A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Christopher, Thomas Borradaile
CHRISTOPHER. (Lieutenant, 1841. f-p., 21; h-p., 1.)
Thomas Borradaile Christopher entered the Navy, 21 May, 1825, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Herald yacht, Capts. Geo. Luke, Augustus Wm. Jas. Clifford, Henry Eden, and Edw. Wm. Corry Astley, in which, under Capt. Clifford, he attended the Duke of Devonshire on the occasion of his splendid embassy to Russia in Sept. 1826. Between June, 1827, and May, 1832, he next served, as Midshipman, in the Clio 18, Capt. Robt. Deans, Tweed 28, Capt. Lord Henry John Spencer Churchill, and Prince Regent 120, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Wm. Parker, on the Irish station, at the Cape of Good Hope, and in the Tagus. Having passed his examination, he then proceeded to the West Indies as Mate of the Pearl 20, Capt. Robt. Gordon; after which he joined, in 1835, the Pylades 18, Capt. Wm. Langford Castle, an active anti-slaver, on the coast of Africa, and, in Nov. 1839, the Blonde 42, Capt. Thos. Bourchier, with whom he shared in the various operations connected with the campaign in China,[1] where he was appointed, 5 June, 1841, as Acting-Lieutenant, to the Blenheim 72, Capt. Thos. Herbert, and, by commission dated on 8 of the same month, to the Herald 26, Capt. Joseph Nias. Mr. Christopher, who returned to England in April, 1843, was subsequently appointed, 29 Aug. and 31 Dec. 1844, to the Excellent, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, and Acorn 16, Capt. John Elliot Bingham, in which latter vessel he is now serving, as First-Lieutenant, in the East Indies.
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1841, pp. 1503-1505.