Sir Thomas Ussher KCH, CB | |
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.png) Portrait of Sir Thomas Ussher by Andrew Morton | |
| Born | 1779 Dublin, Ireland |
| Died | 6 January 1848 (aged 68–69) Queenstown, Ireland |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service |  Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1791–1848 |
| Rank | Rear Admiral |
| Commands | HM hired armed cutter Nox HM hired armed cutter Joseph HM hired armed brig Colpoys HMS Redwing HMS Leyden HMS Hyacinth HMS Euryalus HMS Undaunted HMS Duncan Commodore-Superintendent, Bermuda Dockyard Commander-in-Chief at Cork Station |
| Battles / wars | French Revolutionary Wars Napoleonic Wars |
Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Ussher KCH CB (1779 – 6 January 1848) was an Anglo-Irish officer of the British Royal Navy who served with distinction during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, and who in 1814 conveyed Napoleon Bonaparte into exile in Elba.[1] He was nicknamed Undaunted Ussher.[2]
- ^ "Portrait of Captain Sir Thomas Ussher (1779–1848) by Andrew Morton (1802–1845) at the National Maritime Museum". Art UK. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ^ Famous Fighters of the Fleet, Edward Fraser, 1904, p.198