Thomas Huskisson

Thomas Huskisson (1784–1844) was an officer in the Royal Navy. Thomas Huskisson was half-brother of William Huskisson, the British politician.

Naval career Huskisson joined the Royal Navy in 1800 and saw action at the Battle of Trafalgar on in 1805. In early 1808 Lieutenant Huskisson commissioned the schooner .

Huskisson was promoted to commander on 19 January 1809, but did not find out about his promotion until May, at which time he transferred to command the . The action cost the British 15 men dead and wounded, with Pelorus accounting for two dead and six wounded, one mortally.

Huskisson became Paymaster of the Navy in 1827 and was admitted to Greenwich Hospital in 1830.

Works His memoirs were published as Eyewitness to Trafalgar edited by David Beaumont Ellison. (Ellisons Editions 1984 - place of publication unknown). .

Family history Thomas' half-brother was William Huskisson MP, who married Emily Milbanke, the youngest daughter of Admiral Mark Milbanke, the commander-in-chief at Portsmouth. Admiral Milbanke assisted his entry into the Navy.

His brother John Huskisson was commissioned in 1798 into the Army and served with the 51st Regiment in Ceylon, while his other brother George Huskisson was commissioned in the Royal Marines.

In 1813 Thomas Huskisson married Elizabeth Wedge (1788–1873), daughter of Francis Wedge of Forton, Staffordshire, and had 6 children, including William Milbanke Huskisson, of the Foreign Office and John Huskisson, a lieutenant colonel in the Royal Marines.