Commander James Ptolemy Thurburn

James Ptolemy Thurburn R.N. (Royal Navy)

21 December 1847 Married, in Buenos Ayres, Margaret, daughter of J. White of that city

Date Rank

3 June 1831 Entered Navy

15 March 1841 Lieutenant

29 April 1851 Commander

16 September 1841 Lieutenant in Thalia, commanded by Charles Hope, East Indies and Pacific

6 March 1846 Lieutenant in Harlequin, commanded by Douglas Curry, Mediterranean

17. 11.1846 - April 1850 Lieutenant commander in Griffon (until paying off at Portsmouth), south-east coast of America

24 March 1855 Commander in Madagascar, store ship, Rio de Janeiro

30 October 1860 Coast Guard

1 December 1860 Additional Commander in Cornwallis, commanded by George Grenville Randolph, for the Coast Guard in the Humber

3 January 1866 Commander (2ic) in Wellesley, commanded by William Houston Stewart, guard ship of ordinary, Chatham

(7 April 1866) Commander in Barracouta

THURBURN. (Lieutenant, 1841.)

James Ptolemy Thurburn entered the Navy 3 June, 1831; passed his examination in 1837; and was made Lieutenant, 15 March, 1841, into the Persian 16, Capt. Thos. Rodney Eden, on the coast of Africa. His appointments since he left that vessel have been – 16 Sept. 1841, to the Thalia 42, Capt. Chas. Hope, under whom he was for about four years employed in the East Indies and Pacific, latterly as First-Lieutenant – 6 March, 1846, in the capacity last named, to the Harlequin 12, Capt. Douglas Curry, in the Mediterranean – and, 17 Nov. following, to the command of the Griffon brigantine, on the south-east coast of America, where he is now serving. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.

• Military service: 1894
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