A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Tardrew, George
TARDREW. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 16; h-p., 27.)
George Tardrew was born in 1784.
This officer entered the Navy, 20 April, 1804, as Midshipman, on board the Prince 98, Capt. Rich. Grindall; under whom he cruized in the Channel and fought at Trafalgar 21 Oct. 1805. From March, 1806, until Sept. 1810, he served in the East Indies and China, among the Western Islands, and on the north coast of Spain, as Master’s Mate, in the Jupiter 50, Capt. Henry Edw. Reginald Baker, and Endymion 40, Capt. Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel. He then joined the Milford 74, bearing the flag of Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats at Cadiz; and on 26 April, 1811, after having been for about six months employed as Acting-Lieutenant with the flotilla at the defence of that place, he was officially promoted. He subsequently proceeded in the Milford off Toulon. His last appointments were – 2 Nov. 1811, to the Derwent 18, Capt. Geo. Manners Sutton, in the Channel – 6 March, 1813, and 27 March, 1815, to the Bellerophon 74 and Salisbury 50, both flag-ships of Sir R. G. Keats at Newfoundland, whence he returned in Dec. of the latter year – and, in 1822, to the Coast Guard, in which service he remained for about four years.
Lieut. Tardrew married, in 1826, Catherine, third daughter of G. Arnold, Esq.