Henry George Thomsett

Lt. Henry George Thomsett CMG (24 June 1825 – 24 January 1892) was a British Royal Navy officer and Harbour Master of Hong Kong.Thomsett was born in 1825 in Dover, Kent and joined the Royal Navy in 1840 as an officer in the navigation branch.[3] In 1873, he was appointed to the commission to enquiry and investigate the blockade of Hong Kong harbour by the Chinese Maritime Customs along with Phineas Ryrie, member of the Legislative Council and Malcolm Struan Tonnochy, Acting Registrar General by Governor Arthur Kennedy.[6] For his services in Hong Kong he was appointed a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St.[2] Thomsett married Susannah Agnes Cunningham in 1855 in Portsea district of Portsmouth.
Royal NavyHarbour MasterHong KongDover, KentHMS Princess CharlotteCape D'AguilarGreen IslandCape CollinsonCape D'Aguilar LighthouseChinese Maritime CustomsPhineas RyrieMalcolm Struan TonnochyGovernorArthur KennedyCompanion of the Order of St. Michael and St. GeorgeShirley near SouthamptonThe London Gazette