Thomas Huskisson
| Thomas Huskisson | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1784 Eastry, Kent |
| Died | 1844 Upper Deal, Kent |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch |
 Royal Navy
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| Years of service | 1780s to 1819 |
| Rank | Royal Navy Admiral |
| Commands held |
Pelorus Garland Euryalus Leeward Islands Station |
| Battles/wars |
French Revolutionary Wars • Battle of Groix • Capture of Trinidad Napoleonic Wars • Battle of Cape Finisterre |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |
Thomas Huskisson (1784–1844) was an officer in the Royal Navy. Thomas Huskisson was half-brother of William Huskisson, the British politician.
Huskisson joined the Royal Navy in 1800 and saw action at the Battle of Trafalgar on HMS Defence in 1805. In early 1808 Lieutenant Huskisson commissioned the schooner Fleur de la Mer. He had come out to the Jamaica station on Melpomene, and once there Vice-Admiral Sir B. S. Rowley appointed him to Fleur de la Mer and put him to cruising off San Domingo. There he rescued a gentleman who had fallen afoul of Henri Christophe. Huskisson also visited Cartagena, where he was able to intercede and win the release of seven persons who had accompanied General Miranda's British-supported and unsuccessful attempted invasion of the Captaincy General of Venezuela in 1806.
Huskisson was promoted to commander on 19 January 1809, but did not find out about his promotion until May, at which time he transferred to command the Cruizer-class brig-sloop Pelorus. On 16 October, Pelorus and Hazard discovered a privateer schooner moored under the St Mary battery. Fire from Hazard and Pelorus destroyed the battery while boats from both ships boarded the privateer. Her crew had abandoned the vessel but fired from the shore where two field pieces joined them. Unable to move the prize, the British blew her up. The privateer was armed with one long 18-pounder on a pivot carriage and two swivels; the British estimated that she had had a crew of 80-100 men. The action cost the British 15 men dead and wounded, with Pelorus accounting for two dead and six wounded, one mortally. In February 1810 Pelorus participated in the capture of Guadeloupe.
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