Royal Naval Biography/Jones, Theobald
THEOBALD JONES, Esq.
[Captain of 1828.]
Served as a midshipman of the Ajax 80, Captain (now Sir Henry) Blackwood; and after the accidental destruction of that ship, by fire, was received on board the Endymion frigate. Captain the Hon. Thomas Bladen Capel, then attached to the squadron proceeding against Constantinople under the command of Sir John T. Duckworth. His first commission bears date July 8th, 1809; from which period we find him with Captain Blackwood, in the Warspite 74, until Feb. 1814; when he was appointed to the Desirée frigate, Captain William Wooldridge. His promotion to the rank of commander took place July 19th, 1814.
This officer’s subsequent appointments were, – Feb. 26th, 1819, to the Cherokee sloop, fitting out for the Leith station; where he continued upwards of three years: – and Oct, 1st, 1827, to the Prince Regent 120, bearing the flag of Sir Henry Blackwood, in the river Medway; in which ship he served, under the command of Captain the Hon. George Poulett, until advanced to his present rank, Aug. 25th, 1828.
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