George Rowlett
1796/7–1834
Naval officer. Probably the son of John and Judith Rowlett of Osborne Place, Whitechapel. Purser on board the Beagle; previously on HMS Adventure.
Sources
Beagle diary, pp. 218, 244
Freeman 1978
London Metropolitan Archives: Church of England parish registers, 1538-1812 (P93/MRY1/012)
Bibliography
‘Beagle’ diary: Charles Darwin’s Beagle diary. Edited by Richard Darwin Keynes. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1988.
Freeman, Richard Broke. 1978. Charles Darwin: a companion. Folkestone, Kent: William Dawson & Sons. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, Shoe String Press.
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