NAME AUTHORITIES: NRA: Briggs Sir Thomas (1780-1852) Knight Admiral LBT ID: ThBrigg1852 | B/BAP: 1780 DIED: 1852-12-16 |
SOURCES: Gentleman's Magazine (February 1853) 199 | |
The son of Stephen Briggs; he was a naval captain during the Napoleonic Wars, promoted to
admiral in 1850. | |
REFERENCES TO Sir Thomas Briggs: Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 25 August 1820 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) |