2nd class, the cross of the Order of the Redeemer, a British knighthood, a presentation sword from William, Duke of Clarence, Lord High Admiral, and a DCL from the University of Oxford. His final seaborne commands were HMS Pembroke on the Lisbon station (1836–1837) and HMS Vanguard in the Mediterranean (1837–1840). He then returned to the United Kingdom to superintend Plymouth's victualling yard and hospital (1843–1846). He was promoted to rear admiral on 26 July 1847 and died in 1853. Along with Sir William Abdy, 7th Baronet, Fellowes co-owned three sugar plantations in Antigua and St Vincent. In the 1830s, when the British government emancipated the slaves, Fellowes was compensated to the tune of about £13,000 for the liberation of over 300 slaves. Marriage and issue on 9 November 1813, Katherine Mary (? – October 1817), eldest daughter of Sir William Abdy, 6th Baronet on 24 August 1819, to Mary Anne Catharine, only child of Colonel Isaac Humphreys, Bengal Artillery, military secretary to the Bengal government; their children included: Vice-Admiral Charles Fellowes (1823–1886), who died while commanding the channel squadron. Fellowes is an ancestor of the screenwriter Julian Fellowes. See also References External links Biography of Thomas Fellowes R.N. 1778 births 1853 deaths British East India Company Marine personnel Royal Navy personnel of the French Revolutionary Wars Royal Navy personnel of the Napoleonic Wars British military personnel of the Greek War of Independence English knights Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 2nd class Recipients of the Legion of Honour Royal Navy rear admirals