| Authorised form of name | Turner; Sir; Tomkyns Hilgrove (1764 - 1843) |
| Dates | 1764 - 1843 |
| Date of birth | 12 January 1764 |
| Place of death | At his residence, Gowray, Jersey |
| Date of death | 07 May 1843 |
| Occupation | Soldier |
| Activity | Career:
Commissioned as ensign in the 3rd Footguards; Lieutenant (1789); served in Egypt (1801) and brought the Rosetta Stone back to England (1802); Brigadier General (1804); Major General (1808); Lieutenant General (1813); Governor of the Bermudas (1825)
Honours:
Kt 1814; KCH 1819; GCH 1827
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 06/12/1804 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Notes:
Does not appear on PL after 1810. Some of the dates of the sovereign's honours vary in the different sources. Shaw's 'Knight's...' ; Biog by AF Loveday 1964 has been followed. |
| Code | NA1901 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1804/08 | Turner, Sir Tomkyns Hilgrove: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |