Thomas James Maling (15 July 1778 – 22 January 1849) was a Royal Navy officer, a captain during Napoleonic Wars and later promoted to Rear-Admiral.
He was the son of Christopher Thompson Maling, DL, of Worcestershire, and scion of the Maling pottery family,[1] and his second wife, Martha Sophia Sheels.
[2] Commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1791, he was promoted to Lieutenant in 1797, Commander in 1798, Captain in 1800, and Rear-Admiral in 1830.
He commanded Alkmaar (1800–1801), Diana (1801–1807), Undaunted (1807–1810), Mulgrave (1812–1814) and Northumberland (1821–1822).
He married Harriet Darwin, daughter of the poet and physician Erasmus Darwin and his second wife, Elizabeth Colyear, illegitimate daughter of Charles Colyear, 2nd Earl of Portmore.