Tomkyns Hilgrove Turner Military person

General Sir (Tomkyns) Hilgrove Turner GCH (1764–1843) is best known as the officer who escorted the Rosetta Stone from Egypt to England.

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Tomkyns Hilgrove Turner
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1764
Birth place
Uxbridge
Date of deathJanuary 01, 1843
Place of death
Grouville

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Military person

allegianceUnited Kingdom
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Royal Guelphic Order
military branch
British Army
military commandGarrison of Jersey

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