Sir Thomas Ussher

(1779-1848)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Ussher, Thomas, Sir, 1779-1848 DNB: Ussher, Sir Thomas (1779-1848), naval officer LBT ID: ThUsshe1848 VIAF ID: 69752863	B/BAP: 1779 DIED: 1848-01-06
SOURCES: Gentleman's Magazine (April 1848) 435-37; DNB; Virtual International Authority File
The son of the Rev Henry Ussher, first Astronomer Royal of Ireland; he was educated at Trinity College Dublin and was captain of the Undaunted, which carried Napoleon to St. Helens. He was Equerry to William IV and created K.C.B. (1831).
REFERENCES TO Sir Thomas Ussher: John Whishaw to Thomas Smith, 18 September 1814 in The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906) Found 1: ¶ 3 Samuel Rogers to Sarah Rogers, [1815?] in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Found 1: ¶ 1 Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter VIII. Found 1: ¶ 3 Clayden, Peter William, 1827-1902, Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Chapter VI. 1815-1816. Whishaw, J. (John), 1764 or 5-1840, The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906) Chapter II: 1814