Answer the following question: Facts: - caption: admiral edward thornborough -lrb- samuel lane , 1821 -rrb- - battles: american action in cape ann harbour capture of '' nymphe revolutionary '' wreck of hms '' blonde '' french revolutionary war wars glorious first of june invasion of quiberon bay battle of donegal napoleonic wars battle of bunker hill - death date: 3 april 1834 -lrb- aged 79 -rrb- - allegiance: united kingdom united kingdom - commands: portsmouth command - rank: royal navy admiral - awards: knight grand cross of the order of the bath - birth date: 27 july 1754 - serviceyears: 1761 to 1818 - name: sir edward thornbrough - branch: 22px royal navy - image: admiral lane.jpg edward thornborough -lrb- 1754-1834 -rrb- , by samuel - death place: bishopsteignton lodge , devon - birth place: plymouth dockyard , devon Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of edward thornbrough .
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admiral sir edward thornbrough , gcb -lrb- 27 july 1754 -- 3 april 1834 -rrb- was a senior , long-serving veteran officer of the british royal navy during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century .he saw action in the american revolutionary war , the french revolutionary wars and the napoleonic wars , being wounded several times and once captured by american forces after a shipwreck .during the wreck , his conduct towards american prisoners aboard his ship was considered so exemplary that the american authorities later released him without parole or exchange .during the later conflict , thornbrough won praise for taking his frigate into the thick of the action at the glorious first of june , towing the shattered hms '' bellerophon '' to safety after she was isolated by several french ships of the line .later , thornbrough became a senior admiral in both the channel fleet and the mediterranean fleet under cuthbert collingwood , who held him in high esteem .he retired in 1818 and settled in devon with his third wife , dying in 1834 .