A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Belgrave, Thomas
BELGRAVE. (Lieut., 1843. f-p., 16; h-p., 1.)
Thomas Belgrave is eldest son of the Rev. Thos. Belgrave, Rector of North Kilworth, co. Leicester.
This officer entered the Navy, 19 March, 1830, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Curlew 10, Capts. Geo. Woollcombe and Henry Dundas Trotter, employed in suppressing the slave-trade on the west coast of Africa, where he witnessed the capture, in 1833, of the piratical schooner Panda. He next served, as Midshipman, in the Flamer steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commander Chas. Wm. Griffith Griffin, in the West Indies, Harrier 18, Capt. Wm. Henry Hallowell Carew, in South America, and North Star 18, Capt. Ootavius Vernon Harcourt, on the same station; passed his examination 2 Nov. 1836; and was subsequently employed as Mate, on the South American, Home, and Mediterranean stations, of the Samarang 28, Capt. Wm. Broughton, Dublin 50, Capt. Robt. Tait, Excellent gunnery-ship, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, Rodney 92, Capt. Robt. Maunsell, and Lizard steamer, Lieut.-Commanders Walter Grimstone Bucknall Estcourt and Chas. Jas. Postle. He was in the Rodney at the blockade of Alexandria in 1840, and on board the Lizard when run down and sunk by the French steamer Véloce, 24 July, 1843. His appointments, since his promotion, which took place on 1 Nov. in the latter year, have been – 6 Dec. 1843, again to the Excellent – 30 Aug. 1844, as Additional-Lieutenant, to the Eclair steam-sloop, Capt. W. G. B. Estcourt, on the coast of Africa – 7 Jan. 1845, in a similar capacity, to the Vindictive 50, flag-ship in North America and the West Indies of Sir Fras. Wm. Austen – and, 14 Aug. 1845, to the President 50, as Flag-Lieutenant to his father-in-law, Rear-Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres, at the Cape of Good Hope.
Lieut. Belgrave married, 24 Sept. 1845, Charlotte, daughter of Rear-Admiral Dacres.