TURNER. (Retired Commander, 1848. f-p., 19; h-p., 37.)
John Turner (b) entered the Navy, in April, 1791, as Ordinary, on board the Hector 74, Capt. Geo. Montagu, lying at Spithead. In the following Aug. he was discharged. He was next, from Aug. 1795 until wrecked near Belleisle 4 Nov. 1800, employed in the Channel and Mediterranean, a great part of the time as Midshipman, in the Marlborough 74,[1] Capts. Henry NiohoUs, Joseph Ellison, and Thos. Sotheby; and after having further served, chiefly on the Home station, in the Royal William, Capt. Thos. Pakenham, and Cambrian 40, Capts. Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge and Geo. Henry Towry, he was promoted, 13 Feb. 1802, to the rank of Lieutenant. His subsequent appointments were – 30 May, 1803, to the command of a hired armed brig, employed in the Bristol Channel and in conveying impressed men to Plymouth – 21 and 29 Aug. 1805, to the London and Barfleur 98’s, Capts. Sir Robt. Barlow and Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke, the latter stationed in the Channel – 25 April, 1807 (ill health had caused him to leave the Barfleur in the preceding Nov.), to the command, which he retained until Dec. 1813, of the Ann armed tender, engaged as had been the vessel he before commanded – 12 April, 1815, for nearly four months, to the Impress Service at Swansea – and 21 March, 1816, to the Topaze frigate, Capt. Thos. Geo. Shortland, lying at Plymouth, where he remained until July, 1817. He was placed on the Junior list of Retired Commanders 23 March, 1833; and on the Senior 8 Jan. 1848.
TURNER. (Lieutenant, 1828.)
Michael Turner entered the Navy in Sept. 1811. While serving as Midshipman on board the Hebrus of 42 guns and 284 men, Capt. Edm. Palmer, he assisted, 27 March, 1814, at the capture, under Cape La Hogue, after a close and obstinate engagement of two hours and a quarter, in which the British had 13 men killed and 25 wounded, and the enemy 40 killed and 73 wounded, of the French frigate L’Etoile of 44 guns and 315 men. He was also present in the operations against Washington and Baltimore; at the blockade of an American frigate of superior force in Hampton Roads; at the attack upon Point Petre and the surrender of St. Mary’s; in an action with five American gun-boats near Charleston; at the forcing of the passage of the Gironde and the destruction of the batteries by which it was defended; and at the battle of Algiers. He passed his examination in 1818; was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 18 Sept. 1828; and was lastly, from 15 April, 1842, until 1847, employed as Admiralty Agent on board a contract mail steam-vessel.
TURNER. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Richard John Turner passed his examination 2 Dec. 1829; and was employed in the Coast Guard from 24 Feb. 1840 until advanced to his present rank 29 June, 1846. He has since been on half-pay.
TURNER. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 14; h-p., 17.)
William Turner entered the Navy, 15 May, 1816, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Scamander 36, Capt. Wm. Elliott, stationed in the West Indies. From Oct. 1818 until April, 1821, he served as Midshipman in the Vengeur 74, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland, at Leith, in South America, and in the West Indies; he then joined the Queen Charlotte 100, flag-ship of Sir Jas. Hawkins Whitshed at Portsmouth; and on 15 March, 1823, at which period he had been serving for seven months in the West Indies in the Sybille 48, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Rowley, he was there nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the Hyperion 42, Capts. Jas. Lillicrap and Geo. Fred. Rich. On 30 May, 1823, his promotion was confirmed. He returned home in March, 1824; and was next, 8 Oct. in the same year and 5 Dec. 1826, appointed to the Romney troop-ship, Capt. Nicholas Lockyer, and to his former ship the Sybille, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Fras. Augustus Collier, on the coast of Africa. For the valour he displayed in command of the Black Joke tender, carrying 1 long 18-pounder gun on a pivot and 43 men, in an action of two hours with a Spanish piratical vessel mounting 14 carriage-guns, 12 and 24-pounders, on Gover’s principle, with a crew of 87 men, of all nations, he was promoted by the Lord High Admiral to the rank of Commander 14 July, 1828. He had also the gratification of being presented with a sword valued at 200 guineas, bearing the following inscription :– “A token of respect and regard from Commodore Collier, the Captain, officers, and ship’s company of H.M.S. Sybille, to Capt. Wm. Turner, for his zeal and gallantry while Lieutenant-commanding the Black Joke tender.” The Mate, too, who was serving under him, Mr. Edw. Lyne Harvey, was promoted to superior rank. Capt. Turner’s last appointment was, 24 May, 1830, to the Dryad 42, Capt. John Hayes, with whom he was again employed on the coast of Africa, as Second Captain, until paid off on his return to England in 1832. He acquired the rank he now holds 23 Nov. 1841. Agent – J. Hinxman.
TURNER. (Lieutenant, 1843.)
William Thackery Turner died about the commencement of 1847, while serving on board the Eurydice.
This officer entered the Navy (from the Royal Naval College) 5 Nov. 1832; passed his examination 8 Dec. 1836; served on the North America and West India, Home, and East India stations, as Mate, in the Griffon brigantine, Lieut.-Commander John Gooch D’Urban, Camperdown 104, flag-ship of Sir Henry Digby, and Serpent 16, Capt. Wm. Nevill; obtained his commission 26 Jan. 1843; and was subsequently appointed – 3 May in the latter year, to the Thalia 42, Capt. Chas. Hope, in the Pacific – 22 Nov. 1845, to the Crocodile 26, bearing the flag of Sir Hugh Pigot at Cork – and 30 May, 1846, to the Eurydice 22, Capts. Geo. Elliot and Talavera Vernon Anson, fitting for the Cape of Good Hope, where he died.
TURNOUR. (Commander, 1815. f-p., 17; h-p., 31.)
The Honourable Arthur Richard Turnour, born 14 Jan. 1787, is second son of Edward Garth, second Earl of Winterton, by his first wife, Jane, daughter of Rich. Chapman, Esq., of London; uncle of the present Earl of Winterton and of Lieut. E. W. Turnour, R.N.; and cousin of Lieut. E. E. Turnour, R.N. One of his nieces is married to Lieut. Wm. Geo. Rabett, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 July, 1799, as Midshipman, on board the Caesar 80, Capt., afterwards Rear-Admiral, Sir Jas. Saumarez, under whom he assisted at the blockade of Brest and was present in July, 1801, in the actions off Algeciras and in the Gut of Gibraltar. In July, 1802, about three months after the Caesar had been paid off, he joined the Argo 44, Capt. Benj. Hallowell. In her he made a voyage to the coast of Africa. In Sept. 1803 and Dec. 1806 he was received in succession on board the Mermaid 32, Capt. Aiskew Paffard Hollis, and Leopard 50, Capt. Salusbury Price Humphreys, both on the Halifax station; and on 11 Feb. 1807, he was there nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the Bellona 74, Capt. John Erskine Douglas. He was officially promoted 28 Aug. following; and was subsequently appointed – 20 Jan. and 17 Feb. 1808, to the Northumberland 74 and Victory 100, Capts. Wm. Hargood and John Serrell, lying at Spithead and Chatham – 2 April in the same year and 11 May, 1809, to the Diomede 60 and Adamant 50, flag-ships of Sir Edm. Nagle at Guernsey and at Leith – 22 Sept. 1810, to the Rover brig, Capt. Fras. John Nott, in the Channel – in Oct. 1810 and Feb. and Nov. 1811, to the Malacca 36, Minden 74, and Theban 36, Capts. Wm. Butter-
- ↑ One of the most refractory of the ships inculpated in the Spithead mutiny.
