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Tuckey, James Hingston (–), naval officer and explorer, was born at Greenhill, near Mallow, Co. Cork, son of the Reverend....
James Hingston Tuckey
James Hingston Tuckey (August 4 October ) was an Irish-bornBritishexplorer and a captain in the Royal Navy.[1] Some sources mistakenly refer to him as James Kingston Tuckey.
Tuckey was born at Greenhill, near Mallow, August He went to sea at an early age, and in was received into the navy.
HINGSTON, JAMES (), notary public and travel writer, was born in in London, son of John Hingston, cabinet-maker, and his wife Sarah.
From the first he saw a good deal of active service, and he was more than once wounded. He was engaged in expeditions to the Red Sea, and in he helped expand the British colony of New South Wales in Australia as first-lieutenant of the Calcutta.
Amongst other services, he made a survey of Port Phillip District. On his return to England he published an Account of the Voyage to establish a Colony at Port Phillip. The Calcutta was captured by the French on a voyage from St.
Helena in , and Lieutenant Tuckey suffered an imprisonment of nearly nine years in France, during which time he married Miss Margaret Stuart, a fellow prisoner, and prepared a wor