Horatio Macshearwater
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Horatio Macshearwater, a Royal Navy officer, was a captain of the HMS Solitaire, a position he won in a game of whist. While on a whale-hunting expedition to the Gulf of Mexico in 1836, he took command of the Texas navy during the Battle of Matagorda Bay.
He was the father of Sophocles "Sooty" Macshearwater.
