A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hungerford, Thomas
HUNGERFORD. (Lieutenant, 1826.)
Thomas Hungerford entered the Navy, in 1809, on board the Fortunée 36, Capt. Henry Vansittart. In the boats of that ship, during a cruize on the coast of Ireland, he united in an attack upon an enemy’s schooner, in which the British were repulsed with a loss of 21 men killed and wounded. Towards the close of 1810 he escorted Rear-Admiral Thos. Fras. Fremantle to the Mediterranean; and on 11 Oct. 1811, after having returned with an Algerine Ambassador to England, he assisted at the capture of a most notorious privateer, Le Vice-Amiral Martin [errata 1], of 18 guns and 140 men. During the last two years of the war, Mr. Hungerford further served with Capt. Vansittart on board the Clarence 74, at the blockade of the Texel, Brest, and Rochefort. He then joined the Trent, flagship of Sir Herbert Sawyer at Cork; where he remained until paid off in Nov. 1815. In 1819 he entered the Coast Guard; and in 1823, as a means of procuring his promotion, he again went afloat, in the Harlequin 18, Capt. John Weeks. His commission was at length signed on 27 March, 1826; from 29 Nov. in which year until the close of 1843, he again served in the Coast Guard. He has not since been employed.
Lieut. Hungerford married, in Sept. 1835, Caroline, daughter of the late W. H. Trotter, Esq., of Downpatrick, and niece of a gentleman who was formerly private secretary to the Right Hon. Chas. Jas. Fox. He has issue three children. Agent – Joseph Woodhead.