Thomas Owen Knox R.N.
Thomas Owen Knox R.N.
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Thomas Owen Knox R.N. | Explanation |
Son of Lieutenant-Cplonel Thomas Knox (1765-1805) |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
14 February 1803 | | Born (London) |
19 September 1848 | | Married Louisa Isabella (1818-1892), daughter of Major-General Matthew Chitty Darby-Griffith |
30 April 1851 | | Died (at Malta, in command of Firebrand) |
Entry in O'Byrnes 1849 'Naval Biographical Dictionary' |
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Date | Rank |
14 February 1816 | Entered Navy |
24 April 1824 | Lieutenant |
15 February 1836 | Commander |
14 June 1842 | Captain |
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Date from | Date to | Service |
24 April 1824 | 6 June 1824 | Lieutenant in Spartiate, flagship of Rear-Admiral George Eyre, South America |
7 June 1824 | 25 September 1827 | Lieutenant in Eclair (1807, brig-sloop), commanded by Commander Thomas Bourchier, South America |
7 July 1828 | 8 September 1828 | Lieutenant in Pyramus, commanded by Captain George Rose Sartorius, South America |
9 September 1828 | 14 March 1831 | Lieutenant in Pallas, commanded by Captain Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence then Captain Manley Hall Dixon, particular service and West Indies |
10 August 1831 | March 1835 | Lieutenant in Magicienne, commanded by Captain James Hanway Plumridge, East India station |
29 March 1836 | 15 February 1840 | Commander (2ic) in Minden, commanded by Commander Alexander Renton Sharpe, Mediterranean |
13 May 1840 | 13 August 1842 | Commander (2ic) in Rodney, commanded by Captain Robert Maunsell, Mediterranean |
3 June 1846 | 5 October 1849 | Steam factory, Woolwich |
6 October 1849 | 30 April 1851 | Captain in Firebrand, Mediterranean (until he died at Malta) |