Captain Thomas Melville Dill

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Captain Thomas Dill, I

Also Known As: "Melville"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Devonshire Parish, Bermuda
Death: August 29, 1866 (60)
London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Place of Burial: North Shore Village, Devonshire Parish, Bermuda
Immediate Family:

Son of Thomas Dill and Mattie Dill
Husband of Harriet Valk-Dill (Smith)
Father of Thomas Newbold Dill and George Dill
Brother of Richard John Dill

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About Captain Thomas Melville Dill

In March 1858,Captain Thomas Melville Dill was in command of Sir George F. Seymour when it made a spectacular run of only 13 days from Bermuda to Ireland, a record never surpassed by the island’s barque-rigged clippers of the mid-Victorian era, the last collection of large ships built here.


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Captain Thomas Melville Dill's Timeline

1805
November 5, 1805
Devonshire Parish, Bermuda
1837
November 6, 1837
Devonshire, Bermuda, United Kingdom
1841
April 19, 1841
Bermuda
1866
August 29, 1866
Age 60
London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
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Christ Anglican Church Cemetery, North Shore Village, Devonshire Parish, Bermuda