Thomas Briggs (Royal Navy officer)

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Admiral

Sir Thomas Briggs

GCMG
Portrait of Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Briggs (artist unknown)
Born1780
Died16 December 1852 (aged 71–72)
Allegiance United Kingdom
Branch Royal Navy
RankAdmiral
Commands
ConflictsFrench Revolutionary Wars
Napoleonic Wars
AwardsKnight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
Order of the Crescent

Admiral Sir Thomas Briggs GCMG (1780 – 16 December 1852) was an officer of the British Royal Navy who served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, and went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth.

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