id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-5190 Thomas Byam Martin - Wikipedia .html text/html 2122 256 75 Admiral of the Fleet Sir Thomas Byam Martin, GCB (25 July 1773 – 25 October 1854) was a Royal Navy officer. Martin was appointed Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom on 5 May 1847[12] and Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom on 10 August 1847[13] before being promoted to Admiral of the Fleet on 30 October 1849.[14] As the Crimean War approached he returned to service at Portsmouth planning the Baltic Campaign and investigating the possibilities of using poison gas weapons.[1] He died in this service at the admiral superintendent's house at Portsmouth on 21 October 1854 and was buried at Kensal Green Cemetery in London.[15] There is a memorial to Martin in St Ann's Church in Portsmouth.[16] The Navy Records Society published the letters and papers of Admiral Sir Thomas Byam Martin in 3 volumes from 1898 to 1901.[17][18] "Letters of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Thomas Byam Martin GCB". ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-5190.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-5190.txt