branch death_place death_date birth_place allegiance awards battles rank article_title name
22px royal navy plymouth , devon 1800 burton upon trent staffordshire united kingdom united kingdom knight bachelor french of tory island revolutionary wars • battle of camperdown • battle captain thomas byard
 sir thomas byard
thomas byard

captain sir thomas byard -lrb- d. 1800 -rrb- was an officer of the british royal navy during the french revolutionary wars .
he is best known for his service in two significant battles , fighting at the battle of camperdown in 1797 and the battle of tory island in 1798 .
in these engagements byard was highly praised for his conduct and he contributed materially to both victories .
he was also knighted in 1789 for his service to king george iii , personally steering the king 's barque at the fleet review at portsmouth in that year .
