Collection Subject Type

Military

Scope and Content

Two Commissioning Warrants for Lieutenant Thomas Forwood, 1778 and 1781, and one compact disc containing photographs of the Forwood Family in Australia.

Date Range of Content

1778-2005

Biographical Note

Lieutenant Thomas Forwood was born on 24 August 1763 in Plymouth, Devon and died at the age of 58 in Tiverton in 1821.  He was the third of four children of Lieutenant Thomas Forwood (1734-1781) and Faith Friend (1739-1827).

At 13 Thomas the younger joined the navy as midshipman, serving with his father on the Foudroyant (22 January 1777-8 August 1778).  He was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant on 8 August 1778, and 1st Lieutenant on 8 January 1781, serving on the Three Brothers (1779-1780), Ailignte (1781-1782), Cambridge (1782-1786), Standard  (1787-1788) and Impregnable (1788).  On 12 December 1788 he was honorably discharged on half pay following an altercation involving another officer.  

Forwood married Martha Lugger in December 1791, moving from Plymouth to Southwark in London, where he established an accountancy practice.  The couple had 14 children, including Dr Frederick Forwood (1808-1882), who studied medicine at St Bartholemew's Hospital, London before migrating to Adelaide in 1853, and whose papers are held in the collection of the State Library of South Australia at PRG 801.

Further information on the descendants of the Forwood Family of Kent can be found on the family history website at http://airgale.com.au/forwood/index.htm.  

References:

Goodman, Keith Douglas-Nash.  Forwood: a family history from 1588 to 2000.  http://airgale.com.au/forwood/index.htm retrieved 1 May 2019

Administrative Information

Access and Copying Conditions

Access: Open Access

Copying: Copying of material for private study and research is approved

Preferred Citation

Papers of Thomas Forwood, Academy Library, UNSW Canberra, Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, Box [Number], Folder [Number].

Provenance

The two Commissioning Warrants for Lieutenant Thomas Forwood are on permanent loan from Mrs R.B. Forwood. The compact disc was donated to the Academy Library by Mrs Cheryl Craig née Forwood on behalf of the Forwood Family members, January 2006.

Subject Keywords

Subjects

Royal Marines, family history, Captain Cook's signature, James Cook signature, George 3rd signature, George III signature, John Montagu (4th Earl of Sandwich) signature

Personal Names

Thomas Forwood

James Cook 1728-1779

George III (George William Frederick) 1738-1820

John Montagu (4th Earl of Sandwich)

Corporate Names

Great Britain - Royal Marines, 15^th Company Royal Marines, 145^th Company Royal Marines

Occupations

Marines

Container List

Folio 1

Folder 1
Two Commissioning Warrants for Lieutenant Thomas Forwood:

8 August 1778 - appointed Second Lieutenant, 15th Company of Marines, signed George III, James Cook, Sandwich, Lisburne and one other;

8 January 1781 - appointed First Lieutenant, 145th Company of Marines, signed George III, Sandwich, Lisburne, Darby;

Letter to Mrs R.B. Forwood from Alex Byrne, Deputy Librarian, University College, University of New South Wales, Australian Defence Force Academy, 30 October 1985

Box 2

Box-folder 2 Cool Room
Compact disc containing photographs of the Forwood Family in Australia, [compiled] by Cheryl Craig née Forwood, 11 November 2005. The photographs were supplied by Forwood Family members.