Royal Naval Biography/Maling, Thomas James
THOMAS JAMES MALING, Esq
[Post-Captain of 1800.]
This officer, a son of the late Mr. Maling, of West Hennington, co. Durham, was made a Commander Dec. 24, 1798; and obtained post rank Sept. 6, 1800. During the late war, he commanded the Diana and Undaunted frigates, and Mulgrave of 74 guns; and among other vessels captured la Charlotte, a French ship privateer of 14 guns, pierced for 20, with a complement of 118 men; and the San Josephe of 14 guns and 96 men.
In 1817, a Chapel capable of containing about 500 persons, and built at Captain Maling’s expense, near Hylton Ferry, in the county of Durham, was opened for divine service by the Rector of Bishopswearmouth.
Captain Maling was appointed to the Northumberland of 78 guns, lying in the Medway, July 31, 1821; and at present commands the Cambridge 82, on the South American station. He married, Dec. 2, 1811, Harriet, youngest daughter of the late celebrated Dr. Darwin, of the Priory, near Derby.
One of Captain Maling’s sisters is the lady of Earl Mulgrave; another was married to Lieutenant-Colonel Jackson, of the Guards, and died at Lisbon in 1813; a third to Colonel Walsh, formerly a Commissioner of the Victualling Board; and a fourth to Robert Ward, Esq., M.P. for Haslemere, and Clerk of the Ordnance.