Timothy (c. 1844 – 3 April 2004) was a 5 kg (11 lb) Mediterranean spur-thighed tortoise, estimated to be about 160 years old at the time of her death.

[3] In spite of her name, Timothy was female; gender identification for tortoises was not properly known in the 19th century.

[4] Timothy was believed to have been born in the Mediterranean shores of the Ottoman Empire (modern-day Turkey)[1] and was found aboard a Portuguese privateer in 1854, aged around 10, by Captain John Guy Courtenay-Everard of the Royal Navy.

[3] After her naval service, she retired to live out her life on dry land, taken in by the Earl of Devon at his home, Powderham Castle.

From 1935, she lived in the castle's rose garden and was owned by Camilla Gabrielle Courtenay (1913–2010), the daughter of the 16th Earl of Devon.