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Sir Thomas Pasley (Baronet Pasley of Craig)


NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
Date of Birth2.3.1734TRN3
First Known Service10.1751TRN3
Father James Pasley (1692/3–1773) ODNB
Mother Magdalen Elliot ODNB
WifeMary Heywood (d.1788)ref:676
DaughterUnknownref:676
DaughterUnknownref:676
Nephew
Thomas BriggsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1791-1847
NBD1849
GrandsonE-WIKI
Last Known Service9.11.1805TRN3
Date of Death29.11.1808 - WinchesterTRN3
Cause of DeathDropsyTRN3

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
1.8.1757 Passed the Lieutenant's Examination ADM 107/5/7RNLPC
10.10.1757 LieutenantCSORN
9.8.1762 CommanderCSORN
9.8.176212.2.1763
Albany (14) 1745-1763
British 14 Gun
Unrated Sloop
1747 Renamed "Albany"
, Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/427
BWAS-1714
10.2.176417.2.1767
Ranger (8) 1752-1783
British 8 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/6
BWAS-1714
14.3.176918.9.1770
Weazle (16) 1745-1779
British 16 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/231
BWAS-1714
18.9.177021.1.1771
Pomona (18) 1761-1776
British 18 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/291
BWAS-1714
21.1.1771 CaptainCSORN
21.1.177123.4.1773
Seahorse (24) 1748-1784
British 24 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/340
BWAS-1714
6.9.177630.10.1778
Glasgow (20) 1757-1779
British 20 Gun
6th Rate Ship
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/21/212
BWAS-1714
30.10.177826.9.1780
Sibyl (28) 1779-1798
British 28 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
1795 Renamed "Garland"
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/21/467
BWAS-1714
20.9.178028.7.1783
Jupiter (50) 1778-1808
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/22/173
BWAS-1714
16.4.1781 Battle of Porto Praya 
21.7.1781 Attack in Saldanha Bay 
21.10.17898.5.1790Appointed Commander-in-Chief — River Medway and The Nore ADM 6/24/7ADM 6/24
21.10.178919.7.1790
Scipio (64) 1782-1798
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/24/6
BWAS-1714
17.7.17909.9.1791
Bellerophon (74) 1786-1836
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1824 Renamed "Captivity"
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/24/51
BWAS-1793
25.12.179028.3.1791Appointed Commander-in-Chief — River Medway and The Nore ADM 6/24/98ADM 6/24
10.9.179127.10.1792
Vengeance (74) 1774-1816
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Commodore, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/24/134
BWAS-1714
19.9.1791 Appointed Commander-in-Chief — River Medway and The Nore ADM 6/24/136ADM 6/24
11.9.17939.1.1794
Bellerophon (74) 1786-1836
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1824 Renamed "Captivity"
, Commodore, and Commanding Officer
ref:676
9.1.179411.4.1794
Bellerophon (74) 1786-1836
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1824 Renamed "Captivity"
, as Flag Officer, Commodore, ADM 6/25/3
ADM 6/25
12.4.1794 Rear-Admiral of the BlueCSORN
12.4.17941.6.1796
Bellerophon (74) 1786-1836
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1824 Renamed "Captivity"
, as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the White,
BWAS-1793
1.6.1794 Woundedref:1665
1.6.1794 Glorious 1st of June 
4.7.1794 Rear-Admiral of the RedCSORN
26.7.1794 Appointed Baronet Pasley of CraigE-WIKI
1.6.1795 Vice-Admiral of the WhiteCSORN
16.6.179517.6.1795First Battle of Groix 
14.2.1799 Admiral of the BlueCSORN
29.3.17991802Appointed Commander-in-Chief — PlymouthTRN4
5.179912.5.1802
Cambridge (80) 1755-1808
British 80 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, as Flag Officer, Admiral of the Blue,
BWAS-1714
9.11.1805 Admiral of the WhiteCSORN

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Posted by John Edward Sabine Pasley on Wednesday 7th of November 2018 19:53

My cousin now has Sir Thomas's sextant and telescope plus his log books including the Bellerophon.My grandmother always got them out for me to look at when I would visit her.


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