Capt
Arthur
Ward
Torlesse
Born in Rangiora, Canterbury, New Zealand
Ancestors 
Son of Charles Obins Torlesse
and Alicia (Townsend) Torlesse
Brother of
Emily (Torlesse) Hamilton
Husband of
Harriet Mary (Jeans) Torlesse
— married
30 Jan 1901 in Winchester, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Descendants 
Father of
Arthur David Torlesse
Died about
at about age 82
in Lymington, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Nov 2023
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Biography
Arthur Ward Torlesse was born on 25 March 1857 in Rangiora, Canterbury ,New Zealand The son of Charles Obin Torlesse and Alicia
He married Harriet Mary Jeans on 30 Jan 1901
He died on 31 March 1939 in. Hollywood, Lymington, Hampshire
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Research Notes
He was education at Christ Church College
He entered the Britannia as a Navagating Cadet on 15 July 1870
On 21 January 1876 he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 28 December 1877
He was transferred to the Executive List on 21 January 1878
On 2 September 1892, Torlesse was tried by Court Martial for hazarding Naiad He was acquitted , and the S.N.O. Hong Kong noted that Torlesse was considered "a most careful and capable officer"
He was appointed to command the first destroyer completed by the Royal Navy , the Havock, on 29 December 1893.he was promoted to the rank of Commander two days later on 31 December 1893 and was reappointed to the Havock
He was appointed to command Havock's sister ship Hornet on 26 June 1894
On 14 November 1899 Torlesse paid off the Corvette Royalist after receiving a satisfactory inspection by Captain Langley . On 6 January 1899 he was appointed to Indus, additional ,as Assistant to the Captain and to carry out the duties of Staff Captain and Queens Harbour Master of the Harbour of the Hamoaze , in October he was appointed to Collingwood, additional for the Queenstown Division of the Coast Guard but in December this was altered to the Bognor Division
He was placed on the Retired list at his own request with the rank of Captain on 26 September 1903 but was called back when the Great War broke out,being appointed Naval Assistant to the Hydrographer on 24 September 1917 On 24 April 1919 he was ordered to revert to the retired list,postdated 1 May 1919
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Arthur by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Arthur:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Arthur by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Arthur:
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~1.56%
Lydia (Benfield) Adams
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