27th. Later life Hoste's health, compromised by his malaria and earlier lung infection, worsened and he was forced to return to England. In 1814, he was made a baronet, and in 1815 he was knighted KCB. In 1825, he was appointed to the royal yacht Royal Sovereign''. In January 1828, he developed a cold which affected his already weakened lungs, and he died of tuberculosis in London on 6 December 1828. He was buried in St John's Chapel, London. There is a memorial to him at St Paul's Cathedral in London. Personal life He married Lady Harriet Walpole (1 March 179218 April 1875) on 17 April 1817. She was the daughter of Horatio Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford and Sophia Churchill. They had the following children: Caroline Harriet Clementina Hoste. Priscilla Anne Hoste (Unknown21 October 1854). Admiral Sir William Legge George Hoste (19 March 181810 Sept 1868). Theodore Oxford Raphael Hoste (31 July 18191835). Psyche Rose Elizabeth Hoste (4 April 18228 July 1904). Wyndham Horatio Nelson Hoste (2 Feb 1825). Legacy Hoste's actions at Cattaro and Ragusa were later immortalised in fiction, where they are attributed to Captain Jack Aubrey, the principal character in Patrick O'Brian's 20 novels of the Aubrey–Maturin series. His actions at Lissa were also imortalised in the Kydd Series, where they are attributed to Captain Thomas Kydd, the protagonist of the Kydd Series written by Julian Stockwin. One of the southernmost islands of Chile is named Hoste Island after him. A small islet in the entrance to the bay of Vis town is named Host after him, while The Sir William Hoste Cricket Club in Vis was founded by the Croatian islanders after learning that he had organised the game there during the British occupation of the island. The Hoste Hotel in Burnham Market, Norfolk, is such named after William Hoste and features a Lord Nelson museum tribute. Once, while in conversation with Hoste's father, Nelson remarked: Lord Radstock once wrote: Notes References Further reading External links Island of Vis Sir William Hoste Cricket Club The Hoste Arms Hotel William Hoste at Three Decks - Warships in the Age of Sail. 1780 births 1828 deaths 19th-century deaths from tuberculosis Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath People from Ingoldisthorpe Royal Navy officers Royal Navy personnel of the French Revolutionary Wars Royal Navy personnel of the Napoleonic Wars Tuberculosis deaths in England Baronets in the Baronetage