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Names from Hornblower” Introduction “Names from Hornblower” Introduction C S Forester, Hornblower’s biographer, wrote eleven books covering the most active and dramatic episodes of the life of his subject. In addition he also wrote a Hornblower “companion” and the so called three “lost” short stories. There were of course some years and activities in Hornblower’s life that were not written about before the biographer’s death and therefore not recorded. However, the books and stories that were published describe in an enthralling and entertaining way what Hornblower did and what was in his mind as he encountered so much in his career. In the course of his life Hornblower came across many men and women from all levels and backgrounds. Various members of royalty and members of the aristocracy were encountered but the range of people extended from politicians, senior naval officers and soldiers to a multitude of seamen and various other “ordinary” people. In addition, Hornblower’s education had made him aware of many historical and mythological names that his biographer was able to use to enrich his thoughts. Many individuals from other countries crossed his path. The three principal women in his life, his wives Maria and Barbara, and his mistress, Marie, are comprehensively portrayed as are the two men who gave him long and devoted service, Bush and Brown. Throughout the books and short stories, Mr Forester in most cases named the people who formed part of Hornblower’s life, however indirectly in some cases. The intention of the list of names that follows is to provide a helpful reference and background for the many keen and well-read followers of Hornblower. (revised June 2019). By John Maunder 2019 1 The Hornblower books: MID: Mr Midshipman Hornblower. LTH: Lieutenant Hornblower. HOT: Hornblower and the Hotspur. CRS: Hornblower and the Crisis. ATR: Hornblower and the Atropos. HAP: The Happy Return. SOL: A Ship of the Line. FLY: Flying Colours. COM: The Commodore. LDH: Lord Hornblower. HWI: Hornblower in the West Indies. OMT: Hornblower One More Time. CPN: The Hornblower Companion. Books with individual chapter titles: Mr Midshipman Hornblower: (10 chapter headings) The Even Chance MID -EC The Cargo of Rice -CR The Penalty of Failure -PF The Man Who Felt Queer -MQ The Man Who Saw God -MG The Frogs and the Lobsters -FL The Spanish Galleys -SG The Examination for Lieutenant -EL Noah’s Ark -NA The Duchess and the Devil -DD Hornblower in the West Indies: (5 chapter heading) St Elizabeth of Hungary HWI-EH The Star of the South -SS The Bewildered Pirates -BP The Guns of Carabobo -GC The Hurricane -HU Hornblower and the Crisis: (3 chapter headings) Hornblower and the Crisis (unfinished novel) CRS Hornblower and the Widow McCool (short story) CRS-WM The Last Encounter (short story) CRS-LE Hornblower One More Time: (the “missing” three short stories) Hornblower and the Hand of Destiny OMT-HD Hornblower’s Charitable Offering -CO Hornblower and His Majesty -HM 2 Timeline of Hornblower’s Career. 4th July 1776 is generally regarded as Hornblower’s date of birth. June 1794 to March 1798 Mr Midshipman Hornblower (MID) October 1796 to December 1796 The Hand of Destiny (OMT-HD) Late 1799 Hornblower and the Widow McCool (CRS-WM) May 1800 to March1803 Lieutenant Hornblower (LTH) April 1803 to July 1805 Hornblower and the Hotspur (HOT) August 1805 to December 1805 Hornblower and the Crisis (CRS) December 1805 to January 1808 Hornblower and the Atropos (ATR) June 1808 to October 1809 The Happy Return (HAP) May 1810 to October 1810 A Ship of the Line (SOL) June 1810 Hornblower’s Charitable Offering (OMT-CO) November 1810 to June 1811 Flying Colours (FLY) May 1812 to October 1812 The Commodore (COM) 1813 Hornblower and His Majesty (OMT-HM) October 1813 to May 1815 Lord Hornblower (LDH) 1819 The Point and the Edge (CPN) May 1821 to October 1823 Hornblower in the West Indies (HWI) November 1848 The Last Encounter (CRS-LE) 3 Names of People mentioned in each Hornblower Book. Mr Midshipman Hornblower (MID): Alcudia, Aristotle, Belchite, Boadicea, Bolton, Bowles, Bracegirdle, Bromley, Caldwell, Carson, Chadd, Chalk, Charette, Christie, Clarke, Clay, Cleveland, Clive, Clynes, Cobham, Crome, Cutler, Dalrymple, Dalrymple (Lady), Daniel, Danvers, Davy Jones, Douglas, Duras, Eccles, Edrington, Finch, Foster, Franklin, Fuentesauco, Godoy, Grandjean, Griffin, Hales, Ham, Hammond, Hannay, Hare, Harvey, Hepplewhite, Herbert, Hether, Hunter, Jackson, Jervis, Jones, Jordon, Keene, Kennedy, Lebrun, Lewis, Louis XVI, Low, Mackenzie, Mallory, Mary, Masters, Matthews, Maxwell, Mayne, Moncoutant, Muggridge, Nelson, Nero, Neuville, Norie, Oldroyd, Partridge, Pellew, Polybius, Pouzauges, Preston, Robespierre, Shem, Sherry, Simpson, Soames, St Vincent, Stanley, Styles, Tapling, Thucydides, Villers, Waldron, Wales, Washburn, Wells, Wharfedale, Winyatt. Hornblower and the Hand of Destiny (OMT-HD): Courtney, Cuffe, Fletcher, Garton, Pellew, Peterson, Pigott, Roberts. Hornblower and the Widow McCool (CRS-WM): Bridport, Buckland, Clive, Cornwallis, Fitzgerald, Gitanita, Hart, James, Ketch, McCool-Barry, McCool-the Widow, O’Shaughnessy, Payne, Roberts, Sawyer, Smith, Wolfe Tone. Lieutenant Hornblower (LTH): Abbott, Ambrose, Andrade, Berry, Bickerton, Black, Bonaparte, Booth, Bristow, Buckland, Bush, Carberry, Chapman (marine), Chapman (seaman), Clive, Cogshill, Coleman, Cope, Cray, Duff, Dutton, Ford, George III, Greenwood, Hart, Hibbert, Hobbs, Hornblower-Maria, James, Jenkins, Johnson, Lambert, Lomax, Mason-Maria, Mason-Mrs, Nepean, Nero, Ortega, Parry, Pierce, Purvis, Roberts, Saddler, Sainte-Croix, Sankey, Sawyer, Silk, Smith, Susie, Toussaint l’Overture, Truelove, Truscott, Villanueva, Wade, Wellard, Whiting, Wilson, Woolton. Hornblower and the Hotspur (HOT): Alexander, Andrews, Bailey, Black, Bonaparte-Napoleon, Boscawen, Bush, Camille, Cargill, Carron, Castor, Cerberus, Chambers, Cheeseman, Clarence, Clive, Clive-Mrs, Collins, Columbus, Cook, Cornwallis, Cotard, Cummings, Demosthenes, Doughty, Downes, Durham, Firth, Foreman, Gardner, George, Godoy, Gore, Gorgon, Grimes, Grindall, Gurney, Hachett, Hammond, Hawke, Hewitt, Hornblower- son Horatio, Hornblower-Maria, “Horry”, Hosier, Huffnell, Johnson, Jones, Keith, Lockhart, Macbeth, Marsfield, Martin, Mason, Mayne, Montgolfier, Moore, Nepean, Nero, Newton, Niobe, Orrock, Parker, Parry, Paulet, Pellew, Pollux, Poole, Preble, Prowse, Quillien, Reid, Sanderson, Sawyer, Simmonds, Smith, St Vincent, Stevens, Sutton, Tantalus, Uriah, Valkyrie, Wallis, Watt, Wise, Young. 4 Hornblower and the Crisis (CRS): ‘Arry, Baddlestone, Barham, Barron, Belcher, Bonaparte-Napoleon, Bowden, Bush, Byng, Calder, Camberwell, Cargill, Claudius, Cornwallis, Cribb, Décres, Dorsey, Foster, Gibbon, Gurney, Hornblower-Maria, Hornblower-son Horatio, Horry, Huffnell, Jenkins, Lauriston, Marsden, Meadows, Miranda, Melville, Prowse, Sansome, Tar, Villeneuve, Wallis, Wise, Zeus. Hornblower and the Atropos (ATR): Abercrombie, Archimedes, ‘Arry, Barber, Bentinck, Berry, Bill, Blackwood, Blake, Bonaparte- Joseph Napoleon, Bonaparte-Napoleon, Bowling, Bracegirdle, Caldecott, Canute, Carslake, Catherine the Great, Catterick, Charlie, Circe, Clout, Collingwood, Cornwallis, Davie, Dibdin, Ducos, Eisenbeiss, Emily, Ferdinand, Ford, George III, Godoy, Gray, Harkness, Harmond, Harris, Harvey, Hodge, Hornblower-son Horatio, Hornblower-daughter Maria, Hornblower- Maria, Horrocks, Hunt, Jack, Jem, Jenkins, Jones, Keats, Leadbitter, Lebon, Looney, Mason, McCullum, Michael, Midas, Nash, Nelson, Owen, Pallender, Parker, Prince-Mr, Queen Mary, Robinson, Rouchefoucould, Rotherham, Seite-Bunau, Silver, Smiley, St Vincent, Still, Tiddler, Turner, Van Tromp, Villeneuve. The Happy Return (HAP): Alexander, Alfonso, Alvarado, Andrade, Anson, Bailey, Barbara, Barillas, Barnos, Benskin, Beresford, Bonaparte-Joseph Napoleon, Brown, Bush, Byron, Campbell, Carera, Castro, Cerno, Chump, Clay, Clifton, Coleridge, Columbus, Cortez, Crespo, Crystal, Cuvier, Dampier, Dawson, Diaz, Drake, El Supremo, Ferdinand, Galbraith, George, Gerard, Gibbon, Gray, Gray, Guelph, Hall, Hankey, Harper, Harrison, Hebe, Hernandez, Holroyd, Hooker, Hornblower- Maria, Howell, Hudson, Jenkins, Jervis, John Company, Johnson, Juvenal, Knyvett, Laurie, MacEvoy, Manningtree, Marsh, Moctezuma, Moore, Morgan, Mother Brown, Nelson, Nightingale, North, Owen, Pellew, Polwheal, Poole, Pope, Popham, Queen Anne, Rayner, Saumarez, Savage, Scott, Simmonds, Smith, Stirling, Sullivan, Summers, Swift, Tooms, Troubridge, Vincent, Wellesley- Arthur, Wellesley-Lady Barbara, Wellesley-Marquis, Wheeler, Whipple, Whitelocke, Wilcox, Williams, Wood, Wordsworth. A Ship of the Line (SOL): Barbara, Benskin, Blake, Bolton, Bolton-Mrs, Bonaparte-Napoleon, Boscawen, Bowen, Brown, Bush, Cavendish, Clarke, Claros, Clay, Cochrane, Cooke, Crapaud, Cribbs, Crystal, Dawkins, Dawson, Drake, Drake, Duddingstone, Eastlake, Elliott, Elliott-Mrs, Galbraith, George, Gerard, Gibbon, Goddard, Gray, Harrison, Hart, Hawke, Hobson, Hooker, Hopper, Hornblower-son Horatio, Hornblower-daughter Maria, Hornblower-wife Maria, Howell, Jervis, Johnson, Laird, Lecchi, Ledly, Leighton-Admiral, Leighton-Barbara, Longley, Loughton, Marsh, Moore, Morris, Morkell, Nelson, Osborn, Parker, Pellew, Pino, Polwheal, Potter, Price, Rayner, Rodney, Rooke, Rovira, Samson, Saumarez, Savage, Sheldon, Shovel, Siddons, Simms, Stebbings, Stone, Stuart, Sullivan, St Vincent, Sylvester, Thompson, Thompson, Villena, Vincent, Waites, Walsh, Wellesley-Barbara, Wellesley-Henry, Wellesley-Richard, Wellington, Wentworth,
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