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12-08-2011, 19:36
From Wikipedia: Sir Tomas Hardy, 1st Baronet
Had a long and intersting career rising from captains servent at age 12, to Nelsons fleet captain, Vice Admiral & Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty.
Service 1790-1839
Rank -Vice-Admiral of the Blue
BATTLES/ WARS American war of Independence, French Revolutionary Wars, Napoleonic Wars, War of 1812
Had a long and intersting career rising from captains servent at age 12, to Nelsons fleet captain, Vice Admiral & Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty.
Service 1790-1839
Rank -Vice-Admiral of the Blue
BATTLES/ WARS American war of Independence, French Revolutionary Wars, Napoleonic Wars, War of 1812