Sir Norborne Thompson, 2nd Baronet

Infobox Military Person
name=Sir Norborne Thompson,
2nd baronet Thompson


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born=1770
died=28 May 1844
placeofbirth=
placeofdeath=
allegiance=
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serviceyears=1755-1798
rank=Vice admiral
unit=
commands=HMS|Zebra|1780|6, HMS|Savage, HMS|Aboukir|1807|6, HMS|Revenge|1805|6
battles=French Revolutionary Wars, Napoleonic Wars
(Walcheren Campaign)
relations=Charles Thompson
(father, also a naval officer)

Sir Norborne Thompson, 2nd Baronet (1770-28 May 1844, Great Russell Street, London) was the eldest son of the Royal Navy vice admiral Charles Thompson, whose baronetcy he inherited in 1798 and who he followed into the Navy in 1778.

Life

He was made a Lieutenant in 1790, serving on the 98 gun HMS|Boyne|1790|6 at the 1794 attack on Pointe-à-Pitre on Guadaloupe. He was made Commander on 25 March, 1796 and later that year put in command of the sloop HMS|Zebra|1780|6, and later the 16 gun HMS|Savage (with the latter vessel acting as part of Sir Home Popham's squadron at Ostend, in May 1798). He was made post captain on August 11 1800, commanding the 38 gun frigate HMS|Perlin, in which ship he assisted at the reduction of Flushing in 1809 during the Walcheren Campaign. [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=tVwBAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PA438&lpg=RA1-PA438&dq=%22norborne+thompson%22+royal+navy&source=web&ots=VQ4gkFN7To&sig=bpBKgDTns-rkt6Z-xsiHnvXsJ4Q#PRA1-PA437,M1 "The Naval History of Great Britain"] ] He is also recorded as captain of HMS|Foudroyant|1798|6 in 1807, part of the blockade off the coast of Portugal just before the Peninsular War. [ [http://www.ageofnelson.org/MichaelPhillips/info.php?ref=5356 Age of Nelson] ]

In 1813, Thompson transferred from HMS|Bombay|1808|6 to take over as Captain of HMS|Aboukir|1807|6 whilst the latter ship was still on station in the Mediterranean. [http://www.kenripper.btinternet.co.uk/AlexRepper/RipperHampstead.htm] "Aboukir" remained on station in the Mediterranean, taking part in the capture of Genoa in April 1814 before returning to Chatham after Napoleon's defeat later that year and decommissioned by 1816. He was in command of HMS|Revenge|1805|6 c.1827, on the home station. [ [http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowBiog.php?id=217 Service record of William Loney RN] ; [http://www.pbenyon1.plus.com/Nbd/exec/B/Index.html RN Executive Officers] ; and ] He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral in 1830, and to that of Vice-Admiral in 1841.

References

External links

* [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?queryType=1&resultcount=1&Edoc_Id=89362 His will] at the National Archives
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=jc0kh800jGIC&pg=RA3-PA245&lpg=RA3-PA245&dq=%22norborne+thompson%22+royal+navy&source=web&ots=43uHE6dLTj&sig=7m8JXJDQaI-Hzl9Au8N-3RD9MmQ Record of his death in "The Annual Register"]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=1n_MJiukLTgC&pg=RA1-PA208&lpg=RA1-PA208&dq=%22norborne+thompson%22+royal+navy&source=web&ots=cHzoAV6_5_&sig=KUinMmVIvIyuxU0awbe7lo3eFa8 Obituary in "The Gentleman's Magazine"]