Sir Norborne Thompson, 2nd Baronet
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| Sir Norborne Thompson, 2nd baronet Thompson |
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| 1770 – 28 May 1844 | |
| Allegiance | .svg/25px-Union_flag_1606_(Kings_Colors).svg.png){kind=small} Great Britain / United Kingdom |
| Service/branch |  Navy |
| Years of service | 1755-1798 |
| Rank | Vice admiral |
| Commands held | HMS Zebra, HMS Savage, HMS Aboukir, HMS Revenge |
| Battles/wars | French Revolutionary Wars, Napoleonic Wars (Walcheren Campaign) |
| Relations | Charles Thompson (father, also a naval officer) |
Sir Norborne Thompson, 2nd Baronet (1770-28 May 1844, Great Russell Street, London) was the eldest son of the Royal Navy vice admiral Charles Thompson, whose baronetcy he inherited in 1798 and who he followed into the Navy in 1778.
[edit] Life
He was made a Lieutenant in 1790, serving on the 98 gun HMS Boyne at the 1794 attack on Pointe-à-Pitre on Guadaloupe. He was made Commander on 25th March, 1796 and later that year put in command of the sloop HMS Zebra, and later the 16 gun HMS Savage (with the latter vessel acting as part of Sir Home Popham's squadron at Ostend, in May 1798). He was made post captain on August 11, 1800, commanding the 38 gun frigate HMS Perlin, in which ship he assisted at the reduction of Flushing in 1809 during the Walcheren Campaign.[1] He is also recorded as captain of HMS Foudroyant in 1807, part of the blockade off the coast of Portugal just before the Peninsular War.[2]
In 1813, Thompson transferred from HMS Bombay to take over as Captain of HMS Aboukir whilst the latter ship was still on station in the Mediterranean.[1] Aboukir remained on station in the Mediterranean, taking part in the capture of Genoa in April 1814 before returning to Chatham after Napoleon's defeat later that year and decommissioned by 1816. He was in command of HMS Revenge c.1827, on the home station.[3] He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral in 1830, and to that of Vice-Admiral in 1841.
