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The rare New Zealand medal awarded to Captain J. C. Hoseason, Royal Navy, commander of the...
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The rare New Zealand medal awarded to Captain J. C. Hoseason, Royal Navy, commander of the Inflexible in New Zealand in 1847 New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1847 (Commdr. J. C. Hoseason, H.M.S. Inflexible) nearly extremely fine £3,000-£4,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Only 20 New Zealand 1845-66 medals issued to the Royal Navy and Royal Marines with this reverse date, all to Inflexible, of which Hoseason was the commanding officer. John Cochrane Hoseason was born in London on 28 August 1809. He entered the Navy on 20 July 1823, passed his examination in 1829, and obtained his first commission, 10 January 1837. His succeeding appointments were – 12 January and 24 April, 1837, and 18 January 1838, to the Dublin 50, flag-ship of Sir Graham Eden Hamond, Rover 18, Captain Charles Eden, and Imogene 26, Captain Henry William Bruce, all on the South American station, whence he returned to England, and was paid off at the close of 1839 – and, 3 February 1840, to the Cambridge 78, Captain Edward Barnard, with whom he served for nearly two years, and was present in the operations on the coast of Syria, and at the blockade of Alexandria. He acquired the rank of Commander on 6 September 1844, and, was in command of Inflexible from 11 June 1846 until 28 September 1849, including operations in New Zealand during 1847. In May 1849, after his supporting help to the forces in New Zealand, Hoseason took the steamer Inflexible to examine the Lemna islands in search of pirates who had recently raided Hong Kong harbour. He was fired at by the enemy as he approached but his superior gunnery silenced the junks, and his boats brought out eight of them. Hoseason retired with the rank of Captain on 9 July 1864, and died at Dover on 26 June 1884. He was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and the author of several books including Remarks on the late war with Russia; together with plans for the attack on Cronstadt, Sweaborg, and Helsingfors.
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The rare New Zealand medal awarded to Captain J. C. Hoseason, Royal Navy, commander of the Inflexible in New Zealand in 1847 New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1847 (Commdr. J. C. Hoseason, H.M.S. Inflexible) nearly extremely fine £3,000-£4,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Only 20 New Zealand 1845-66 medals issued to the Royal Navy and Royal Marines with this reverse date, all to Inflexible, of which Hoseason was the commanding officer. John Cochrane Hoseason was born in London on 28 August 1809. He entered the Navy on 20 July 1823, passed his examination in 1829, and obtained his first commission, 10 January 1837. His succeeding appointments were – 12 January and 24 April, 1837, and 18 January 1838, to the Dublin 50, flag-ship of Sir Graham Eden Hamond, Rover 18, Captain Charles Eden, and Imogene 26, Captain Henry William Bruce, all on the South American station, whence he returned to England, and was paid off at the close of 1839 – and, 3 February 1840, to the Cambridge 78, Captain Edward Barnard, with whom he served for nearly two years, and was present in the operations on the coast of Syria, and at the blockade of Alexandria. He acquired the rank of Commander on 6 September 1844, and, was in command of Inflexible from 11 June 1846 until 28 September 1849, including operations in New Zealand during 1847. In May 1849, after his supporting help to the forces in New Zealand, Hoseason took the steamer Inflexible to examine the Lemna islands in search of pirates who had recently raided Hong Kong harbour. He was fired at by the enemy as he approached but his superior gunnery silenced the junks, and his boats brought out eight of them. Hoseason retired with the rank of Captain on 9 July 1864, and died at Dover on 26 June 1884. He was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and the author of several books including Remarks on the late war with Russia; together with plans for the attack on Cronstadt, Sweaborg, and Helsingfors.
Naval Medals from the Collection of the Late Jason Pilalas (Part 2)
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