38, Capts. Edwards Lloyd Graham and Anthony Blagrave Valpy; in which frigate he returned to England. In April, 1815 (he had been then for six months employed, again with Capt. Duncan, in the Glasgow 50, among the Western Islands), he was presented with a commission bearing date 14 of the preceding Feb. He has since been on half-pay. Agents – Messrs. Halford and Co.
TRESAHAR. (Retired Commander, 1827. f-p., 29; h-p., 34.)
John Tresahar died 29 Dec. 1844, in the Old Kent Road.
This officer entered the Navy, in Sept. 1782, as Midshipman, on board the Nymphe, Capt. Rich. Hill, stationed in the West Indies; where he joined in succession, in the summer of 1783, the Jermyn, Capt. Hardy, and Caton, Capt. Fisher. He returned to England in Nov. of the same year; served next, from March, 1784, until Nov. 1785, in the Rose, Capts. R. Hill and Jas. Hawkins, on the Channel station; and from June, 1786, until made Lieutenant, 19 Aug. 1793, into the Majestic 74, Capt. Chas. Cotton, was employed at Portsmouth in the Ganges 74, Capt. Roger Curtis, Ardent 64, Capt. Fras. J. Hartwell, Edgar 74, Capts. Chas. Thompson and Anthony Jas. Pye Molly, Queen Charlotte 100 and Brunswick 74, both commanded by Capt. Roger Curtis, and Queen Charlotte again, flag-ship of Lord Howe. He sailed in the Majestic for the West Indies; and he was subsequently appointed – 9 Aug. 1795, to the command, on that station, of the Berbice – 9 Nov. 1796, to the Prince of Wales 98, flag-ship of Admirals Henry Harvey and Lord Hugh Seymour, also in the West Indies – 1 Sept. 1800, to the Royal Sovereign 100, bearing the flag of Admiral Harvey in the Channel – 29 July, 1803, after 15 months of half-pay, to the Excellent 74, Capt. Frank Sotheron, in the Mediterranean – 22 Oct. 1806, to the Boadicea 33, Capt. John Maitland, on the Irish station – 15 Dec. 1807, to the Lynx 18, Capt, John Willoughby Marshall, employed in the North Sea and Baltic – and 28 Feb. 1809 and 27 July, 1813, to the Royal William and Prince 98, flag-ships of Sir Roger Curtis and Sir Rich. Bickerton at Portsmouth, where he remained until Feb. 1814. In the Prince of Wales he was present at the reduction of Trinidad in 1797. He was placed on the Senior List of Retired Commanders 28 Feb. 1827. Agent – J. Hinxman.
TRIBE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 20; h-p., 21.)
Thomas Tribe entered the Navy, 2 Aug. 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Crocodile 22, Capts. Geo. Edm. Byron Bettesworth and Hon. Geo. Cadogan, employed on the Halifax, Guernsey, Cape of Good Hope, and Lisbon stations. In May, 1809, he removed as Midshipman (a rating he had before attained) to the Sceptre 74, Capts. .Joseph Bingham and Sam. Jas. Ballard; he served next, from Jan. 1812 until June, 1813, in the Boyne 98 and Ville de Paris 110, flag-ships of Sir Harry Burrard Neale off Brest; in Sept. of the latter year he joined the Dictator 64, Capt. Hon. Geo. Alfred Crofton, lying at Portsmouth; and from the following Nov. until June, 1815, he was employed on the coast of North America in the Severn 40, Capt. Joseph Nourse, Ruby 64, Capt. Owen, Wasp sloop, and Majestic 56, Capt. John Hayes. In the Sceptre he accompanied the expedition to the Walcheren, assisted at the reduction of Guadeloupe, and cruized in the Bay of Biscay; in the Majestic he witnessed the surrender, 15 Jan. 1815, of the American ship President. On leaving her he was received for a few weeks, as Master’s Mate, on board the Caledonia 120, Capt. Sir Arch. Collingwood Dickson, lying at Plymouth. He attained the rank of Lieutenant 19 Sept. 1815; and has been since appointed – in 1833, to the charge, for four years, of a Semaphore station – 8 Aug. 1838, to the Coast-Guard, in which service he remained until the early part of 1844 – and 24 Sept. 1846 and 1 March, 1848, to the Ocean 80 and Wellington 72, guardships at Sheerness, both commanded by Capt. David Price, under whom he continues. Agents – Messrs. Halford and Co.
TRINGHAM. (Commander, 1844.)
William Tringham passed his examination in 1820; and was made Lieutenant, 28 June, 1826, into the Maidstone 46, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Chas. Bullen on the coast of Africa; whence, in the following year, he returned to England. His succeeding appointments were – 28 Nov. 1836, to the Howe 120, flag-ship of Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming and Sir Robt. Waller Otway at the Nore – 19 April, 1839, and 1 Oct. 1840, to the Britannia 120 and Queen 110, bearing the flags of Hon. C. E. Fleeming and Sir Edw. Codrington at Portsmouth – 19 April, 1841, to the command of the Spitfire steamer, on the North America and West India station, whence he returned in 1842 – and 1 July, 1843, to the Victoria and Albert steam-yacht, Capt. Lord Adolphus FitzClarence. Since he attained his present rank, 22 Oct. 1844, he has been on half-pay.
Commander Tringham married, in 1831, Eleanor, widow of Lieut.-Colonel Henry Tarleton, late of the 60th Regiment. Agent – Joseph Woodhead.
TRIPP. (Retired Commander, 1847. f-p., 14; h-p., 31.)
John Upton Tripp is fourth and youngest son of the late Rev. John Tripp, Rector of Spofforth and of Catton, co. York, LL.D. of Christchurch, Oxford. His eldest brother, George, a Captain in the 25th Regt. of Foot, served under Sir Ralph Abercromby in Egypt in 1801, and died two years afterwards of consumption, occasioned by sleeping on the sands; his next, Charles, D.D., the present representative of the family, is Rector of Silverton, co. Devon, and a Magistrate for the counties of Somerset and Devon; and his third, Peter, is a Lieutenant-Colonel in the 98th Regt. of Foot.
This officer entered the Navy, 20 Oct. 1802, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Magicienne frigate, Capt. Henry Vansittart; with whom he removed, in the following Feb., to the Fortunée 36. In that ship, after blockading the rivers Elbe and Weser and cruizing off Boulogne, he sailed, in Feb. 1804, for the West Indies. When on her passage home in the summer of 1806, in company with the Hercule 74, Surveillante frigate, an armed schooner, and a large fleet of merchantmen, the Fortunée fell in with a number of Spanish vessels, under the protection of a 74-gun ship and two gun-boats. She was immediately detached in pursuit, and, assisted by the schooner and the boats of the Surveillante, succeeded in capturing and destroying the gunboats and 20 sail deeply laden with sugar, &c. Independently of this Mr. Tripp assisted, during his sojourn in the West Indies, at the capture of Le Cazar and Le Vautour French privateers, a Spanish brig laden with cocoa, Le Grand Juge Bertolio French schooner of 7 guns and 51 men, and two Spanish feluccas laden with beef and flour. The latter vessels were destroyed. While cruizing in 1807 in the Channel the Fortunée took Le Magicien privateer of 2 guns and 44 men. In Dec. 1808 Mr. Tripp, who had been rated Midshipman and Master’s Mate of the Fortunée in April, 1805, and June, 1807, joined, in the latter capacity, the Ganges 74, Capt. Peter Halkett, on the Lisbon station; where he was made Lieutenant, 7 June, 1809, into the Triumph 74, Capt. Sam. Hood Linzee. He was afterwards employed, from Sept. 1809 until Aug. 1812, in the Barfleur 98, flag-ship of Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley in the Tagus; and from Oct. in the latter year until March, 1816, in the Ramillies 74, Capts. Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy and Thos. Boys. Under Sir T. M. Hardy (who also commanded the Barfleur) we find him present in the Ramillies in a variety of operations on the coast of North America, particularly at the blockade of New London, the occupation of the
