A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Montgomery, Thomas
MONTGOMERY. (Commander, 1815. f-p.,22; h-p., 27.)
Thomas Montgomery, born 10 March, 1786, is son of the Rev. Robt. Montgomery, Rector of Monaghan, whose family for many generations represented co. Monaghan in Parliament.
This officer entered the Royal Naval Academy in July, 1798; embarked, in May, 1802, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Aurora 38, Capt. Micajah Malbon; and in the course of the following year was present, as Midshipman, at the surrender of the islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon. From Feb. 1804 to March, 1806, he served, chiefly at the blockade of Brest, in the Plantagenet 74, Capts. Hon. Michael De Courcy, Fras. Pender, and Wm. Bradley. He then removed to the Forward gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Dan. Shiels, and on 1 Oct. following he was made Lieutenant into the Uranie 38, Capts. Christopher Laroche and Thos. Manby, also on the coast of France. His succeeding appointments were – 13 Oct. 1807, to the Hyacinth sloop, Capt. John Davie, whom he accompanied to the Brazils – 12 Dec. 1808, to the Marlborough 74, Capt. Graham Moore, employed at first on the latter station, and then in the North Sea, where, in 1809, he commanded a division of boats at the bombardment of Flushing, and continued attached to the gun-boat service on the river Scheldt until the evacuation of Walcheren – at the close of 1811 (after about 12 months of half-pay) to the Africaine 38, Capt. Hon. Edw. Rodney, for passage on promotion to the East Indies – in 1812 to the Hecate 18, Capt. Joseph Drury, the boats of which sloop he commanded in Jan. 1813, at the storming of the works of Sambas, a piratical settlement on the coast ot Borneo – and 13 Jan. 1814, to the Clorinde 38, Capt Thos. Briggs, with whom he returned home and was paid off in Sept. of the same year. He was advanced to his present rank 13 June, 1815; and was subsequently employed for a period of seven years in the Coast Guard in Ireland. Agent – Joseph Woodhead.