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• SIR

SIR

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• 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

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• BART SIR THOMAS TROUBRIDGE

TROUBRIDGE  . (C . 1758-1807), English admiral, was educated at St Paul's School, London, and entered the navy in 1773 . Having seen some service in the East Indies, he was taken prisoner by the French in 1794, but his captivity wasonly a short one and in February 1797 he commanded his ship, the " Culloden," at the battle of Cape St Vincent . In the following July he assisted Nelson in the unsuccessful attack on Santa Cruz, and in August 1798, when getting into position for the attack on the French fleet, the " Culloden " ran aground and was consequently unable to take any part in the battle of the Nile . He then served in the Mediterranean and was created a baronet in 1799; from 18o1 to 1804 he was a lord of the admiralty, being made a rear-admiral just before his retirement . In 18o5 Troubridge was given a command in the East and he went out in the " Blenheim." In January 1807 in this ship, an old and damaged one, he left Madras for the Cape of Good Hope, but off the coast of Madagascar the " Blenheim " foundered in a cyclone and the admiral perished . His only son, Sir Edward Thomas Troubridge, bart . (d . 1852), entered the navy in 1797 and was present at the battle of Copenhagen . From 1831 to 1847 he was member of parliament for Sandwich and from 1835 to 1841 he was a lord of the admiralty . His son, Sir Thomas St Vincent Hope Cochrane Troubridge, bart .

(1815-1867), entered the

army in 1834, and was severely wounded at the battle of Inkerman .