See also:SIR See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
THOMAS MASTERMAN See also:HARDY
, See also:Bart
.
(1769-1839), See also:British See also:vice-See also:admiral, of the Portisham (See also:Dorsetshire) See also:family of See also:Hardy, was See also:born on the 5th of See also:April 1769, and in 1781 began
his career as a sailor
.
He became See also:lieutenant in 1793, and in 1796, being then attached to the " Minerve " See also:frigate, attracted the See also:attention of See also:Nelson by his gallant conduct
.
He continued to serve with distinction, and in 1798 was promoted to be See also:captain of the " Vanguard," Nelson's See also:flagship
.
In the " St See also:George " he did valuable See also:work before the See also:battle of See also:Copenhagen in 18or, and his association with Nelson was crowned by his See also:appointment in 1803 to the " Victory " as See also:flag-captain, in which capacity he was engaged at the battle of See also:Trafalgar in 18o5, witnessed Nelson's will, and was in See also:close attendance on him at his See also:death
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Hardy was created a See also:baronet in 1806
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He was then employed on the See also:North See also:American station, and later (1819), was made See also:commodore and See also:commander-in-See also:chief on the See also:South American station, where his able conduct came prominently into See also:notice
.
In 1825 he became See also:rear-admiral, and in See also:December 1826 escorted the expeditionary force to See also:Lisbon
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In 183o he was made first See also:sea See also:lord of the See also:admiralty, being created G.C.B. in 1831
.
In 1834 he was appointed See also:governor of See also:Greenwich See also:hospital, where thence-forward he devoted himself with conspicuous success to the See also:charge of the See also:naval pensioners; in 1837 he became vice-admiral
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He died at Greenwich on the loth of See also:September 1839
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In 1807 he had married See also:Anne Louisa Emily, daughter of See also:Sir George Cranfield See also:Berkeley, under whom he had served on the North American station, and by her he had three daughters, the baronetcy becoming See also:extinct
.
See See also:Marshall, Royal Naval See also:Biography, ii. and iii.; See also:Nicolas, Despatches of Lord Nelson; Broadley and Bartelot, The Three See also:Dorset Captains at Trafalgar (1906), and Nelson's Hardy, his See also:Life, Letters and See also:Friends (1909)
.
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