A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Bond, Thomas Baring
BOND. (Commander, 1825. f-p., 12; h-p., 23.)
Thomas Baring Bond entered the Navy, 18 May, 1812, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Jonun of 46 guns, Capt. Jas. Sanders, stationed on the coast of North America, where, at the commencement of the war with the United States, he saw a good deal of active service. He was afterwards employed in the Sybille 44, Capts. Sanders and Thos. Forrest, with the latter of whom he proceeded to the latitude of Greenland in an unsuccessful search of the American Commodore Rodgers, and then cruized off the Western Islands; Vengeur 74, Capt. Tristram Robt. Ricketts, in the Channel; from Sept. 1815, till Feb. 1820, in the Pique 36, and Glasgow 40, both commanded by Capt. Hon. Anth. Maitland, on the latter and Mediterranean stations; and, for short periods, in the Rochfort 74, Capt. Green, also in the Mediterranean, and Euryalus 42, bearing the broad pendant at Jamaica of Commodore Thos. Huskisson. He was made Lieutenant into the Raleigh sloop, Capt. Geo. Blackman, 3 Oct. 1820, and subsequently appointed, 19 June, 1822, to the Thracian, Capts. John Walt. Roberts and And. Forbes – 17 March, 1825, to the Beaver, Capt. John Jas. Onslow – and, 24 July following, to the Lively 46, Capt. Wm. Elliot – all on the West India station. Since his attainment of his present rank, 11 Jan. 1825, Commander Bond has been on half-pay. Agent – E. Dufour.