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TURNOUR—TURRELL—TWEED—TWIGG.

field, Edw. Wallis Hoare, and Stephen Thos. Digby, all in the East Indies – and 12 Feb. 1815, to the acting-command, on that station, of the Sphynx sloop. In the latter vessel, to which he was confirmed 20 Sept. 1815, he remained, we believe, until Nov. 1816. He has since been on half-pay.

Commander Tumour married, 1 Sept. 1829, Charlotte Fitzherbert, eldest daughter of the late Geo. Daysh, Esq., of New Grove, Petworth, co. Sussex, by whom he has issue. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.



TURNOUR. (Lieutenant, 1842.)

Edmund Edward Turnour, born 3 Feb. 1813, is fourth and youngest surviving son of the late Hon. and Rev. Edw. John Tumour, M.A., by his first wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Wm. Richardson, Esq., Accountant-General of the Hon.E.I.Company; and grandson of the first Earl of Winterton. He is cousin of Commander Hon. Arthur Rich. Turnour, R.N.

This officer entered the Navy, 23 July, 1827, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Melville 74, Capt. Henry Hill, stationed off Lisbon. From 1829 until 1834 he served as Midshipman (a rating he had already attained) in the Britannia 120 and Asia 84, Capts, Edw. Hawker and Geo. Burdett, and Rainbow 28, Capt. Sir John Franklin, at Plymouth and in the Mediterranean; he joined next the Dublin 50 and Barham 50, Capts. Chas. Hope and Armar Lowry Corry, fitting at Plymouth and Sheerness; he passed his examination 5 June, 1835; and he was afterwards employed for three years on the South American station as Mate in the Imogene 26, Capt. Henry Wm. Bruce, and from 1840 until 1845 off Guernsey with his name as Mate and Lieutenant (commission dated 29 Aug. 1842) on the books of the Seaflower cutter, Capt. Nicholas Robilliard. During the latter period he commanded the Cracker and Sylvia tenders, for the protection of the oyster fisheries. He was appointed, 13 Oct. 1846, First, for about 12 months, of the Porcupine steam surveying-vessel, of 140 horse-power, Capt. Fred. Bullock; and has been in command, since 2 March, 1848, of the Shearwater steamer, of 160-horse power, on particular service.

Lieut. Tumour married, 18 June, 1845, Helen, youngest daughter of the late Wm. Davies, Esq., of Little Strawberry Hill, co. Middlesex.



TURNOUR. (Lieutenant, 1843.)

Edward Winterton Turnour, born in 1821, is third son of the Hon. and Rev. Adolphus Augustus Tumour (brother of Edward, third Earl of Winterton), by Jessie, daughter of John Dewar, Esq.; and nephew of Commander Hon. Arthur Rich. Turnour, R.N.

This officer entered the Navy 1 March, 1834; passed his examination 20 Oct. 1840; served as Mate in the Conway 26, Capt. Chas. Ramsay Drinkwater Bethune, and in her boats, during the operations on the coast of China, including the capture of Canton;[1] and after having been for some time employed in a similar capacity on board the Agincourt 72, flag-ship of Sir Thos. John Cochrane on the East India station, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 20 Sept. 1843. He has been serving, since 3 Sept. 1845, in the Juno 26, Capt. Patrick John Blake, of which ship, stationed in the Pacific, he is now First-Lieutenant.



TURRELL. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 14; h-p., 32.)

Charles Turrell died 13 Jan. 1846, at Peckham, aged 60.

This officer entered the Navy, in Aug. 1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Windsor Castle 98, Capt. Jas. Oughton, bearing the flag in the Channel and on the coast of Ireland of Vice-Admiral Sir Andw. Mitchell; under whom he served, from May, 1802, until March, 1805, as Midshipman (a rating he had attained in Sept. 1801), in the Leander 50. In that ship, while cruizing under the command of Capt. John Talbot, he assisted, we believe, at the capture, 23 Feb. 1805, of La Ville de Milan, French frigate, of 46 guns, and her prize the Cleopatra 32. In July, 1806 (he had joined, in Nov. 1805, the Minerve frigate, Capt. Geo. Ralph Collier) he served in a boat, under Lieut. Mulcaster, at the capture of a privateer.[2] He was afterwards taken prisoner, and detained until the end of the war. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 13 Feb. 1815, and was not afterwards, that we are aware, employed. Agent – Joseph Woodhead.



TWEED. (Commander, 1830. f-p., 19; h-p., 20.)

John Powell Tweed was born 26 Aug. 1794; and died 17 March, 1848, at Holton Parsonage, co. Suffolk.

This officer entered the Navy, 8 Jan. 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Eagle 74, Capt. Chas. Rowley; in which ship he continued employed as Midshipman and Master’s Mate until within a few weeks of his being promoted, 26 May, 1814, to the rank of Lieutenant. He was present in 1809 in the expedition to the Walcheren; in 1810, he co-operated in the defence of Cadiz; and he afterwards, while stationed in the Adriatic, assisted in the boats at the capture and destruction of several of the enemy’s forts and vessels, and co-operated in the reduction of Trieste. His appointments as Lieutenant were – 31 Aug. 1814, to the Bann 20, Capts. John Tancock, Thos. Whinyates, and Wm. Fisher, employed at first at Leith and in the Channel, and next on the coast of Africa – 28 Aug. 1816, to the Cherub 26, Capts. W. Fisher and Geo. Wickens Willes, also on the coast of Africa, where (as he had done in the Bann) he contributed to the capture of various slavers – 8 Sept. 1821, as First-Lieutenant (the Cherub had been paid off in Dec. 1818), to the Icarus 10, Capts. Thos. Herbert, Chas. Crole, and Alfred Matthews, fitting for the West Indies – 27 Nov. 1822, in a similar capacity, to the Sybille 48, bearing the flag on that station of his former Captain, then Sir Chas. Rowley – and, in 1825 (after about 12 months of half-pay), to the Superintendentship of the Naval Depôt on Lake Erie. He returned to England on the occasion of his promotion to the rank of Commander 22 July, 1830; and remained thenceforward on half-pay. He sufiered much, during his sojourn in Canada, from the Lake fever and ague. Agents – Messrs. Chard.



TWEED. (Retired Commander, 1847. f-p., 12; h-p., 33.)

Robert Tweed entered the Navy, 19 Nov. 1802, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Juno 32, Capts. Henry Richardson, Chas. Marsh Schomberg, and Hon. Granville Proby, with whom he served in the Mediterranean, the greater part of the time as Midshipman, until transferred, 1 July, 1807, to the Marlborough 74, Capt. Graham Moore. In that ship he escorted the Royal Family of Portugal in its flight to the coast of Brazil; where he was nominated, in Feb. 1809, Acting-Lieutenant of the Bedford 74, Capts. Adam Mackenzie and Jas. Walker. His promotion was confirmed 10 May, 1809; he returned to England in Sept. 1810; and he was lastly, from 13 May, 1811, until 4 Oct. 1814, employed, again in the Mediterranean, in the Fame 74, Capt. Walter Bathurst. He accepted his present rank 27 July, 1847.



TWIGG. (Retired Commander, 1844. f-p., 12; h-p., 34.)

Richard Elliott Twigg entered the Navy, in May, 1801, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Révolutionnaire 38, Capts. Thos. Twysden and Hon. John Murray, stationed on the coast of Ireland. He next, in June, 1802, and Jan. 1803, joined the Magicienne and Fortunée frigates, both commanded by Capt. Henry Vansittart; with whom he continued employed in the North Sea, West Indies, and Channel, as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, until transferred, in Oct. 1807, to the Hazard 18,

  1. Vide Gaz. 1841, pp. 1503-5.
  2. Vide Gaz. 1806, p. 951.