)|insurrection in Crete]], and was rewarded by the [[Sultan]] with the title of [[Pasha]] (1869). In 1874 Hobart, whose name had, on representations made by Greece, been removed from the British [[Navy Directory]], was reinstated; his restoration did not, however, last long, for on the outbreak of the [[Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)|Russo-Turkish war]] he again entered Ottoman service.<ref name=EB1911/>

On the conclusion of peace Hobart still remained in Ottoman service, and in 1881 was appointed [[Mushir]], or marshal, being the first Christian to hold that high office. He died at [[Milan]] on 19 June 1886 and was brought to Istanbul and buried at English Cemetery in Selimiye.<ref name=EB1911/>

He recorded his adventures in the book ''Never Caught'', published in 1867.<ref>{{cite book |last= Bruce |first= Anthony |author-link= |date= 27 Jan 2014|title= Encyclopedia of Naval History| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=yci2AgAAQBAJ |access-date= 30 March 2022|location= Oxon| publisher= Routledge| page=178| isbn= 978-1-135-93534-4}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==

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* {{cite wikisource |first=William Richard |last=O'Byrne |chapter=Hobart, Augustus Charles |title=A Naval Biographical Dictionary |year=1849 |publisher=[[John Murray (publishing house)|John Murray]]}}
* {{Gutenberg author |id=6603| name=Augustus Charles Hobart-Hampden}}
* {{Internet Archive author |sname=Augustus Charles Hobart-Hampden}}
* {{Internet Archive author |name=Hobart Pasha}}

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