Thomas Wyndham | |
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&sq=Albert Einstein&lang=en&file=File:T._Wyndham_portrait.jpg) Portrait of Thomas Wyndham by Hans Eworth, 1550 | |
| Born | c. 1510 Parish of Felbrigg, Norfolk, England |
| Died | 1554 (aged 43–44) Benin, Africa |
| Buried | At sea off the coast of Benin |
| Allegiance |  England |
| Service/ |  Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1532–1554 |
| Rank | Vice-Admiral |
| Commands | Master of Naval Ordnance |
Vice-Admiral Thomas Wyndham (1508–1554), also spelled as Thomas Windham, was an English naval officer, naval administrator, explorer, and navigator.[1][2] He was appointed a member of the Council of the Marine as one of the Chief Officers of the Admiralty in 1552 and given the title of Master of Naval Ordnance and was simultaneously a member of the Board of Ordnance until 1553.[3]
- ^ "Collections Online | British Museum".
- ^ ODNB 2004
- ^ Rodger, N.A.M. (1997). "Council of the Marine: Administration 1509 to 1574". The safeguard of the sea : a naval history of Britain. Vol 1., 660-1649. London, England: Penguin. pp. 221–237. ISBN 978-0-14-029724-9.