Captain Sir Andrew Snape Hamond, 1st Baronet (17 December 1738 – 12 September 1828) was a British naval officer and Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia from 1781 to 1782 and Comptroller of the Navy from 1794 to 1828.
Born in Blackheath, London, England, the son of Robert Hamond and Susannah Snape, he joined the Royal Navy in 1753 and served during the Seven Years' War and the American Revolution.
From 1780 until 1784, Hamond was appointed Resident Commissioner of the Navy, Halifax Nova Scotia.
He ordered troops to end the Raid on Lunenburg, Nova Scotia (1782).
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