{{Use On the 10th inst., at his residence in H. M:s Dock-yard, Portsmouth, in his 69tb year, deeply lamented, Thos. Atkinson, Esq., First Master Attendant. He served as master of the Victory, at Trafalgar; and of the Theseus, at the Nile, under, and was a personal favourite with, the immortal Nelson, and for more than half a century was a brave, zealous, and experienced officer, and in society a kind-hearted, honest man.British English|date=October 2017}}