A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Mowbray, Thomas
MOWBRAY. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 10; h-p., 32.)
Thomas Mowbray entered the Royal Naval College 15 Nov. 1805; and embarked, 23 Dec. 1808, as Midshipman, on board the Boadicea 38, Capt. John Hatley; with whom, after serving for upwards of 12 months at the Cape of Good Hope, he returned to England, in July, 1810, in the Raisonnable 64. Between the latter period and the date of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 2 Feb. 1813, we find him employed on the Home station in the Tonnant 80, Capt. Sir John Gore, Elizabeth 74, Capt. Edw. Leveson Gower, Royal William, flagship of Sir Roger Curtis, and Tyrian brig, Capt. Augustus Baldwin. His last appointment was, 3 Nov. 1813, to the Surprise 38, Capt. Sir Thos. John Cochrane; in which ship he beheld the attacks upon Washington and Baltimore in 1814, and participated in the operations on the coast of Georgia.
He was placed on half-pay 1 Sept. 1815. Agent Fred. Dufaur.