Hobart Paşa

Hobart Paşa (born April 1, 1822, Leicestershire, England—died June 19, 1886, Milan) was an English naval captain and adventurer who commanded the Ottoman squadron in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78. He served in the British Navy until 1863, when he retired with the rank of captain. During the U.S. Civil War (1861–65), he took command of a Confederate blockade runner, conveying war materials to Charleston, S.C., and returning with cargoes of cotton. Hobart entered Ottoman...