Royal Naval Biography/Trefusis, George Rolle Walpole
HON. GEORGE ROLLE WALPOLE TREFUSIS.
[Post-Captain of 1824.]
Third son of the late Lord Clinton, by Marianne Gaulis, a Swiss lady; and brother to the present peer.
This officer was born April 8th, 1793; made lieutenant, into the Ethalion frigate, Captain Edmund Heywood, Dec. 10th, 1813; advanced to the rank of commander. May 2d, 1816 ; appointed to the Redwing sloop, Nov. 8th, 1821; and posted June 24th, 1824. On this latter day, it was determined by the Admiralty, that “officers appointed to command ships of the sixth rate and upwards should in future be styled Captains[1].”
Captain Trefusis has recently embarked on board the Gannet sloop, for a passage to Bermuda, from whence he is to bring home the Winchester, now bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Colpoys, commander-in-chief on the Halifax and West India stations.
Agent.– Sir F. M. Ommanney.
- ↑ New Regulations, Chapter II. Sect. IV. Art. I.