Sir Thomas Pye | ||
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| Nationality | British | |
| Date of Birth | 1711 | TIMES |
| Date of Death | 1785/03 | TIMES |
| Place of Death | London | TIMES |
| Ship | Date from | Date to | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lieutenant, 1735/04/18 | W032 | |||
| Captain, 1741/04/13 | W032 | |||
| Seaford | 1741/04/13 | 1744/06/16 | As Commanding Officer | BWAS-1714 |
| Norfolk | 1745 | 1747 | As Commanding Officer | BWAS-1714 |
| Norwich | 1748 | As Commanding Officer | BWAS-1714 | |
| Humber | 1749/04 | 1751 | As Commanding Officer | BWAS-1714 |
| Gosport | 1751/04 | 1752 | As Commanding Officer | BWAS-1714 |
| Advice | 1752/02 | 1756/06 | As Commanding Officer | BWAS-1714 |
| Rear-Admiral of the Blue, 1758/07/08 | W032 | |||
| Rear-Admiral of the Red, 1759/03/14 | W032 | |||
| Vice-Admiral of the Blue, 1762/10/21 | W032 | |||
| Lark | 1766/02/17 | 1767 | As Flag Officer | BWAS-1714 |
| Chatham | 1767/08 | 1769 | As Flag Officer | BWAS-1714 |
| Vice-Admiral of the Red, 1770/10/18 | W032 | |||
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, 1771 | EWIKI | |||
| Royal Oak | 1772 | As Flag Officer | BWAS-1714 | |
| Admiral of the Blue, 1773/06/24 | W032 | |||
| Appointed Knight Bachelor, 1773/06/24 | TKE2 | |||
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, 1777 | EWIKI | |||
| Princess Amelia | 1778 | As Flag Officer | BWAS-1714 | |
| Admiral of the White, 1778/01/29 | W032 | |||
| Notes on Officer | |
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| Obituary | TIMES |
The Times, December 28th, 1785: " ......Monday died, at his house in Suffolk-street, Cavendish-Square, in the 74th year of his age, Sir Thomas Pye, Admiral of the White, and Lieutenant-General of the Marines. He was a person of strictest probity of principle, the nicest sense of honour, and the most benevolent spirit, this or any age has produced. He was, perhaps, the best judge of maritime duty of his time, having served his King and Country in the Royal Navy sixty years, without exciting the enmity of any one person who was not also an enemy to virtue and sensibility...." | |
| Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Description | Author | Type |
| TIMES | The Times (Newspaper) | Document | |
| W032 | Commissioned Sea Officers of the Royal Navy | David Bonner Smith | Web Site |
| BWAS-1714 | British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792 | Rif Winfield | Book |
| EWIKI | Wikipedia | Various | Web Site |
| TKE2 | The Knights of England. A complete record Vol II | William Arthur Shaw and George Dames Burtchaell | Digital Book |