TREMLETT. (Lieutenant, 1843.)
Francisco Saugro Tremlett is cousin of Vice-Admiral Tremlett.
This officer entered the Navy 1 May, 1830; passed his examination 2 May, 1836; served for some time on the Mediterranean, Plymouth, and South American stations, as Mate, in the Scorpion 10, Lieut.-Commander Chas. Gayton, Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir Graham Moore, and Growler steam-vessel, Capt. Claude Henry Mason Buckle; and on 26 Jan. 1843 was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. His appointments have since been – 27 May, 1843, as Additional, to the Alfred 50, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore John Brett Purvis on the coast of Brazil – 13 Dec. following, to the Frolic 16, Capt. Cospatrick Baillie Hamilton, in the Pacific – and 29 May, 1845, 13 Nov. 1846, and 29 Jan. 1847, to the Agincourt 72, flagship of Sir Thos. John Cochrane, Vestal 26, Capt. Chas. Talbot, and, as First-Lieutenant, to the Childers 12, Capt. John Chas. Pitman, all on the East India station, where he continues employed. On 8 July, 1846, having accompanied an expedition under Sir T. J. Cochrane against the Sultan of Borneo, Mr. Tremlett, then in the Agincourt, assisted, in command of the second division of small-arm men, at the capture and destruction of the enemy’s forts and batteries on the river Brune.[1] Agent – J. Hinxman.
TREMLETT. (Retired Commander, 1831. f-p., 29; h-p., 38.)
George Neat Tremlett was born 5 Nov. 1769. He is brother of Vice-Admiral Tremlett.
This officer entered the Navy, 26 Oct. 1780, as Master’s Servant, on board the Beaver 14, Capt. Joseph Peyton, lying at Exmouth. Removing, in the following Dec, to the Medway 60, Capts. Harry Harmood and Alex. Edgar, he was present in that ship in the action fought in 1781 between Rear-Admiral Kempenfeldt and the French Admiral De Guichen. He continued in the Medway until April, 1783; during the next 11 years he was with intervals employed, as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, in the Europa 50, Capts. Hon. Patrick Napier and Hon. Michael De Courcy, Salisbury 50, Capt. Jas. Bradby, Bombay Castle 74, Capt. Robt. Fanshawe, Fortune 16, Capt. Fras. Cole, Arrogant 74, Capt. John Harvey, Dictator 64, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Dalrymple, Vesuvius bomb, Capt. Lord Viscount Garlics, Alcide 74, Capt. Sir Andrew Snape Douglas, Sheerness 44 and Winchester 32, both commanded by Lord Garlies, and Queen 98, flagship of Sir Alan Gardner; he was then, 1 Aug. 1794, made Lieutenant into the Thalia 36, Capts. Rich. Grindall and Lord Henry Paulet; and he was subsequently appointed – 19 Feb., 25 April, and 28 Oct. 1796, to the Namur 98, Capt. Jas. Hawkins Whitshed, Druid 32, Capt. Edw. Codrington, and Penguin of 16 guns (14 long 9-pounders and 2 18-pounder carronades) and 124 men, Capt. John King Pulling – 20 June and 12 Nov. 1798, to the Foudroyant 80, Capt. Sir Thos. Byard, and Formidable 98, Capt. J. H. Whitshed – 5 Feb. 1799, to the Ramillies 74, Capt. R. Grindall – 28 April, 1800 (eight months after he had invalided from the Ramillies) to his former ship, the Formidable, Capts. Edw. Thornbrough and R. Grindall, with whom he served until Sept. 1802 – 5 April and 22 June, 1803, as First-Lieutenant, to the San Josef 110 and Euryalus 36, Capts. Peter Spicer and Hon. Henry Blackwood – 2 March, 6 Nov., and 22 Dec. 1804, to the command of the Lord Nelson (or Frederick) and Betsy hired cutters, and Phosphorus fire-ship – and, 10 Sept. 1805, to the charge, which he retained until May, 1814, of a Signal station at Cromer in Norfolk. In the Queen Mr. Tremlett (whose services were always on the Home station) took part in Lord Howe’s actions, 29 May and 1 June, 1794. He was present, in 1795, in the Thalia, at the capture of the French 40-gun frigates La Gloire and La Gentille, and in Lord Bridport’s action with the French fleet off Ile de Groix; he gained the warmest approbation of Capt. Pulling for his conduct in the Penguin at the capture, 21 Aug. 1797, of the French privateer L’Oiseau, of 16 8 and 2 12-pounders, and 119 men (taken after a running action of one hour and 40 minutes, attended with a loss to the enemy of 1 man killed and 5 wounded, but with no casualty to the British), and her prize, the Express armed brig, of Dartmouth, formerly the Appocrate French privateer of 14 guns;[2] and in the Foudroyant he witnessed the surrender, in Oct. 1798, of Le Hoche 74 and other ships under Commodore Bompart, destined for the invasion of Ireland. He was placed on the Junior List of Retired Commanders 1 Dec. 1830; and on the Senior 24 June, 1831.
Commander Tremlett married, 24 Sept. 1816, Mary, youngest daughter of the late Robt. Radclyffe, Esq., of Foxdenton Hall, Lancashire, by whom he has issue a daughter.
TREMLETT. (Vice-Admiral of the White, 1847. f-p., 19; h-p., 40.)
William Henry Brown Tremlett , born 15 Nov. 1777, at Dartmouth, is son of the late Geo. Tremlett, Esq., Master R.N. (who served as a Midshipman during the reign of George H., and was on board the Zephyr 14 when that sloop beat off a French 36-gun frigate after a battle of four hours), by Mary, only child of Mr. Tuck, Solicitor, of Langley Hall, near Chippenham, co. Wilts. He is brother of the present Retired Commander Geo. Neat Tremlett, R.N.; and of Lieut. Rich. Stiles Tremlett, R.N., who was killed in a duel with Lord Camelford at Martinique.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1788, as A.B., on board the Salisbury 50, Capts. Erasmus Gower, Wm. Domett, and Edw. Pellew; in which ship, bearing the flags of Admirals Elliot and Milbanke at Newfoundland, he served until Dec. 1792, the chief part of the time in the capacity of Midshipman. He next, in Feb. 1793, joined the Royal Sovereign 100, flag-ship in the Channel of Rear-Admirals Thos. Graves and Hon. Wm. Cornwallis; and on 21 Sept. 1795 he was made Lieutenant into the Lion 64, commanded, among other officers, by Capt. Manley Dixon. He was present in the Royal Sovereign in Lord Howe’s action, 1 June, 1794, and in Cornwallis’ celebrated retreat, 16 and 17 June, 1795. In Dec. 1796 (he was then in the Lion) he so distinguished himself by his “humane and Manly exertions” in saving the crew of the Reunion frigate, wrecked on a sandbank in the North Sea, that he obtained the thanks of the court-martial which assembled to try the officers and crew, and was highly complimented by the president. Admiral Savage, who publicly declared “that he deserved to have a civic crown placed on his head, and that he hoped the Board of Admiralty would do him justice by immediately advancing him to superior rank.” On 15 July, 1798, Mr. Tremlett took part, off Carthagena, in a brilliant action fought between the Lion and four Spanish frigates of 42 guns each, which terminated in the surrender of one of the latter, the Santa Dorotea. He had been engaged, a few days previously, in a desperate affair with an armed Greek otf Malaga; where, by the desertion of two boats, he and the remainder of his party were left in the greatest jeopardy. Twenty of them were either killed or wounded, 4 only escaping, including Mr. Tremlett, whose hat was shot through in seven places in the course of as many minutes, and whose dirk had its handle knocked off. Being appointed, 1 Sept. 1798, Senior of the Santa Dorotea (she had been added to the British Navy), Capt. Hugh Downman, he assisted in that frigate at the capture, 28 Nov. following, of the San Leon Spanish man-of-war brig of 16 guns and 88 men, and was present in her when attacked in entering Gibraltar Bay with convoy by 17 of the enemy’s gun-boats. In Dec. 1799, five months after he had left the Santa Dorotea, he assumed command of the Tigress gun-brig, in which vessel he
