Sir Thomas Graves

Posted by G.S. Mlx on Saturday 18th of April 2026 17:17

Admiral Sir Thomas Graves was not the Captain and commanding officer of the Brunswick 1807-1808, but it was a relation who was named Thomas and the natural son of Admiral Lord Thomas Graves by Sarah Davy

Posted by Tim Oakley on Friday 23rd of January 2026 04:34

It was not till October 1800 that he was appointed to command the Cumberland of 74 guns, in the Channel fleet, under the orders of Lord St. Vincent. This was only for a few months; for on 1 Jan. 1801 he was promoted to be rear-admiral of the white, and in March hoisted his flag on board the Polyphemus of 64 guns, one of the fleet proceeding to the Baltic with Sir Hyde Parker (1739–1807) [q. v.] Graves afterwards shifted his flag to the Defiance, and in her was second in command under Lord Nelson at the battle of Copenhagen, 2 April 1801. For his services on this important occasion he received the thanks of parliament, and was nominated by the king a knight of the order of the Bath. Towards the end of July the fleet quitted the Baltic, and on its return to England Graves, who had been in very bad health during the greater part of the campaign, retired from active service. He became a vice-admiral on 9 Nov. 1805, admiral on 2 Aug. 1812, and died at his house near Honiton in 1814 ref Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900