Thomas Revell Shivers

Thomas Revell Shivers (1751 – 1 June 1827) was a Royal Navy officer in the 18th/19th century who rose to be Vice Admiral.

Life and career Thomas Revell Shivers was born in Wickham, Hampshire in 1751. His early career in the Royal Navy is not clear. He appears in the Royal Navy in May 1777 (aged 26) as a Lieutenant in command of the schooner at Newfoundland.

In August 1778, he replaced Lt Howell Lloyd in command of the 10-gun . On 3 November, a storm in the Bay of Bulls off the Newfoundland coast wrecked Penguin. The armed brig Portillion was lost in the same storm. In January 1779 he was court martialled by Captain Nicholas Vincent on behalf of Admiral Robert Linzee regarding the loss of HMS Penguin. Following this he was placed on shore leave for 3 years.

On 24 January 1782, he came back into active service as commander of , a newly captured French ship of 16 guns. He sailed her to the Leeward Islands.

In May 1789, he was given command of the 18 gun . On 21 September 1790 he was promoted to post captain and given command of the 32-gun , a non-active post prior to her being paid off. He then had two years of shore leave before being given command of on 25 January 1793 serving in the Mediterranean. In January 1794 he was promoted to Commodore (flag captain) to Admiral Robert Linzee on and returned to Britain in autumn with Admiral Phillips Cosby.

Shivers died at Wickham on 1 June 1827, and was buried there in St Nicholas' Church on 8 June.

Family His wife Mary South died at Havelock House in Wickham in 1846.

He was uncle (through marriage) to James Buchanan Macaulay.