; 
SOME ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE 
OF THE LATE CAPTAIN HUDDART, F.RS., 
By EE. 2. TYSON: 
(Read at Maryport, October, 1879.) 
THE subject of this memoir—though of great eminence in his day 
—appears to be little known to the present generation. A native 
of Cumberland, born at yonder little fishing village—Allonby— 
and connected very intimately with our own more pretentious 
_ sea-side town—especially during the earlier period of his notable 
and distinguished career—it occurred to me that some account of 
_ him might prove not altogether uninteresting or uninstructive. 
The prominent features of his character, as disclosed by the 
narrative of his life, are, to my mind, great steadfastness of purpose, 
and industry. These excellent qualities, combined with the great 
mental endowments he possessed, and had the wisdom to cultivate 
and to apply to practical purposes, enabled him to rise from 
comparatively humble, though respectable surroundings, to a 
position of considerable social influence, and to acquire in the 
_ world of Science an undoubtedly high reputation as a hydrographer, 
navigator, and engineer. It is somewhat singular that in our own 
county so little should be known about him, and that—save a 
short notice of his life which appeared in the Gentleman’s Magazine 
and other periodicals of former days, and a memoir compiled in 
the year 1821 by his then only surviving son, and which appears 
to have been chiefly, if not exclusively, designed for private 
