Captain Thomas Garth (10 December 1787 – November 1841) was a British naval commander during the Napoleonic Wars. Garth, whose seat was Haines Hill at Hurst in Berkshire , was the son of Charles Garth MP for Devizes and the government agent for the colonial provinces of South Carolina , Georgia and Maryland .
11-431: Thomas Garth may refer to: Thomas Garth (British Army officer) (1744–1829) Thomas Garth (Royal Navy) (1787–1841) Thomas Garth (MP) for Bletchingley (UK Parliament constituency) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
22-477: A great quantity of cartridges, caused an explosion which killed 75 men. The battery fired no more, and the Impérieuse passed by. In the spring of 1810, Thomas Garth was put under the orders of Sir George Cockburn who had been sent to Quiberon Bay to work with Baron De Kolli, who was trying to arrange the release of Ferdinand VII of Spain , held at Valençay . In November of that year, Garth took command of
33-463: A naval commander on 3 March 1804 and was promoted to captain in January 1808. In June 1809 was given the command of the 38-gun frigate HMS Imperieuse , with which he subsequently sailed in an expedition against Antwerp. After the reduction of Flushing, Garth was engaged in various operations on the river Scheldt . On 16 August 1809, whilst again in command of the Impérieuse , Garth in ascending
44-466: The 1st Dragoons from 1801 until his death. Garth was the father of Thomas (Tommy) Garth of the 15th Hussars (1800–1873), who it is believed was the illegitimate son of Princess Sophia (1777–1848), George III and Queen Charlotte's fifth daughter. General Garth was appointed by the Prince Regent as guardian to his daughter and heiress, Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales , during
55-536: The 22-gun HMS Cossack , and later of the 32-gun HMS Cerberus . In Cerberus he captured various armed ships and merchantmen in the Mediterranean . Garth married 1820, Charlotte Maitland, daughter of General Frederick Maitland . They had two daughters one of whom, Charlotte Harriet Garth married Philip William Godsal of Iscoyd Park in Flintshire . Garth was the grandfather of Philip Thomas Godsal ,
66-692: The Scheldt after the other frigates, entered by mistake the Terneuse, instead of the Baerlandt channel, and became in consequence exposed to the fire of the Terneuse battery (located in Terneuzen, the Netherlands ). In returning that fire, the frigate discharged from her carronades some shrapnel shells; one of which, bursting near the magazine of the fort, containing 3000 barrels of powder and
77-451: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Garth&oldid=1167930115 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Thomas Garth (British Army officer) General Thomas Garth (1744 – 18 November 1829)
88-580: The months prior to her marriage to Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (later King of the Belgians). For this service, Garth was presented with a silver salver by the Prince. General Garth died on 18 November 1829. He left his house, 32 Grosvenor Place , Mayfair, to Tommy Garth. He named his residuary legatee as his nephew, Captain Thomas Garth RN (1781–1841) of Haines Hill, Berkshire,
99-543: The son of General Garth's older brother, Charles (1734–1784) who was an MP and Government Agent for South Carolina , Georgia and Maryland . Another brother, George Garth (abt 1733–1819) was a British General in American Revolutionary War , and Colonel of the 17th Regiment of Foot . Thomas Garth (Royal Navy) He was also a nephew of General Thomas Garth , Colonel of the first dragoons and Principal Equerry to George III . Garth became
110-571: Was a British Army officer and chief equerry to George III . Garth was the son of John Garth (1701–1764), Recorder and MP for Devizes, and Rebecca, daughter of John Brompton and granddaughter of Sir Richard Raynsford , Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench. He entered the army as a cornet in the 1st Dragoons in 1762. He saw action in Germany in 1762 during the Seven Years' War . He
121-579: Was promoted to lieutenant in 1765, to captain in 1775 and to major in 1792. Promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1794, he took part in the Flanders Campaign that year. he was appointed an equerry to George III in 1795. Garth rented Ilsington House at Puddletown , which was often visited by the royal family en route for Weymouth . He was further promoted to major-general on 1 January 1798, to lieutenant general on 1 January 1805 and to full general on 4 June 1814. He served as colonel of
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