Sir Thomas Troubridge, 1st Baronet

This article is about the Royal Navy admiral. For others with the same name, see Thomas Troubridge (disambiguation).

Sir Thomas Troubridge, 1st Baronet
Troubridge as a rear-admiral, painted 1804-5 by Sir William Beechey
Born	c. 1758 London
Died	1 February 1807 Aboard HMS Blenheim
Allegiance	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1773–1807
Rank	Rear-admiral
Commands held	HMS Lizard HMS Active HMS Defence HMS Sultan HMS Thames HMS Castor HMS Culloden
Battles/wars	American War of Independence Battle of Sadras Battle of Providien Battle of Negapatam Battle of Trincomalee Battle of Cuddalore French Revolutionary Wars Frigate action of 29 May 1794 Battle of Cape St Vincent Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife Battle of the Nile Blockade of Malta Napoleonic Wars
Awards	Order of Saint Ferdinand and of Merit Naval Gold Medal
Relations	Edward Thomas Troubridge (son)

Sir Thomas Troubridge, 1st Baronet (c. 1758 – 1 February 1807) was a British naval commander and politician.

Life

Troubridge was educated at St Paul's School, London. He entered the Royal Navy in 1773 and, together with Horatio Nelson, served in the East Indies in the frigate Seahorse. In 1785 he returned to England in the Sultan as flag-captain to Admiral Sir Edward Hughes. Appointed to command the frigate Castor in May 1794, he and his ship were captured by the French while escorting a convoy, but he was liberated soon afterwards. On his return he was appointed to command the Culloden, a third-rate ship of the line, in which he led the line at the Battle of Cape St Vincent, being commended for his courage and initiative by Admiral Sir John Jervis. In July 1797 he assisted Nelson in the unsuccessful attack on Santa Cruz de Tenerife, and in August 1798, when getting into position for the attack on the French fleet, the Culloden ran aground on a shoal near the entrance to Aboukir Bay and was consequently unable to take any part in the Battle of the Nile. At Nelson's request, however, he was awarded the gold medal commemorating the victory.

He then served in the Mediterranean and was created a baronet in 1799; from 1801 to 1804 he was a Lord of the Admiralty, being made a rear-admiral just before his retirement. In 1805 Troubridge was appointed to command the eastern half of the East Indies Station and he went out in the Blenheim. On his arrival the area of command was changed to that of the Cape Station. He left Madras in January 1807 for the Cape of Good Hope, but off the coast of Madagascar, the Blenheim, an old and damaged ship, foundered in a cyclone and the admiral and all others on board perished.

See also

• O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). " Troubridge, Edward Thomas#cite_note-Thomas_Troubridge-1".  A Naval Biographical Dictionary. John Murray. Wikisource. 

References

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External links

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
• Leigh Rayment's list of baronets

Military offices
Preceded by Sir Edward Pellew (commanding on his own)	Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station (jointly with Sir Edward Pellew) 1805–1807	Succeeded by Sir Edward Pellew (commanding on his own)
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by William Loftus Henry Jodrell	Member of Parliament for Great Yarmouth 1802–1806 With: Thomas Jervis	Succeeded by Edward Harbord Stephen Lushington
Baronetage of Great Britain
New creation	Baronet (of Plymouth) 1799–1806	Succeeded by Edward Thomas Troubridge