Captain Sir James Everard Home, 2nd Baronet, RN CB FRS (25 October 1798 – 1 November 1853), born at Well Manor, Hampshire, England, was an eminent nineteenth century Royal Navy officer.

[4][3] From 1 February 1834 to 5 December 1837, he was commander of the 18-gun sloop HMS Racehorse (1830), serving in the West Indies.

[5][6] Queen Victoria appointed Home to be a Companion of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath in December 1842.

[7] North Star operated in the Bay of Islands during the Flagstaff War between 11 March 1845 and 11 January 1846.

[10] James Everard Home collected a number of Polynesian artefacts during HMS North Star's 1844 South Sea cruise: