Henry Parkyns Hoppner
| Henry Parkyns Hoppner | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1795 London |
| Died | 1833-12-22 Lisbon |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
|
| Service/ |
Royal Navy |
| Rank | Captain |
| Commands held | HMS Fury |
| Battles/wars |
Napoleonic Wars, War of 1812 |
| Relations | Father, portraitist John Hoppner, Mother, Phoebe Wright, daughter of American sculptor Patience Lovell Wright |
Captain Henry Parkyns Hoppner (1795, in London - 22 December 1833, in Lisbon) was an officer of the Royal Navy, Arctic explorer, and draughtsman/artist. His career included two ill-fated voyages culminating in the loss of HMS Alceste in 1816 and HMS Fury in 1825.
Born in London, Hoppner was the fourth child of English portraitist John Hoppner and Phoebe Wright (1761-1827), daughter of American sculptor Patience Lovell Wright. Not much is known of his younger sibling. There were three older brothers whom the father painted in the 1791 oil on canvas, The Hoppner Children, a part of the National Gallery of Art's Widener collection:
Hoppner joined the Royal Navy in 1808, and served during the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. His first shipboard experience was on HMS Endymion when she was ordered to Corruna. In 1815, he was commissioned as a junior lieutenant. The following year, he served aboard the ill-fated Alceste under Capt. Murray Maxwell, escorting Lord Amherst to China on a diplomatic mission to the Jiaqing Emperor. With the Alceste shipwrecked, Hoppner switched to the East Indiaman Lion in order to assist his shipwrecked comrades.
In 1818, Lieutenant Hoppner served on the Alexander as second in command under Lieutenant William Edward Parry during Captain John Ross' British Naval Northwest Passage Expedition of 1818, who commanded HMS Isabella. Hoppner participated in three additional Arctic voyages under Parry's command:
...
Wikipedia