Their oldest son, Thomas Hompesch Christian (1810 - 1858), also joined the navy and reached the rank of commander.
On 11 August 1809 this squadron sailed up the Western Scheldt under a light wind, suffering minor damage from the shore batteries of Flushing and Cadzand.
[3] The American schooner Price was captured on 15 April 1813, and the prize money was shared by agreement with the captain and crew of HMS Surveillante.
[6] On 16 September 1824 Christian was appointed Captain of the 42-gun Owen Glendower, and sailed in that frigate to South Africa where he took up his post as commander-in-chief of the Cape of Good Hope Station.
[3] A collection of his papers held at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich is mostly concerned with his activities on that station.
[7] In 1826 Christian impounded the Portuguese merchant ship Gratidao, leading to a court case and much correspondence.
While he was Commodore the British were attempting to establish a settlement at Mombasa, and were negotiating a treaty with King Radama I of Madagascar to suppress the slave trade.