by John Marshall

“ Tomlinson acted as aid-de-camp to the Hon. Captain Luttrell, at the siege of St. Fernando de Omoa, and was one of those who scaled the walls of that fortress [1] ; he also assisted at the capture of le Compte d’Artois French privateer, of 64 guns and 644 men, Aug. 13, 1780 [2] . Early in 1781 we find him commanding a gun-boat, and accompanying Brigadier-General Arnold on an expedition up the rivers of Virginia. Whilst thus employed, he was almost daily engaged with the enemy, and frequently two or three times in the same day, for upwards of two months. ”

“ In the following month Captain Tomlinson captured la Patriote and le Morgan French privateers, the latter mounting 16 guns; an American ship, and a Danish brig, the one laden with contraband stores, the other with French property; and re-captured six valuable British merchantmen. ”

“ In Oct. 1795, the Pelter being paid off, the subject of this memoir joined the Glory, of 98 guns, as first Lieutenant, from which ship he soon after removed into the Vesuve gun-vessel. Oh the 29th of the following month he was advanced to the rank of Commander, and appointed to la Suffisante of 14 guns.
On the 27th May, 1796, Captain Tomlinson, after a chase of eleven hours, and an action of thirty minutes, captured la Revanche French national brig, of twelve long 4-pounders and 85 men, between Ushant and the Main, then a lee shore. The enemy had 2 men killed and 7 wounded ”