Henry George Thomsett

Lt. Henry George Thomsett (24 June 1825 – 24 January 1892) was a British Royal Navy officer and Harbour Master of Hong Kong.

Early life Thomsett was born in 1825 in Dover, Kent and joined the Royal Navy in 1840 as an officer in the navigation branch. By 1854, he was the commander of stationed in Hong Kong. He retired from the Royal Navy in 1870.

In 1873, he was appointed to the commission to enquiry and investigate the blockade of Hong Kong harbour by the Chinese Maritime Customs along with Phineas Ryrie, member of the Legislative Council and Malcolm Struan Tonnochy, Acting Registrar General by Governor Arthur Kennedy. He was also the emigration officer in about 1874 to 1875.

In 1887 he was made a member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council. For his services in Hong Kong he was appointed a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George.