his first wife Frances, only daughter of Wm. Hay, Esq., of Newhall, and niece of George, seventh Marquess of Tweeddale. He is half-brother of Wm. Tollemache, Esq., (who married Anna Maria, daughter of Edward Adolphus, Duke of Somerset, K.G.) and of the Marchioness of Ailesbury; nephew of the late Duchess of Koxburghe; and first-cousin of the present Earl of Dysart.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 11 Dec. 1813; and embarked, in 1816, as Midshipman, on board the Inconstant 36, Capt. Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo; under whom he was for about two years employed on the coast of Africa in the same frigate and the Semiramis 36. He served next in the Mediterranean, off Lisbon, and in the West Indies, as Midshipman and Mate (he passed his examination in May, 1821) in the Rochfort 80, Capts. Andrew Pellet Green and Chas, Marsh Schomberg, Ocean 80, Capts. Ferdinand Lucius Hardyman and John Sykes, and Barham 50, Capt. Sir John Louis; and on 20 Jan. 1828 he was made Lieutenant, we believe, into the Valorous 28, Capt. the Earl of Huntingdon, on the station last named. He returned home in the course of the same year; and was afterwards, from 26 Nov. 1830 until 1834, employed in the Mediterranean and East Indies in the Alligator 28, Capts. Chas. Philip Yorke and Geo. Robt. Lambert. His last appointment was, 17 Dec. 1840, as Senior, for a very brief period, to the Pelican 16, Capt. Chas. Geo. Elers Napier, fitting at Chatham.
Lieut. Tollemache married, 5 Oct. 1841, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Alex. Munro, Esq., and has issue. Agent – Joseph Woodhead.
TOLLERVEY. (Lieutenant, 1827.)
John Sydney Tollervey died 5 Nov. 1845.
This officer entered the Navy 8 May, 1809; passed his examination in 1816; and obtained his commission 5 Feb. 1827. He did not afterwards go afloat. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
TOM. (Lieutenant, 1826. f-p., 13; h-p., 22.)
John Tom was born 18 Feb. 1800. He is brother-in-law of Lieut. Geo. Courtenay Greenway, R.N.; and first-cousin of Lieuts. D. B. and K. T. Baker, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 24 Jan. 1812, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Macedonian of 48 guns and 254 men, Capt. John Surman Garden; and was in that frigate when she was captured, 25 Oct. following, by the American ship United States of 56 guns and 474 men, after a desperate action of two hours and ten minutes, in which the British sustained a loss of 36 killed and 68 wounded, and the enemy of about 12 killed and wounded. In Sept. 1813, having regained his liberty, he was received on board the Royal Sovereign 100, Capts. Jas. Bisset, Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, and Edw. Thurlow Smith, on the Mediterranean station, where he continued employed, until May, 1819, in the Berwick and Edinburgh 74’s, Capts. Edw. Brace and John Lampen Manley, and Queen and Albion of similar force, both commanded (as flag-ships of Sir Chas. Vinicombe Penrose) by Capt. John Coode. He fought in the Albion at the battle of Algiers 27 Aug. 1816; and was awarded, the day following, the rating of Midshipman. Subsequently to his return from the Mediterranean he joined, generally in the capacity of Admiralty-Midshipman and Mate – 8 March, 1820, the Coast Blockade in Kent – 1 Sept. 1821, the Impregnable 104, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane at Plymouth – 15 Oct. 1823 (nearly 10 months after he had left the Impregnable), the Bulwark 74, Capt. Thos. Dundas, lying at the same port – 9 Jan. 1824, the Maidstone 42, equipping at Woolwich for the broad pendant of Commodore Chas. Bullen – 1 March following (having volunteered his services), the Griper, Capt. Geo. Fras. Lyon, under whom he sailed on a voyage of discovery to the Polar regions, encountered many hardships and dangers, and on more occasions than one narrowly escaped shipwreck – 28 Jan. 1825, the Britannia 120, bearing the flag of Sir Jas. Saumarez at Plymouth – and 11 May in the same year (at his own request), his former ship the Maidstone, then on the coast of Africa. While attached to the Coast Blockade (with his name on the books of the Severn 50, Capt. Wm. M‘Cullooh) he fell, during a dark night, over a cliff, 40 feet high, and, although armed with a sword and a brace of pistols, escaped, we believe, without injury. He was nominated, 9 May, 1826, Acting-Lieutenant of the Esk 20, Capt. Wm. Jardine Purchas, on the coast of Africa; and was confirmed to that vessel 25 Aug. following. He invalided in Nov. of the same year, and has since been on half-pay.
From 1827 until 1830, Lieut. Tom was engaged in mining operations at the Brazils. He married, 17 Nov. 1835, Emina Mary, eldest daughter of Lieut.-Colonel Vallack, late of the Royal Marines, by whom he has issue a son and daughter.
TOMKINS. (Lieut., 1816. f-p., 9; h-p., 30.)
Henry Weston Tomkins entered the Navy, 18 Feb. 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tartar 32, Capts. Geo. Edm. Byron Betterworth and Joseph Baker; under the former of whom, who was killed, he was present, 15 May following, in a severe action of an hour and a half with a Danish flotilla, near Bergen. After serving in the Baltic he removed in Oct. 1811 as Midshipman, a rating he had attained 18 months previously, to the Cumberland 74, Capt. Thos. Baker, in which ship he was employed during the next three years and 10 months in the Channel and North Sea, and in escorting convoy to and from the West Indies and Cape of Good Hope. In Oct. 1815 he became Admiralty-Midshipman of the Niger 38, Capt. Sam. Jackson, on the Halifax station; he acted from 1 to 28 May, 1816, as Lieutenant in the Gorée 16, Capt. Wm. Snuggs Gammon, at Bermuda; and on 16 Sept. following, having fought as Admiralty-Midshipman in the Cordelia 10, Capt. Wm. Sargent, at the battle of Algiers, he was advanced to his present rank. He has since been on half-pay. Agents – Burnett and Holmes.
TOMLIN. (Lieut., 1827. f-p., 29; h-p., 11.)
George William Tomlin is brother of Jas. Tomlin, Esq., Master, R.N. (1813); and uncle of Lieut. Joseph Grant Bickford, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 5 March, 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Weymouth 18, Capt. Martin White, in which vessel and in the Surveillante 38, Capt. Sir Geo. Ralph Collier, and Spartiate 74, Capt. Sir Fras. Laforey, he served in the Channel until the following Dec. From Nov. 1809 until Aug. 1815 (in the course of which month he passed his examination) he was employed in the Mediterranean, North Sea, and Channel, and on the coast of North America, part of the time as Midshipman, in the York 74, Capts. Robt. Barton and Alex. Wilmot Schomberg; he then, until Sept. 1817, and from April to Aug. 1818, served on the coast of North America and again in the Channel, in the Niger 38, Capt. Sam. Jackson, and Superb 74, Capt. Chas. Ekins; and his name was afterwards, between Aug. 1818 and June, 1824, and between the latter date and that of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant 28 April, 1827, borne on the books of the Salisbury 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admirals Donald Campbell and Sir Wm. Chas. Fahie in the West Indies, and Jupiter 50, bearing the flag of Sir Willoughby Thos. Lake on the Halifax station. During the time he belonged to the Salisbury and Jupiter he commanded, for upwards of eight years, the Flying Fish, Swallow, and Bermuda, tenders to those ships. His appointments, since his promotion, have been, in succession – 27 Oct. 1835, to the Coast Guard – 2 July, 1840, and 18 June, 1841, to the Nimble and Active Revenue-cruizers – 23 Aug. 1843, again to the Coast Guard – and, 15 Nov. 1848, to the Harpy, another Revenue-vessel, in which he is now serving.
Lieut. Tomlin married, first, 26 Aug. 1829, Jane Elizabeth, daughter of the late Lieut. Chas. Napier
