by Richard Hiscocks | Dec 18, 2020
Sandford Tatham 1755-1840. He was born at Hutton-in-the-Forest, Cumberland, the third of four sons of the impoverished vicar of St. Laurence, Appleby, the Rev. Sandford Tatham, and of his wife, Elizabeth Marsden. Five years after his birth his parents divorced on...
by Richard Hiscocks | Oct 14, 2020
John Temple Died 1808. Temple was commissioned lieutenant on 21 September 1790, and whilst serving in the Mediterranean was promoted commander of the Peterel 16 on 11 January 1796, being detached from the fleet on 23 April to serve under the orders of Captain Horatio...
by Richard Hiscocks | Aug 15, 2020
William Taylor 1760-1842. He was born in Greenwich, the son of William Taylor, who held a medical appointment at Greenwich Hospital, and of his wife, Grace Fletcher. Taylor was a midshipman in Captain James Cook’s third voyage of discovery which saw the murder of the...
by Richard Hiscocks | Jun 10, 2020
George Henry Towry 1767-1809. He was born on 4 March 1767, the son of Lieutenant George Phillips Towry, a commissioner of the Victualling Office, and of his wife, Elizabeth More. Many of his ancestors served in the Navy. Following an education at Eton College and...
by Richard Hiscocks | May 2, 2020
Sir Thomas Boulden Thompson 1766-1828. He was born on 28 February 1766 in Kent, the son of a Richard Boulden or Boulding by his wife Sarah Rigden, His maternal aunt was married to Commodore Edward Thompson, who adopted Thomas following the early death of his father,...
by Richard Hiscocks | Apr 18, 2019
John Thompson 1776-1864. He was the brother of Commander Charles Thompson and Major James Thompson of the Royal Marines. Another brother, William, died whilst serving as a purser in the West Indies in 1802.In December 1787 Thompson was entered onto the books of the...
by Richard Hiscocks | Mar 15, 2019
George Tobin 1768-1838. He was born on 13 December 1768 at Salisbury, the second of six sons and three daughters of James Tobin, a plantation owner and merchant from the island of Nevis, and of his wife Elizabeth Webbe, a slave owner from the same island. He was the...
by Richard Hiscocks | Dec 26, 2018
Sir Charles Tyler 1760-1835. Born in County Cavan, Ireland, he was the third son of Peter Tyler, a captain of the 52nd Regiment who fought at the Battle of Bunker Hill, and who had married Hon. Anne Maria Roper, the daughter of the 8th Lord Teynham. In 1771 Tyler...
by Richard Hiscocks | Jan 20, 2018
Thomas Taylor Died 1812. Taylor was commissioned lieutenant on 9 July 1778 and on 16 January 1780 fought at the Moonlight Battle off Cape St. Vincent aboard the Sandwich 90, Captain Walter Young, the flagship of Admiral Sir George Rodney. He was promoted commander in...
by Richard Hiscocks | Jan 15, 2018
John Trigge c1745-1815.Trigge was commissioned lieutenant on 28 May 1766, and whilst serving aboard the London 90, Captain James Kempthorne, he was wounded during the inconclusive engagement with the Scipion 74 off San Domingo on 17 October 1782.He was promoted...
by Richard Hiscocks | May 27, 2017
Sir Henry Trollope 1756-1839. He was born on 20 April 1756 at Bucklebury, Berkshire, the second son of the Reverend John Trollope and his first wife, Anne Guyon. His brother, Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Trollope, commanded the marines aboard Admiral Adam Duncan s...
by Richard Hiscocks | Mar 28, 2017
Sir Edward Thornbrough 1754-1839. He was born at Plymouth Dock on 27 July 1754, the only son of Commander Edward Thornbrough, who died in 1784, and of his wife Mary. On 20 June 1761 Thornbrough entered the navy as a cabin servant to his father, the first lieutenant of...
by Richard Hiscocks | Feb 25, 2017
John Thomas 1751-1810. He was born at Cefncoed, Llanllwni on 26 October 1751, the third of five sons of the Rev. John Thomas, vicar of Llandyssul, Cardiganshire, and of his wife, Sage Thomas. Thomas joined the navy in 1762 aboard the Hero 74, Captain Hon. Samuel...
by Richard Hiscocks | Feb 25, 2017
Thomas Tonken c1727-1791 Tonken was commissioned lieutenant on 6 April 1757, and in that rank served aboard the Portsmouth guardship Achilles 60, Captain Hon. John Luttrell, from December 1766 until March 1767, and the Chatham guardship Ramillies 74, Captain Richard...
by Richard Hiscocks | Jan 21, 2017
Edward Thompson c1738-86. He was the son of a Hull merchant and, officially at least, the uncle of Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Boulden Thompson, becoming his guardian following the early death of the boy s father. Some historians have suggested however that he might have...
by Richard Hiscocks | Jan 11, 2017
Sir Charles Thompson c1740-1799. He was the natural son of the courtier and M.P. Norborne Berkeley, Baron Botetourt of Stoke Gifford, Gloucestershire, who served as governor of Virginia from 1768 until his death two years later, having never married. His mother was...
by Richard Hiscocks | Dec 7, 2016
Samuel Thompson 1718-1813. He was born on 13 August 1718, and was the father of Vice-Admiral Norborne Thompson. Having seen early service in the employment of the East India Company, Thompson joined the navy in 1739 aboard the Cumberland 80, Captain James Stewart, and...
by Richard Hiscocks | Nov 17, 2016
William Truscott 1734-98. He was born on 25 November 1734, one of twelve children of John Truscott of Resugga, St. Stephens Brannell, Cornwall, and of his wife Margaret. Truscott entered the navy under the patronage of Captain Lord Edgcumbe and his fellow Cornishman,...
by Richard Hiscocks | Jun 26, 2016
Sir Thomas Troubridge 1758-1807. He was born in London of Irish descent and uniquely humble origins, being the only son of Richard Troubridge, a baker in the Strand, and of his wife Elizabeth Squinch. He was the father of Rear-Admiral Sir Edward Thomas Troubridge....
by Richard Hiscocks | Dec 18, 2015
George Talbot c1730-1782. He came from a long-established Irish family, and was the youngest of five sons. Talbot was commissioned lieutenant on 19 February 1756 and promoted commander on 19 May 1761, joining the fireship Proserpine 8 and serving in home waters up to...
