A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Thompson, Thomas Pickering
THOMPSON. (Captain, 1847.)
Thomas Pickering Thompson is son of Rear-Admiral John Thompson.
This officer entered the Navy 4 Sept. 1823; passed his examination in 1829; and obtained his first commission 5 June, 1834. His succeeding appointments were – 19 June, 1834, to the Columbine 18, Capt. Thos. Henderson, in which vessel he visited the Mediterranean, accompanied in 1835 the Euphrates Expedition under Lieut.-Colonel Chesney, from Malta to the mouth of the river Orontes, and cruized with success on the coast of Africa – 15 July, 1836, to the Pique 36, Capts. Hon. Henry John Rous and Edw. Boxer, with whom he served on the Home and North America and West India stations until the close of 1839 – and 18 Feb. 1840, as First- Lieutenant, to the Magicienne 24, Capts. Wm. Burnett, Fred. Thos. Michell, and Rich. Laird Warren, part of the force engaged in the operations on the coast of Syria. He attained the rank of Commander 23 Nov. 1841; and was employed in that capacity in the Espiègle 12, in the Channel and East Indies, from 7 Sept. 1844 until advanced to his present rank 25 June, 1847.