Life

He was made a Lieutenant

Lieutenant

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 in 1790, serving on the 98 gun at the 1794 attack on Pointe-à-Pitre

Pointe-à-Pitre

Pointe-à-Pitre is the largest city of Guadeloupe, an overseas région and département of France located in the Lesser Antilles, of which it is a sous-préfecture, being the seat of the Arrondissement of Pointe-à-Pitre....

 on Guadeloupe

Guadeloupe

Guadeloupe is an archipelago located in the Leeward Islands, in the Lesser Antilles, with a land area of 1,628 square kilometres and a population of 400,000. It is the first overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department. As with the other overseas departments, Guadeloupe...

. He was made Commander

Commander (Royal Navy)

Commander is a senior officer rank of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom. It is immediately junior to captain and immediately senior to the rank of lieutenant commander...

 on 25 March 1796 and later that year put in command of the sloop

Sloop

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 , and later the 16 gun (with the latter vessel acting as part of Sir Home Popham's squadron at Ostend

Ostend

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, in May 1798). He was made post captain on August 11, 1800, commanding the 38 gun frigate

Frigate

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 , in which ship he assisted at the reduction of Flushing

Flushing, Netherlands

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 in 1809 during the Walcheren Campaign

Walcheren Campaign

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. He is also recorded as captain of in 1807, part of the blockade off the coast of Portugal

Portugal

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 just before the Peninsular War

Peninsular War

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.

In 1813, Thompson transferred from to take over as Captain of 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

Genoa

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 in April 1814 before returning to Chatham after Napoleon's defeat later that year and decommissioned by 1816. He was in command of c.1827, on the home station. He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral in 1830, and to that of Vice-Admiral in 1841.

External links

• His will at the National Archives
• Record of his death in The Annual Register
• Obituary in The Gentleman's Magazine
• http://books.google.com/books?id=KHNIAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA262&lpg=RA1-PA262&dq. The Annual Register or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature of the Year 1826. (1 July 1826)