Thomas Fitzherbert
IndiacaptainMale6.0Global Dominance: 0.00%Captain Thomas Fitzherbert was a British naval officer who commanded HMS Raisonable during the American Revolutionary War. He is noted for capturing the American privateer Dalton and seizing important documents, including a rare 1776 printing of the US Declaration of Independence, which he recognized as significant and subsequently included in his correspondence to the Admiralty.
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Captain Thomas Fitzherbert of HMS Raisonable recorded the capture of the American privateer Dalton and kept the Declaration for himself.
A volunteer sorting old Royal Navy papers found a rare 1776 US Declaration of Independence copy; it is one of 11 surviving Exeter printings and the only one outside the USThe Times of India·India· 2026-09-23
India· 2026-09-23
