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Sir Home Riggs Popham
(1763-1835)

NAME AUTHORITIES:
LOC:    Popham, Home Riggs, Sir, 1762-1820
NRA:    Popham Sir Home Riggs (1762-1820) Knight Rear Admiral
DNB:    Popham, Sir Home Riggs (1762-1820), naval officer
LBT ID: HoPopha1835    VIAF ID: 5735194    LOC ID: n86084617
B/BAP:   1763
DIED:   1835-03-22
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Controversial naval officer who invented the semaphore used at Trafalgar; he was MP for Yarmouth (1804-06), Shaftesbury (1806-07), and Ipswich (1807-12).
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