HOBART PASHA, AUGUSTUS CHARLES HOBART-HAMPDEN (1822-1886), English naval captain and Turkish admiral, 3rd son of the 6th earl of Buckinghamshire, was born in Leicestershire on April 1822. He entered the navy in 1835, and served with distinction until 1862, when he retired with the rank of post captain. His first engagement was against slave-traders off Brazil in 1835. During the American Civil War, he took command of a blockade-runner. He ran the blockade eighteen times, conveying war material to Charleston and returning with a cargo of cotton. In 1867 Hobart entered the Turkish service, and was immediately nominated to the command of the fleet, with the rank of "Bahrie Limassi" (rear-admiral). He helped to suppress the 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 List, was reinstated; his restoration did not, however, last long, for on the outbreak of the Russo-Turkish war he again entered Turkish service. In command of the Turkish squadron he completely dominated the Black Sea, blockading the ports of South Russia and the mouths of the Danube, and paralysing the action of the Russian fleet. In 1881 he was appointed Mushir, or marshal, being the first Christian to hold that office. He died at Milan on June 19, 1886.
See his Sketches of My Life (1886), which must, however, be used caution, since it contains many proved inaccuracies.