Family and Education
b. 12 Oct. 1762 at Gibraltar, yst. s. of Joseph Popham of Cork, consul at Tetuan, Morocco by 1st w. Mary née Riggs of Waterford; bro. of William Popham. educ. Brentford sch.; Westminster 1774; Trinity Coll. Camb. 1776. m. 19 Dec. 1788 at Calcutta, Elizabeth Moffat, da. of John Prince, E.I. Co. marines, 5s. 4 da. cr. kt. of Malta 1799; KCB 2 Jan. 1815; KCH 1818.
Offices Held
Groom of bedchamber to Duke of Gloucester 1806 – d.
Entered RN 1778, lt. 1783, leave of absence 1787; removed from navy list 1791, reinstated 1793; attached to Duke of York’s army in Flanders 1793 – 95; cdr. 1794, capt. 1795; mission to Cronstadt 1799; r.-adm. 1814; c.-in-c. W.I. station 1817–20.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Titness Park, Berks.
Volume
Commons 1790-1820
Web Title
POPHAM, Sir Home Riggs (1762-1820)
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Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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