Thomas Abel Brimage Spratt R.N.
Thomas Abel Brimage Spratt R.N.
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Thomas Abel Brimage Spratt R.N. | Explanation |
Eldest son of James Spratt, R.N. (1771-1853) |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
11 May 1811 | | Born (East Teignmouth) |
1844 | | Married Sophia Dean Price (1816-1900) |
1855 | | C.B. (Commander of the Bath) |
1856 | | Fellow of the Royal Society |
1865 | | Wrote 'Travels and Researches in Crete'. |
12 March 1888 | | Died (Tunbridge Wells) |
Entry in O'Byrnes 1849 'Naval Biographical Dictionary' |
Obituary in the Times newspaper |
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Date | Rank |
June 1827 | Entered Navy |
15 October 1841 | Lieutenant |
5 March 1849 | Commander |
3 January 1855 | Captain |
1 April 1870 | Retired Captain |
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Date from | Date to | Service |
27 January 1835 | 22 February 1836 | Mate in Mastiff, commanded by Lieutenant and commander Thomas Graves, surveying in the Mediterranean |
21 June 1836 | 14 October 1841 | Mate in Beacon, commanded by Lieutenant and commander Thomas Graves, surveying in the Mediterranean |
15 October 1841 | 5 May 1846 | Lieutenant in Beacon, commanded by Commander Thomas Graves, Mediterranean |
6 May 1846 | 29 April 1847 | Lieutenant in Ceylon, commanded by Commander Thomas Graves, receiving ship, Malta |
30 April 1847 | 12 April 1848 | Lieutenant in Volage, commanded by Captain Thomas Graves, surveying in the Mediterranean |
21 April 1851 | 2 January 1855 | Commander in Spitfire, Mediterranean (surveying in Crete) and (1854) Black Sea during the Russian War |
3 January 1855 | 7 February 1856 | Captain in Spitfire, Mediterranean |
8 January 1856 | 9 November 1863 | Captain in Medina, Mediterranean |
10 November 1863 | 16 December 1863 | Captain in Hydra, Mediterranean |
1866 | 1873 | Commisioner of fisheries |
1879 | 12 March 1888 | Chairman of the Mersey conservancy board (until he died) |