Edward Winterton Turnour R.N.
Edward Winterton Turnour R.N.

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Edward Winterton Turnour R.N.Explanation
Son of Rev. Adolphus Augustus Turnour (1789-1857)
 
Date (from)(Date to)Personal
17 February 1821 Born (Saham Toney, Norfolk)
4 January 1866 Married Emma Elizabeth (1845-1891), daughter of Richard Wellington Hodgson (1812-1885)
6 October 1901 Died (London)
 
DateRank
20 September 1843Lieutenant
29 September 1855Commander
10 August 1857Captain
25 April 1875Rear-Admiral
9 September 1879Vice-Admiral
20 January 1880Retired Vice-Admiral
29 April 1885Retired Admiral
 
Date fromDate toService
20 October 184015 January 1842Mate in Conway, commanded by Captain Charles Ramsay Drinkwater-Bethune, East Indies
18 February 184219 September 1843Mate in Agincourt, commanded by Captain Henry William Bruce, East Indies
10 January 184412 July 1845Lieutenant in Dido, commanded by Captain Henry Keppel, East Indies
3 September 184514 February 1849Lieutenant in Juno, commanded by Captain Patrick John Blake, Pacific
2 October 184914 May 1852Lieutenant in Wolverene, commanded by Commander Maxwell Falcon, west coast of Africa
23 May 185314 November 1855Lieutenant in St Jean d'Acre, commanded by Captain Henry Keppel, Western squadron, then (May 1854) the Baltic and (1855) the Black Sea during the Russian War
18 February 18567 October 1856Commander (2ic) in Colossus, commanded by Captain Henry Keppel, in charge of a division of gunboats
8 October 18562 November 1857Commander (2ic) in Raleigh, commanded by Henry Keppel, East Indies and China, (including 2nd Anglo-Chinese War) (until wrecked near Macaw when the ship struck an uncharted rock; all saved)
25 January 18606 August 1861Captain in Forte, flagship of Rear-Admiral Henry Keppel, Cape of Good Hope
17 June 186314 June 1865Captain in Charybdis (until paying off at Sheerness), Pacific
7 June 186615 November 1866Additional Captain in Victory, commanded by Captain Hon. Francis Egerton, flag-ship, Portsmouth, for service in Royal Alfred
(8 May 1867)30 June 1869Captain in Donegal (until paying off), Coast Guard, Liverpool (and, May 1869, cruise of the Reserve Fleet), replaced by Resistance
1 July 186916 May 1870Captain in Resistance, Coast Guard, Liverpool (replacing Donegal)

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