Naval officer, the younger brother of the poet William Sotheby; he was made rear-admiral in 1805 and served in the Channel fleet. His first wife Sarah (d. 1802) was the youngest daughter of the poet Christopher Anstey.

REFERENCES TO Thomas Sotheby:

Robert Southey to Thomas Southey, 22 November 1808 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)