Samuel Turner ( c 1749 - 1802 )

Birth: Gloucestershire, England (c 1749) Death: Shoe Lane Workhouse, London (02 January 1802) Burial: St James's Church, Piccadilly, London Career: Cadet, HEIC; Ensign (1780); Chief of a commission to visit Tibet, including an audience with the Tashi Lama (1783); at the siege of Seringapatum (1794); had a paralytic stroke whilst out walking, and was taken to the workhouse in Shoe Lane (21 December 1801) Memberships: Asiatic Society Membership: Fellow Election Date: 15/01/1801.