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Home Riggs Popham
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<p><a href="/facts/Rear_Admiral_(Royal_Navy)/qyNlY43k">Rear-Admiral</a> Sir Home Riggs Popham, <a href="/facts/Order_of_the_Bath/as761RvN">KCB</a>, <a href="/facts/Royal_Guelphic_Order/ors0WpcF">KCH</a> (12 October 1762 – 20 September 1820), was a <a href="/facts/Royal_Navy/Xdy8YCH7">Royal Navy</a> officer and politician who served in the <a href="/facts/French_Revolutionary_and_Napoleonic_Wars/70wQFNyB">French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars</a>. He is known for his scientific accomplishments, particularly the development of a signal code that was adopted by the Royal Navy in 1803. </p>