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Edward Thompson (1738?–1786) was an English Royal Navy officer who rose to the rank of commodore, known also as a literary figure with the nickname "Poet Thompson". ==Life== The son of a merchant of Kingston upon Hull, he received his early education at Beverley, and later at Hampstead under Dr. Cox, formerly of Harrow School. He is said to have made a voyage to Greenland in 1750. In 1754 he was on board an East Indiaman and made a voyage to the East Indies. On his return to England he entered on board , a 64-gun-ship, as a midshipman. Two years later, on 16 November 1757, he passed his examination and was promoted to be lieutenant of , in the North Sea and the Channel; ten days later, in December 1758, he was moved into with Captain Peter Denis. During the Seven Years' War he was in the long blockade of Brest through the summer of 1759, and was present at the Battle of Quiberon Bay on 20 November In March 1760 he accompanied Denis to , in which he stayed till the end of the war. He was then put on half-pay, and took on the role of man of letters. On 10 January 1771, perhaps through the influence of David Garrick, he was promoted to the rank of commander and appointed to the , in service in the North Sea on preventive work.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Edward Thompson )〕 At the end of the year he was moved into HMS ''Raven'', in which he went out to the Mediterranean, where Sir Peter Denis, the commander-in-chief, promoted him to be captain of by a commission that was confirmed by the admiralty and dated 2 April 1772. In June he brought the ''Niger'' home and was again for some years on half-pay. In May 1778 Thompson was appointed to , a small frigate, which early in 1779 he took out to the West Indies, returning to England with convoy in September. In December the ''Hyaena'' was attached to the fleet which under Sir George Brydges Rodney relieved Gibraltar, and was sent home with despatches. In August 1780 she went out to New York in charge of a convoy, and from there to Charlestown and Barbados. On 29 March 1781 Thompson wrote from Barbados that under the admiral's orders he was going to take Berbice and establish colonies at Demerara and Essequibo. This mission occupied most of the year, Thompson organising the government of the colonies and taking measures for their defence. Rodney had returned to England; Sir Samuel Hood, left in command, had gone to New York; and in November, Thompson, at the request of merchants, convoyed their trade to Barbados. He took on himself the responsibility of shipping it to Europe. In his absence, the Guiana colonies were captured by a small French squadron; and on 1 April Thompson was tried by court-martial on the charge of having left his station and returned to England without orders. The court, however, honourably acquitted him. In 1782 he was appointed to the 50-gun , in which he went out to the west coast of Africa as commodore of the small squadron there. He died, unmarried, on board the ''Grampus'' on 17 January 1786. His portrait was engraved by A. McKenzie. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edward Thompson (Royal Navy officer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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