Jump to content

Royal Naval Biography/Hichens, Thomas Cuthbert

From Wikisource
2272594Royal Naval Biography — Hichens, Thomas CuthbertJohn Marshall


THOMAS CUTHBERT HICHENS, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1814.]

Was made commander Aug. 26, 1808; and appointed to the Zephyr sloop, Aug. 3, 1811. In that vessel he captured the American letter of marque schooner Antelope, of 10 guns and 32 men, bound with a cargo from New York to Bourdeaux, Dec. 10, 1812. His post commission bears date June 7, 1814.

Captain Hichens married, Aug. 8, 1814, R. E. Pearce, of Manchester Square, London; and died near Havre de Grace, in 1825.