Home › Authors › Thomas Briggs Thomas Briggs b. 1779 – d. 1852 · 1 book Biography Admiral Sir Thomas Briggs was an officer of the British Royal Navy who served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, and went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth. Books by Thomas Briggs Primæva communitas non tollit Primæva communitas non tollit proprietatum rerum 1660