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Thank you. I’ve had very little luck figuring out who it is. I feel like I should have enough between the partial name, captain rank and year of birth, but nothing yet.

What is this captain’s name please? It looks like Hames or Hanes, Hamer or Haner. Maybe even Horner?

It was painted in 1825 when he was in his 77th year, so born in 1748-1749 by my reckoning.

It says “Captain” and “R.N.” but he may have worked as a captain of a merchant vessel after serving with the Royal Navy in a more junior capacity (everything is possible).

Please note - this image is part of a picture listed for auction currently with Griffin’s Auctioneers and the images are theirs:
https://auctions.griffinsauctions.co.uk/catalogue/lot/0c80aa7ba7aa0538b41b1fd87f874fa3/bc09431f170ad976be15f1da4fefbdfd/antiques-interiors-collectables-lot-531/

(@admin, I think this is ok isn’t it?)

Because of the dashes between the words, I’ve assumed that “Ruby”, “Cousin” and “Lusa” are different people. That said, it seems odd not to have named the cousin, they’ve been properly relegated to “some random relative” status.

Thank you Shelley. I might see if there are any company records I can access. If he ran his own brokerage then I assume he will be registered at a director somewhere.