George Tobin (Royal Navy officer)
George Tobin | |
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Born | 13 December 1768 Salisbury, England |
Died | 10 April 1838 Teignmouth, England |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | Royal Navy |
Rank | Rear-admiral |
Commands held | HMS Northumberland HMS Princess Charlotte |
Battles/wars | French Revolutionary Wars Napoleonic Wars |
Rear-Admiral George Tobin (13 December 1768 – 10 April 1838) was an English Royal Navy officer and artist.
Early life
The second son of James Tobin of Nevis in the West Indies, and his wife Elizabeth Webbe, he was elder brother of John Tobin and James Webbe Tobin. He was born in England at Salisbury on 13 December 1768, and studied at King Edward VI School, Southampton. He entered the navy in 1780 on board HMS Namur, in which he later went out to the West Indies, being present at the Battle of the Saintes during April 1782.[1][2]
After the peace of 1783 Tobin was for some time in: HMS Bombay Castle, guardship at Plymouth; HMS Leander on the Halifax, Nova Scotia station, and in HMS Assistance. From 1788 to 1790 he made a voyage in Sulivan, a ship of the East India Company. On his return he was for a few weeks on board HMS Tremendous during the Nootka Crisis, and on 22 November he was made a lieutenant.[1][2]
Lieutenant
During 1791–1793 Tobin was in HMS Providence, Captain William Bligh, on its voyage to Tahiti and the West Indies. He kept an illustrated journal, covering in particular Tahiti and Tasmania. It is now in the State Library of New South Wales.[1][2]
On his return to England Tobin learned that by his absence he had avoided being appointed third lieutenant of
Captain
Tobin was made a
After much convoy service Tobin, still in the same frigate, renamed HMS Andromache in 1812, co-operated during 1813–14 with the army in
Retirement and death
On 8 December 1815 Tobin was nominated a
Family
Tobin married, in 1804, Dorothy, daughter of Captain Gordon Skelly of the navy, widow of Major William Duff of the 26th Regiment. They had one son and one daughter.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Lee, Sidney, ed. (1898). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 56. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/27484. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
External links
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1898). "Tobin, George". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 56. London: Smith, Elder & Co.