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BRAY—BREEDON—BREMER. of a convoy near the port of Morjean, 2 May following – 23 Sept. in the same year, as Senior, to the 36, Capt. Andrew King, under whom he served at the reduction of Genoa in April, 1814 – 27 March, 1815, after an unemployed interval of nearly a year, to the  98, flag-ship, also in the Mediterranean, of Sir Josias Rowley, which ship was paid off in Dec. 1815 – and, 30 Sept. 1818, to the  74, bearing the flag of the latter officer on the Irish station, where he served for three years. Capt. Brasier, who obtained his second promotal commission 26 Dec. 1822, subsequently commanded, from 20 Dec. 1832, until he invalided, 26 April, 1833, the 50, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Cockburn in the West Indies; and, from 23 Jan. 1834, until his advancement to Post rank, 10 Jan. 1837, the 120, bearing the flag of Sir Josias Rowley in the Mediterranean. He has since been unemployed.

Capt. Brasier married, in 1838, Catherine, only surviving daughter of the late John Marshall, Esq., of Bradney, Shropshire. – J. Hinxman.

 BRAY. 

died 2 Oct. 1846, at Walworth, in his 60th year.

This officer entered the Navy, 26 July, 1797, as Fst.-cl. Boy, on board the gun-brig, Lieut.Commander Laurence Dundas Bruce, on the Home station, and while in that vessel was laid up for some time in consequence of a severe injury on the head inflicted by a fall from the quarter-deck into the spirit-room. In Oct. of the latter year he became Midshipman of the 32, Capt. Jas. Lind, on the East India station; where he removed with the same officer, in March, 1803, to the 44, flag-ship at first of Rear-Admiral Peter Bainier, and afterwards commanded by Lord Geo. Stuart, under whom he was wrecked, off Trincomalee, 7 Jan. 1805. He subsequently served, as Master’s Mate and Acting-Lieutenant, in the 38, Capt. Edw. Batsey, and 36, and  74, both flag-ships of Sir Edw. Pellew, and appears to have been for some time employed in blockading the Isles of France and Bourbon. After a further attachment to the 22, Capt. Geo. Davies –, Capt. Gordon, in which frigate he came home early in 1809 – and 64, bearing the flag of Sir John Borlase Warren at Halifax, Mr. Bray was made Lieutenant, 28 June, 1810, into the  22, Capt. Dyer; and, on his return from North America, in the , was placed on half-pay in May, 1811. He afterwards served, in 1815, on board the troop-ship, Capt. Wm. Stanhope Badcock, lying at Spithead – was appointed, 11 March, 1823, to the 74, Capt. Sir Thos. Livingstone – and, from 1825 to 1828, was employed in the Ordinary at Chatham. He obtained the out-pension of Greenwich Hospital 6 March, 1835.

Lieut. Bray has left a family.

 BRAY. 

died 11 March, 1846.

This officer entered the Navy, 1 Feb. 1794, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the sloop, Capt. Grosvenor Winkworth, stationed in the North Sea; acquired the rating of Midshipman 10 Dec. 1795; and, after further serving for three years in the  and  64’s, Capts. Solomon Ferris and Geo. Scott, was confirmed to a Lieutenancy, 1 Nov. 1800, in the, armee en flûte, Capt. Valentine Collard, under whom he attended the Egyptian expedition of 1801. His next appointments were – 12 June, 1802, to the 64, Capt. Sir Thos. Livingstone, on the Mediterranean station – in July, 1803, to a command in the Essex district of Sea Fencibles – 3 July, 1804, to the, Capt. Bushby, employed off Boulogne, from which vessel he invalided in Jan. 1805 – and, 5 April ensuing, to the 74, Capt. Rich. King. Under the latter officer he served, and was wounded, at the battle of Trafalgar; in consequence whereof he obtained a gratuity from the Patriotic Fund. We subsequently find him assuming command of the following vessels : – 13 Jan. 1808, of the schooner, which he had the misfortune to lose off Brest on 30 June; 18 Oct. 1808, of the  schooner, employed at Plymouth; 4 July, 1811, of the  ketch, in which he was sent with despatches to America; 7 Dec. in the same year, of the  gun-brig, also on the Plymouth station; 12 Feb. 1812, of the  cutter, employed off Flushing; and, 13 Dec. 1813, after an interval of a year, of the  cutter, similarly stationed. He went on half-pay 16 May, 1814; and, on 27 May, 1825, was advanced to the rank of Commander, as a reward “for long and active services.” He did not afterwards go afloat. – J. Woodhead.

 BREEDON. 

entered the Navy 23 March, 1809; served, as Midshipman, in the 40, Capt. Hon. Anthony Maitland, at the battle of Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816; passed his examination in the same year; and was promoted to the command of the Union schooner 3, on the Jamaica station, 4 Oct. 1825. He has been on half-pay since May, 1827.

Lieut. Breedon married, 25 June, 1832, Alice, youngest daughter of Major J. R. Nason, late 47th Regiment. – J. Chippendale.

 BREEDON. 

, born 16 Dec. 1799, is son of the late Rev. T. S. Breedon, D.D., of Pangbourne, Berks.

This officer entered the Navy, 23 Jan. 1813, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 74, Capt. Fras. Wm. Austen, on the Baltic station; removed, as Midshipman, to the 18, Capt. Thos. Williams, employed off Newfoundland, whence he returned to England and was paid off, 29 Nov. 1815; joined, in Aug. 1816, the 74, Capt. Thos. Alexander, and subsequently, for short periods, the 74, Capt. Aiskew Paffard Hollis, and  36, Capt. Thos. Searle, all lying at Portsmouth; served, from Nov. 1818, to March, 1822, in the 18, Capt. Chas. Simeon; passed his examination 8 Feb. 1820; and, after a further attachment, in the West Indies, to the 18,  74, and again to the, commanded by Capt. Geo. Fred. Rich, as well as to the 50, Capt. Thos. Forrest, was appointed, 5 Aug. 1825, Acting-Lieutenant of the 28, Capt. Hugh Patton, from which ship he was confirmed into the  18, Capt. Chas. Croker, 4 Oct. 1825. He came home and was placed on half-pay in March, 1826; and has not since been employed.

Lieut. Breedon married, 21 June, 1832, Waller, eldest daughter of the late John Kearney, Esq., of co. Kilkenny, and sister-in-law of Lieut. J. G. M‘Kenzie, R.N. – Messrs. Stilwell.

 BREMER. 

, born 18 Sept. 1819, is eldest son of Commodore Sir J. J. G. Bremer, K.C.B.

This officer entered the Navy 17 April, 1834; and on 26 May, 1841, was awarded a commission in acknowledgment of his services on the coast of China, where, as Acting-Lieutenant of the, he had been employed in the boats at the capture, on 13 of the preceding March, of several rafts and of the last fort protecting the approaches to the city of Canton. He was appointed, 28 Aug. 1843, to the 16, Capt. Wm. Smyth, lying at Devonport; acquired his present rank 20 Dec. ensuing; and is now on half-pay. – J. Hinxman.

