A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Gray, Thomas (b)
GRAY. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 12; h-p., 28.)
Thomas Gray (b) was born 5 Nov. 1787, and died 18 Sept. 1845.
This officer entered the Navy, 15 Sept. 1806, as A.B., on board the Elector 16, Capt. Geo. Trollope. After cruizing for some time in the North Sea he proceeded to the Mediterranean, where he became Master’s Mate of the Delight 16, Capts. John Brett Purvis and Lord Balgonie, with the latter of whom, and with Capts. G. W. H. Knight and Sir Thos. John Cochrane, he served, from Aug. 1810 until 8 May, 1815, in the Romulus 36, and Surprise 38, latterly on the American station. He then went on half-pay, having been advanced to the rank of Lieutenant by commission dated 10 Feb. 1815; and, with the exception of a servitude, from 7 Feb. 1829, until 31 Dec. 1830, in the Coast Guard, was not afterwards employed.
Lieut. Gray has left a family of seven children. Agents – Coplands and Burnett.