by John Marshall, Royal Naval Biography — Jones, Theobald (1823)
“ Blackwood; and after the accidental destruction of that ship, by fire, was received on board the Endymion frigate. Captain the Hon. Thomas Bladen Capel, then attached to the squadron proceeding against Constantinople under the command of Sir John T. Duckworth. His first commission bears date July 8th, 1809; from which period we find him with Captain Blackwood, in the Warspite 74, until Feb. 1814; when he was appointed to the Desirée frigate, Captain William Wooldridge. His promotion to the rank of commander took place July 19th, 1814. ”
