A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Ponsonby, Thomas Cabrique
PONSONBY. (Lieutenant, 1827.)
Thomas Cabrique Ponsonby entered the Navy 1 Blarch, 1815; passed his examination in 1822; obtained his commission 30 April, 1827; and served in the Coast Guard from 9 Nov. 1831 until 1836. His appointments have since been – 10 Oct. 1840, to the Lucifer steamer, Capt. Fred. Wm. Beechey, on the coast of Ireland, where he was superseded in Feb. 1841 – 26 April, 1847, to the Poictiers 72, Capt. Sir Thos. Bourchier, lying at Chatham – and, 24 Nov. following, to the command of the Firefly steamer, of 220 horse-power, now on the coast of Africa. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.