Thomas Revell Shivers
Thomas Revell Shivers (1751 – 1 June 1827) was a Royal Navy officer in the 18th/19th century who rose to be Vice Admiral.
Life and career
He was born in
In August 1778, he replaced Lt Howell Lloyd in command of the 10-gun
On 24 January 1782, he came back into active service as commander of HMS Espion, a newly captured French ship of 16 guns. He sailed her to the Leeward Islands.[3]
In May 1789, he was given command of the 18 gun
From 1794 to 1797, he had another long period of shore leave before taking command of the recently captured Dutch ship HMS Zealand in March 1797. In September Shrivers took command of HMS Standard. After a further year of shore leave he took his final active command on the 74-gun HMS Defence (1763 \6) in February 1799 plying the south English coast.[1]
Shivers retired from active duty in December 1800. He was promoted several times thereafter ending at the rank of Vice Admiral.[4]
Shivers died at Wickham on 1 June 1827, and was buried there in St Nicholas' Church on 8 June.[5]
Family
His wife Mary South died at Havelock House in Wickham in 1846.
He was uncle (through marriage) to James Buchanan Macaulay.
References
- ^ a b c "Thomas Revell Shivers". Morethannelson.com. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ "ADMIRAL THOMAS REVALL SHIVERS" (PDF). Wickhamhistory.org.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ "British cutter 'Espion' (1782)". Threedecks.org. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ Royal Naval Biography by John Marshall
- ^ "Admiral Thomas Revell Shivers". Wickhamhistory.org.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2022.