Sir Thomas Troubridge, 1st Baronet
Royal Navy admiral (1758-1807)
Rear-Admiral of the Blue Sir Thomas Troubridge, 1st Baronet (22 June 1757 – 1 February 1807) was a Royal Navy officer. As a junior officer he saw action at the Battle of Sadras in February 1782 during the American War of Independence and the Battle of Trincomalee in September 1782 during the American War of Independence. He commanded the third-rate Culloden at the Battle of Cape St. Vincent in February 1797 during the French Revolutionary Wars. He went on to be First Naval Lord and then served as Commander-in-Chief, East Indies, during the Napoleonic Wars.
Naval career
Born the son of Richard Troubridge, a baker, Troubridge was educated at St Paul's School, London. He entered the Royal Navy as an able seaman on 8 October 1773 and, together with Horatio Nelson, served in the East Indies in the frigate HMS Seahorse. He was promoted from midshipman to lieutenant on 1 January 1781 on the newly purchased sloop Chaser. On 3 March he returned to Seahorse. In her he took part in the Battle of Trincomalee in February 1782 during the American War of Independence and the Battle of Sadras in September 1782 during the Anglo-French War.
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