Horatio Macshearwater
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Horatio Macshearwater, a Royal Navy officer, was a captain of the HMS Solitaire, a ship he won in a game of whist with the Dutchman Grissom Turduckensworth.
In 1823, he discovered Dirk Hartog Island.
In 1836, while on a whale-hunting expedition to the Gulf of Mexico, he took command of the Texas navy during the Battle of Matagorda Bay.
Progeny
- He was the father of Sophocles "Sooty" Macshearwater.
