15 Facts About Constantine Moorsom

Vice-Admiral Constantine Richard Moorsom was a vice-admiral in the Royal Navy.

Constantine Moorsom was on the roster of HMS Revenge, his father's ship, when it was at the Battle of Trafalgar.

However records show that Constantine Moorsom was actually at school at the time of the battle.

Constantine Moorsom entered the Royal Navy College in Portsmouth where he was awarded a first medal and three prizes for mathematics.

Constantine Moorsom's service was noted by not only his progression but the record of his innovation.

Constantine Moorsom became a lieutenant in 1816 after returning to England on board HMS Warspite.

Constantine Moorsom commanded HMS Fury, a Hecla-class bomb vessel, in the Bombardment of Algiers, an attack on Barbary pirates at Algiers in August, 1816.

Constantine Moorsom became a post captain in 1818 and in 1822 his innovation came again to notice when he was put in command of HMS Ariadne.

Constantine Moorsom took no further sea missions but rose through the ranks to rear-admiral.

In 1840, Constantine Moorsom attended the World Anti-Slavery Convention in London.

Constantine Moorsom went into the railway business as company secretary at the same company where his brother, William, was engineer.

Constantine Moorsom was elected to the board of the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway in 1841 and almost immediately became its chairman.

Constantine Moorsom remained in this position until his resignation just before the company became part of the Midland Railway in 1843.

Constantine Moorsom was promoted on 29 August 1851 to be a Rear-Admiral of the Blue.

Constantine Moorsom died at Russell Square in London after becoming a vice admiral in 1857 and having fathered a large family with his wife Mary Maude of Silaby Hall in Durham, including the politician James Marshall Moorsom.