A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Tickell, Thomas
TICKELL. (Lieut., 1842. f-p., 16; h-p., 1.)
Thomas Tickell, born 28 Feb. 1817, is son of Major-General Tickell, C.B., Bengal Engineers. This officer entered the Royal Naval College 5 Aug. 1830; and embarked, 21 June, 1832, as a Volunteer, on board the Vernon 50, Capt. Sir Fras. Augustus Collier, part of an experimental squadron stationed in the Channel. From Nov. following until paid off on his return to England in Oct. 1836 he served, chiefly as Midshipman, in the Spartiate 76, flag-ship of Sir Michael Seymour, Conway 28, Capt. Henry Eden, Blonde 46, Commodore Fras. Mason, and North Star 28, Capt. Octavius Vernon Harcourt, all on the South American station. In Jan. 1827 (having passed his examination 20 July preceding) he was nominated Mate of the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings; and from May, 1838, until Dec. 1842, he was employed in that capacity, on the coast of North America and at the Cape of Good Hope, in the Andromache 26, Capt. Robt. Lambert Baynes. He then took up a commission bearing date 29 March, 1842; and from 19 Oct. 1843 until the close of 1848 he served in the Fox 42, Commodore Sir Henry Martin Blackwood, in the East Indies.