A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Waghorn, Thomas
WAGHORN. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
Thomas Waghorn entered the Navy 10 Nov. 1812; was advanced to his present rank 23 March, 1842; and has since been on half-pay. This officer has rendered himself famous as being the originator of the overland mail to India via Trieste. His zeal and activity in the cause of the public have been acknowledged by a pension from the Hon.E.I.Company.