A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Stuart, Thomas
STUART. (Commander, 1840.)
Thomas Stuart entered the Navy 5 Dec. 1811; passed his examination in 1818; obtained his first commission 5 Jan. 1829; obtained an appointment in the Coast Guard 1 Oct. 1833; was removed from that service to the Pembroke 72, Capt. Fairfax Moresby, on the Mediterranean station, 9 July, 1838; and from 8 Nov. 1839 until promoted, 4 Nov. 1840, to the rank of Commander as a reward for his conduct at the bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre, was employed as First-Lieutenant in the Hazard 18, Capts. Jas. Wilkinson and Hon. Chas. G. J. B. Elliot. He has since been on half-pay.
Commander Stuart married Lucy, daughter of the late Francis Christopher Bland, Esq., of Derryquin Castle, co. Kerry, and grand-daughter, maternally, of Arthur Bastable Herbert, Esq., of Brewsterfield, near Killarney. By that lady he has issue.