A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Brock, Thomas Saumarez
BROCK. (Commander, 1842.)
Thomas Saumarez Brock entered the Navy, 9 Feb. 1815; passed his examination in 1822; obtained his first commission 12 May, 1827; and was appointed, 4 Feb. 1828, to the Blonde 46, Capt. Edm. Lyons, under whom he served for some time at the blockade of Navarin, and in co-operation with the French at the reduction of Morea Castle, where his zeal and intelligence, at the landing of the guns, 18 Oct. 1828, were very conspicuous.[1] Since quitting the latter ship he has been uninterruptedly engaged in the survey of the Mediterranean – first, from Nov. 1830, to May, 1836, in the Mastiff, Meteor, and Beacon, as assistant to Lieut. James Wolfe and Capt. Rich. Copeland then for nearly six years in command of the Magpie – and, since 5 March, 1844, in command, also, of the Bonetta brigantine. He was advanced to his present rank while in the Magpie, 7 March, 1842.
Commander Brock married, 10 Feb. 1835, Miss Dickson, and has issue. Agents – Messrs. Chard.
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1828, p. 2201.