General Tomkyns Hilgrove Turner GCH
(1764-1843)

Governor of the Bermudas, Lieutenant-Governor of Jersey, deliverer of the Rosetta Stone from Egypt to the British Museum, British Army General, and Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Guelphic Order (from 1827)

Died aged c. 79

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Gorey, United Kingdom

Sir Tomkyns Hilgrove Turner 1764-1843 General, Governor of the Bermudas and Lieutenant-Governor of Jersey lived here. Delivered the Rosetta Stone from Egypt to the British Museum.

B28, Gorey, United Kingdom where they lived