A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Tower, Arthur
TOWER. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
Arthur Tower, born 15 April, 1816, is fourth son of Christopher Thos. Tower, Esq., of Weald Hall, co. Essex, by Harriet, second daughter of Sir Thos, Beauchamp Proctor, Bart., of Langley Park, co. Norfolk; and brother of Christopher Tower, Esq., M.P. for Buckinghamshire, who married Lady Maria Frances, only daughter of John, 1st Earl Brownlow. He is nephew of Rear-Admiral (of the Blue) John Tower, C.B. (who died Nov. 1837), of Edw. Tower, Esq., R.N., who was lost with Sir Thos. Troubridge in the Blenheim 74 in 1807, and of the present Rear-Admiral Sir Wm. Beauchamp Proctor, Bart; another uncle, the Rev. Wm. Tower, married Maria, daughter and coheir of the late Admiral Sir Eliab Harvey, G.C.B.
This officer passed his examination 5 July, 1836; and, after having served for some time in the Mediterranean as Mate in the Ganges 84, Capt. Barrington Reynolds and Beacon surveying-vessel, Capt. Thos. Graves, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 18 Nov. 1842. His appointments have since been – 3 Dec. 1842 and 23 April, 1844, as Additional, to the Queen 110 and Formidable 84, flag-ships of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, also in the Mediterranean – and 22 Dec. 1845, a few months after his return to England, to the Ringdove 12, Capts. Sir Wm. Hoste, Wm. John Cavendish Clifford, and Edw. Augustus Inglefield, fitting for the East Indies, where he is now First-Lieutenant.