Capt. Chas. Dilkes. During her stay in the West Indies, the Fortunée captured the Vautour French privateer; a Spanish brig laden with cocoa; Le Grand Juge Bertolio French schooner, of 7 guns and 51 men; and two Spanish feluccas (which she destroyed) laden with beef and flour. In the summer of 1806 she sailed from Jamaica for England in company with the Surveillante 38, Hercule 74, an armed schooner, and a large fleet of merchant-men. When off the Havana a number of Spanish vessels were discovered under the protection of a 74-gun ship and two gun-boats. Being immediately detached in pursuit, the Fortunée succeeded, with the assistance of the schooner, in capturing and destroying the gun-boats and upwards of 20 sail, deeply laden with sugar, &c. On his return in the Hazard to the West Indies, Mr. Twigg was received by Sir Alex. Cochrane on board his flag-ship the Belleisle 74. He returned to England in June, 1808, having been advanced to the rank of Lieutenant 19 Dec. preceding; and he was next, from the following Nov. until Aug. 1813, employed in the Downs and Mediterranean in the Leviathan 74, Capts. John Harvey and Patrick Campbell. Under Capt. Harvey he united, in Oct. 1809, in the pursuit, which led to the self-destruction, near Cape Cette, of the French ships of the line Robuste and Lion. After he left the Leviathan he did not go afloat. He accepted the rank of Commander on the Retired List 24 July, 1844.
TWISDEN. (Retired Commander, 1823. f-p., 31; h-p., 36.)
John Twisden entered the Navy, in April, 1780, on board the Victory 100, Capt. Clayton, bearing the flag of Admiral Kempenfeldt in the Channel. He served next, from April, 1781, until March, 1783, on the coast of North America, in the West Indies, at the Nore, and again in the Channel, the latter part of the time as Midshipman, in the Centurion 50, Capt. Clayton, Robust 74, Capt. Philip Cosby, Sandwich 90, flag-ship of Admiral Roddam, and Tisiphone sloop, Capt. Chas. Sandys; and from Aug. 1783 until Oct. 1790 he was employed, on the Home, West India, and Halifax stations, occasionally as Master’s Mate, in the Pégase, Capt. Marshall, Unicorn 32, Capt. Chas. Stirling, Latona frigate, Capt. C. Sandys, Pégase again, Capt. Marshall, Edgar 74, Capt. Thompson, Dido, Capt. C. Sandys, Thisbe, Capt. Sam. Hood, Scout, Capt. Chas. Cobb, and Queen Charlotte 100, bearing the flag of Lord Hood. On 28 of the month last mentioned, he was made Lieutenant into the Dromedary, Capt. Benj. Hulke. He left that ship in Dec. 1791; and was subsequently employed – from Dec. 1792 until Aug. 1794, in the Sandwich 90, Capt. Mosse, flag-ship at the Nore – from the latter date until Dec. 1796, in command, on Home service, of the Fearless gun-vessel, and armed vessel Alfred – and, from June, 1798, until May, 1802, and from May, 1803, until Dec. 1814, in charge of a Signal station. He accepted the rank of Commander on the Retired List 27 March, 1823.
Commander Twisden is married, and has issue.
TWISS. (Commander, 1846.)
Robert Walpole Twiss entered the Navy 8 June, 1810; passed his examination in 1818; and was made Lieutenant, 1 March, 1829, into the Weazle 10, Capt. Chas. Basden, on the Mediterranean station, whence he returned to England and was paid off in 1830. He was employed in the Coast Guard from 19 June, 1833, until the early part of 1835; and as Second and First-Lieutenant in the St. Vincent 120, flag-ship at Portsmouth of Sir Edw. Codrington, Sir Chas. Rowley, and Sir Chas. Ogle, from 16 Nov. 1842 until advanced to his present rank, 4 May, 1846. He has since been on half-pay.
Commander Twiss married, in March, 1834, Sophia, daughter of ___ Friend, Esq., formerly of Ramsgate.
TWYSDEN. (Commander, 1838. f-p., 19; h-p., 19.)
Henry Duncan Twysden is son of Capt. Thos. Twysden, R.N. (who commanded the Pylades sloop when that vessel was wrecked among the Shetland Islands in Nov. 1794, and the Révolutionaire 38 during the latter part of the French revolutionary war; and died 4 Oct. 1801), by Isabella, daughter of Henry Duncan, Esq.; and grandson of Sir Wm. Twysden, the fourth Baronet of that name. One of his paternal aunts was married, first, to Archibald, 11th Earl of Eglinton; and secondly, to Fras. Moore, Esq., brother of the gallant Lieut.-General Sir John Moore, who fell at Corunna, and of the late Admiral Sir Graham Moore, G.C.B.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Feb. 1809, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Donegal 74, Capt. Sir Pulteney Malcoln; in which ship he witnessed the attack made by Lord Cochrane upon the French fleet in Aix Roads, and was present, as Midshipman, in Nov. 1810 in an attempt made by Capt. Chas. Grant, of the Diana 38, to destroy the French frigates Amazone and Elize under the fire of the enemy’s batteries near Cherbourg. In June, 1811, he joined the Hussar 38, Capt. Jas. Coutts Crawford; and in Aug. 1812, being then in the East Indies, he removed, we believe, to the Modeste 36. From May, 1813, until within a few days of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 9 June, 1815, he served on the Mediterranean and Home stations in the Rivoli 74, Capt. Graham Eden Hamond, and Impérieuse 38 and Glasgow 50, both commanded by Capt. Hon. Henry Duncan. His succeeding appointments were – 26 Dec. 1815 and 5 June, 1818, to the Wye 26, Capts. Jas. Lillicrap and John Harper, and Iphigenia 42, Capt. Hyde Parker, on the Halifax and Jamaica stations – 22 Dec. 1823 (he had invalided from the Iphigenia in March, 1819), to the Active 46, Capts. Andrew King and Hon. Robt. Rodney, with whom he was for about 12 months employed in the Mediterranean and off Lisbon – 24 April, 1830, as First, to the Prince Regent 120, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood at the Nore – 2 Aug. following, to the Caledonia 120, Capts. Rich. Curry and Edw. Curzon, employed on various particular services – 26 Nov. 1831, to the San Josef 110, bearing the flag of Sir Manley Dixon at Plymouth, where he remained until the early part of 1833 – and, 1 Feb. 1838, as Senior, to the Hastings 72, Capt. Fras. Erskine Loch, fitting at Sheerness. He was advanced to his present rank 28 June, 1838, and was employed as an Inspecting-Commander in the Coast Guard from 4 July, 1839, until July, 1845. He is now on half-pay.
Commander Twysden married, 22 July, 1819, his cousin Mary, daughter of the late Sir Wm. Jervis Twysden, Bart., by Frances, daughter of Alex. Wynch, Esq., Governor of Madras. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
TYLDEN. (Lieutenant, 1836.)
Henry Manby Tylden passed his examination in 1824; obtained his commission 28 Nov. 1836; and was subsequently appointed – 29 Nov. 1836, as Additional-Lieutenant, to the Melville 74, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Chas. Paget in North America and the West Indies – 15 Dec. 1837, to the Magicienne 24, Capt. Geo. Wm. St. John Mildmay, on the Lisbon station – 29 Jan. 1840, to the Blenheim 72, Capt. Sir Humphrey Fleming Senhouse, in the East Indies – 13 Oct. 1840, to the Conway 26, Capt. Chas. Ramsay Drinkwater Bethune, under whom he took part in the operations of 1841 against Canton – 31 Oct. 1845, after nearly four years of half-pay, to the command of the Lizard steamer, of 150 horsepower, on the S.E. coast of America – and 17 June, 1847, for a few months, to the Coast Guard. While in the Parana in the spring of 1846, and in the act of passing the batteries of San Lorenzo, in the possession of General Rosas, the Lizard was for nearly two hours exposed to a terrific fire. She received 7 shot between wind and water, besides 9 cannon,
