Royal Naval Biography/Sherwin, Thomas Cowper
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THOMAS COWPER SHERWIN, Esq.
[Commander.]
Was made a lieutenant on the 22d July, 1796; and promoted to his present rank, “for long and active services,” May 27th, 1825. During part of the late war, he commanded the Flamer gun-brig; and, since the peace, the Sprightly cutter. He was appointed an inspecting commander in the Irish coast guard service in 1819; and a stipendiary magistrate at the Cape of Good Hope, in 1834.