co. Gloucester, and Highway, co. Wilts, a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for Gloucestershire, and a Retired-Commander R.N. (Lieut. 1794), who died 4 April, 1844, aged 67, by Mary Ann, daughter of the Rev. John Bryen, of co. Somerset. His grandfather, Henry Tonge, Esq., married Anne Eliza, daughter of Vice-Admiral Harry Norris, himself the son of Admiral Sir John Norris, by Hon. Elizabeth Aylmer, daughter of Matthew Lord Aylmer. His eldest brother, Augustus Henry, is a Captain in the Wiltshire Militia; and his next, John Henry, a Captain in the Army. One of his sisters, Lucy Elizabeth, is wife of the Rev. Augustus Wm. Noel, son of the late Capt. Hon. Fred. Noel, R.N. (1819).
This officer passed his examination 1 March, 1837; served in the Mediterranean and at Devonport, as Mate, in the Vernon 50, Capt. Wm. Walpole, and Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir David Milne, from 1841 until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 28 May, 1845; and from 20 June in the latter year until paid off in 1848, was employed on the Home station and again in the Mediterranean in the Trafalgar 120, Capts. John Neale Nott and Chas. Hope.
TORLESSE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9; h-p., 32.)
Henry Boden Torlesse entered the Navy, 10 May, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Antelope 50, Capts. Henry Bazely and Edw. Galwey; under the former of whom he escorted the East India trade to and from St. Helena, and conveyed the Earl of Caledon to the Cape of Good Hope. After visiting the Mediterranean he followed Capt. Galwey, in April, 1809, as Midshipman (a rating he had attained in Dec. 1807), into the Isis 50, In which ship, commanded next by Capt. Woodley Losack, we find him, in the course of the same year, accompanying the expedition to the Walcheren. From Feb. 1810 until Dec. 1811, and from the latter date until March, 1814, he was employed as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, chiefly on the coast of North America, in the Belvidera 36, Capt. Rich. Byron, and Morgiana 18, Capt. David Scott; he then returned to England in the Terpsichore frigate, Capt. Wm. Bowen Mends; and from the following June until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 11 May, 1815, he served on the Portsmouth station in the Tyrian brig, Capt. Augustus Baldwin. He has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Torlesse has been for some time a Police Magistrate at Van Diemen’s Land.
TOTTENHAM. (Lieutenant, 1844.)
John Francis Tottenham is ninth son of Lord Robt. Ponsonby Tottenham, D.D., Bishop of Clogher, by Alicia, third daughter of Cornwallis Maude, 1st Viscount Hawarden; and grandson of Charles, 1st Marquess of Ely. His eldest brother, Charles John, is a Lieutenant in the 2nd Life Guards; another, Cornwallis, is in the Hon.E.I.Co.’s service; and a third, William, died a Lieutenant R.N.
This officer entered the Navy in 1834; passed his examination 6 Sept. 1841; and in 1842-3 was nominated Mate of the Inconstant 36 and Hyacinth 18, Capts. Fred. Thos. Michell and Fras. Scott, on the Mediterranean and African stations. As a reward for the gallant and dashing manner in which, in a 4-oared gig he went, 13 Aug. 1844, in pursuit of, maintained a running action with, and ultimately drove on shore (where she was abandoned by her crew, 18 in number, several of whom were killed and wounded) a Brazilian brig of 200 tons (afterwards got off by the Hyacinth) carrying 2 4-pounders, a barrel of powder, a quantity of langridge shot, and a number of muskets, swords, and bayonets, Mr. Tottenham, on the urgent recommendation of his Captain, was promoted, 27 Dec. following, to the rank of Lieutenant.[1] His appointments have since been – 4 June, 1845, to the Resistance troop-ship, Capt. Chas. Geo. Edw. Patey – 6 Nov. 1846, as First, to the Medea steam-sloop, of 350 horse-power, Capts. Graham Eden Wm. Hamond and Thos. Henry Mason, equipping for the East Indies – 25 Nov. 1847, as Additional, to the Vernon 50, bearing the flag on that station of Rear-Admiral Sam. Hood Inglefield – and, 15 June, 1848, to the Meander 44, Capt. Hon. Henry Keppel, also in the East Indies, where he is now serving.
TOTTENHAM. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
William Tottenham died 14 Aug. 1847, at Woodstock, co. Wicklow. He was fifth son of the Bishop of Clogher; and brother of the present Lieut. John F. Tottenham, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 2 Feb. 1826; served as Midshipman in the Blonde 46, Capt. Edm. Lyons, at the siege, in Oct. 1828, of Morea Castle, the last hold of the Turks in the Peloponnesus; passed his examination 26 April, 1832; and at the period of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 23 Nov. 1841, had been for some time employed as Mate in the Camperdown 104, flag-ship of Sir Henry Digby at Sheerness. His succeeding appointments were – 1 Dec. 1841, to the Dido 18, Capt. Hon. Henry Keppel, fitting for the East Indies, whence he returned at the close of 1843 – in Dec. 1844, to the Racehorse 18, Capt. Geo. Jas. Hay, equipping at Devonport – and 4 Feb. 1845, to the Vanguard 80, Capt. Geo. Wickens Willes, with whom he served on the Home and Mediterranean stations until within a short time of his death. While attached to the Dido he assisted at the capture of Woosung and Shanghae, took part in various operations on the Yang-tse-Kiang river, and commanded a tender in an attack upon a horde of Borneo pirates. Agent – Joseph Woodhead.
TOUZEAU. (Commander, 1842. f-p., 21; h-p., 5.)
James Charles Mann Touzeau was born 4 Sept. 1806.
This officer entered the Navy, 6 Aug. 1821, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Doterel 18, Capt. Wm. Hendry, stationed on the coast of North America. In Aug. 1825 he became Midshipman of the Genoa 74, Capt. Walter Bathurst, employed at first off Lisbon and next in the Mediterranean, where he fought at the battle of Navarin 20 Oct. 1827. On that occasion he was the senior unpassed Midshipman on board the Genoa. In July, 1828, six months after he had been discharged from that ship, he was received on board the Nightingale schooner, Lieut.-Commanders Edw. Smith and Geo. Wood; under the latter of whom he was wrecked 7 Feb. 1829, off South Yarmouth, and lost nearly all he possessed. Having passed his examination 6 Aug. 1828, he was successively, in March, June, and Nov. 1829, nominated Mate of the Melville 74, Capt. Alex. Wilmot Schomberg, Kent 78, Capt. John Ferris Devonshire, and Stork Revenue-cruizer, Lieut.-Commanders Sam. Barrett, Wm. Lowcay, and Wm. Lowry, all on the Home station; where he served, from Dec. 1832 until July, 1837, in the Ranger, another Revenue-vessel, Lieut.-Commanders Wm. Henry Baker, Jas. Stuart, and Thos. Sam. Hall. He then joined the Alligator 28, Capt. Jas. John Gordon Bremer, fitting at Portsmouth; and on 2 Sept. following he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. He was employed afterwards, from 14 Sept. 1837 until 10 Oct. 1838, and from 14 Dec. 1839 until 5 Oct. 1843, In the Tyne 28, Capt. John Townshend, and Pylades 18, Capts. Talavera Vernon Anson and Louis Symonds Tindal, on the Mediterranean and China stations. In the boats of the vessel last mentioned he was engaged, 29 July, 1840, in an action with three piratical junks of greatly superior force; one of which was taken – the two others effecting their escape. The British in this affair had 2 men killed and 7 wounded; and the enemy about 50 killed. Mr. Touzeau also took an active part in the operations against Canton; and on that city being ransomed he was sent, on the morning of 26 May, 1841, accompanied by a detachment of Sepoys and of the 49th Regiment as
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1844, pp. 5315-6.
