{"id":80,"date":"2024-03-14T15:27:33","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T15:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seswpcourse.hosted7.connect.ie\/?p=80"},"modified":"2024-03-20T11:38:48","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T11:38:48","slug":"captaion-hutchison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seswpcourse.hosted7.connect.ie\/index.php\/2024\/03\/14\/captaion-hutchison\/","title":{"rendered":"Captain William Hutchison"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"title single\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Captain Hutchison<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Captain William Hutchison (1793-1881), from County Kildare was the first harbour master of Kingstown. He also acted as coxswain of the Dublin port lifeboat based at Sandycove.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Born 1793 died 1881<a href=\"https:\/\/seswpcourse.hosted7.connect.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/boat-300x175-1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-229\" style=\"border: #000000 6px outset;\" src=\"https:\/\/seswpcourse.hosted7.connect.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/boat-300x175-1.jpg\" alt=\"Broccas view of the wrecked Sandycove lifeboat\" width=\"300\" height=\"175\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Ex Lieutenant in RN<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Inspector of Bulloch Quarries<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Pilot Master Port of Dublin<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">First Harbourmaster Kingstown 1817-1874<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Justice of the Peace<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Described as captain in 1873<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Broccas view of the wrecked Sandycove lifeboat<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Hutchison survived the wreck of the Sandycove lifeboat at Sandycove on 28 December 1821. Four of the crew were drowned when it was upset. They were going to the assistance of the <i>Ellen of Liverpool<\/i> which eventually drove ashore and her crew saved. On 14 August 1829 the brig <i>Iron Duke<\/i> was driven ashore in an easterly gale at Sandycove. The Sandycove lifeboat with Hutchison three coastguards and nine others saved all eleven men, women and children from the wreck. The <i>Iron Duke<\/i> was smashed to pieces immediately after they had completed the rescue.<\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_242\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/seswpcourse.hosted7.connect.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/ellen-300x198-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-242\" class=\"size-full wp-image-242\" style=\"border: #000000 6px outset;\" src=\"https:\/\/seswpcourse.hosted7.connect.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/ellen-300x198-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-242\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Artist\u2019s impression of the Ellen in distress at Sandycove<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">His son (probably Lt W Hutchison junior) won an RNLI silver medal and a Tayleur medal for his part in the rescue work on 9 February 1861 when two coal boats were wrecked at Kingstown pier. This was the rescue during which Captain Boyd and five of his crew were lost. An obelisk commemorates them on the East pier at Dun Laoghaire near the spot where they were lost. Some accounts describe this man as the harbourmaster and some attribute both gold and <a href=\"https:\/\/seswpcourse.hosted7.connect.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/marble-177x300-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-243\" style=\"border: #000000 6px outset;\" src=\"https:\/\/seswpcourse.hosted7.connect.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/marble-177x300-1-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seswpcourse.hosted7.connect.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/marble-177x300-1-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/seswpcourse.hosted7.connect.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/marble-177x300-1-688x1024.jpg 688w, https:\/\/seswpcourse.hosted7.connect.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/marble-177x300-1.jpg 761w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a>silver medals to one man but RNLI sources make a distinction.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"myrighttub\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">It is unclear what became of the Captain\u2019s medals. In the 1970s some work commenced on placing a secure glass fronted display safe to display gold RNLI medal in the D\u00fan Laoghaire Maritime Museum. The work remained incomplete. The RNLI gold medal has not been displayed since and it remains in secure storage. It was the third of fourteen gold medals awarded in Ireland by the RNLI.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Plaque in memory of Capt Hutchison in Mariners\u2019 Church (Maritime Museum)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>References<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">H.A Gilligan Dublin Historical Record, 33, 2, March 1980 (Talk given to Old Dublin Society 31-1-1979)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">John De Courcey Ireland, History of Dun Laoghaire Harbour, De Burca Books 2001.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Barry Cox, Lifeboat gallantry. Spink 1998<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Captain Hutchison Captain William Hutchison (1793-1881), from County Kildare was the first harbour master of Kingstown. He also acted as coxswain of the Dublin port lifeboat based at Sandycove. 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