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BROKE—BROKENSHA—BROMLEY.  98, Capt. James Nicoll Morris, in the Baltic – and, in Jan. 1811, to the command of the prison-ship at Portsmouth, which he retained until Jan. 1812. He was afterwards employed for some time in the regulating-service in London, where he effected the entrance of a large number of men into the Navy. Commander Brodie, who has been on half-pay since the peace, accepted his present rank 18 July, 1836.

He is married, and has issue.

 BROKE. 

, born 26 April, 1812, is brother of the present

This officer entered the Navy 16 Aug. 1825; passed his examination in 1831; obtained his first commission 29 June, 1833; and was subsequently appointed – 8 Dec. in the same year, to the 42, Capt. Chas. Burrough Strong, in North America and the West Indies – and, 21 Oct. 1837, as First-Lieutenant, to the brig 16, Capts. Hon. Dudley Worsley Anderson Pelham and Geo. Pelham. For his services, under the latter officer, throughout the campaign in Syria, from its commencement until the fall of St. Jean d’Acre, he was advanced to the rank of Commander, 4 Nov. 1840. He commissioned the for service at the Cape of Good Hope, 28 Nov. 1842; and on 18 Dec. 1845, was awarded the rank of Captain. He is at present on half-pay. – Case and Loudonsack.

 BROKE, Bart. 

, born 15 Jan. 1804, is eldest son of the gallant captor of the Chesapeake the late Sir Philip Bowes Vere Broke – who was raised to the dignity of a Baronet and created a K.C.B. for that brilliant achievement, and died a Rear-Admiral of the Red, 3 Jan. 1841 – by Sarah Louisa, daughter of Sir Wm. Fowle Middleton, Bart., of Shrubland Hall. He is eldest brother of, and nephew of Colonel Sir Chas. Broke Vere, K.C.B., M.P.

This officer entered the Navy (from the Royal Naval College at Portsmouth), in Dec. 1819, as Midshipman, on board the 50, Capt. Hon. Henry Duncan; and after a successive attachment to the  42, Capt. Hyde Parker, and  48, Capt. Gawen Wm. Hamilton, all on the Mediterranean station, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 16 Aug. 1824. His ensuing appointments, in the latter capacity, were – 25 Feb. 1825, to the 46, Capt. John Maxwell, employed off Lisbon – 3 Oct. 1826, to the  74, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Walter Bathurst, in which ship he served as Senior Lieutenant at the battle of Navarin, 20 Oct. 1827 – and, after that event, to the  84, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Codrington. He obtained his second promotal commission 7 June, 1828; commanded the bomb, in the Mediterranean, from 8 July following until paid off in July, 1830; and was advanced to Post-rank 12 Sept. 1835. Capt. Broke has not been afloat since he left the. He is High Sheriff for the co. of Suffolk. – Case and Loudonsack.

 BROKENSHA. 

entered the Navy, 25 March, 1806, as Fst-cl. Vol., on board the 74, Capts. Robt. Dudley Oliver and Wm. Lukin, stationed off the coast of France, where he assisted at the capture, on 28 July following, of Le Rhin, of 44 guns and 318 men; and, on 25 Sept. in the same year, was with Sir Sam. Hood’s squadron at the capture, off Rochefort, of four heavy French frigates, two of which, the Gloire 46, and Infatigable 44, struck to the. In July, 1807, he removed to the 74, Capt. Peter Halkett, and in that ship he attended both the ensuing expedition to Copenhagen under Lord Gambier, and that to the Walcheren under Sir Rich. Strachan in Aug. 1809. In May, 1810, Mr. Brokensha became Midshipman of the 74, Capt. Jas. Walker, in which ship we find him employed in the North Sea, West Indies, and off Bordeaux, until discharged in Sept. 1814. He obtained his commission 16 March, 1815; was afterwards attached, from 6 Dec. 1824, until 1831, to the and  74’s, Capts. Wm M‘Culloch and Hugh Pigot, for the purposes of the Coast Blockade; and, on 31 March in the latter year, obtained an appointment in the Coast Guard, in which service he continued – with the exception of a period of three years, from 11 June, 1833, to June, 1836, when he held command of the Revenue vessel, on the coast of England – until 1838. He has not since been employed.

 BROMLEY. 

, born in Feb. 1820, is third son of Rear-Admiral Sir Robt. Howe Bromley, Bart.

This officer entered the Navy in 1835; passed his examination 4 Aug. 1841; and served for upwards of three years as Mate on board the steam-vessel, commanded in the East Indies by Capts. Sam. Fielding Harmer and Courtenay Osborn Hayes. He acquired the rank he now holds 1 Sept. 1845, and has been since employed as Additional of the 72, flag-ship on the above station of Sir Thos. John Cochrane.

 BROMLEY, Bart. 

, born 28 Nov. 1778, is only son of the late Sir Geo. Bromley, Bart., whom he succeeded in Aug. 1808, by the Hon. Esther Curzon, eldest daughter of Ashton, late Viscount Curzon, and aunt of the present Earl Howe.

This officer entered the Navy, 26 Dec. 1791, as Captain’s Servant, on board the 28, Capt. Hon. Henry Curzon, on the Mediterranean station; joined next the  64, Capt. Sir Erasmus Gower, under whom he accompanied Lord Macartney’s embassy to China; removed as Midshipman, in 1794, into the  74, lying at Spithead; afterwards served in the Channel and off the Western Islands on board the  100, flag-ship of Earl Howe,  36, Capt. Sir Rich. John Strachan, and 38, Capt. Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge, from 1795 to 1797; was then appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the  40, Capt. Rich. Lane, employed in the North Sea; and, on 22 Jan. 1798, was there confirmed into the 16, Capt. Chas. Lock. Mr. Bromley was subsequently employed, on the Home and West India stations, in 32, Capt. Henry Raper,  18, Capt. John Thicknesse, and  36, Capt. John Halliday. He was promoted to the command of the, in the North Sea, 14 Feb. 1801, and obtained his Post-commission 28 April, 1802. His succeeding appointments were – for a short time to the 28, lying in harbour – 24 Sept. 1803, to the  24, in which ship we find him constantly in collision with the enemy’s flotilla and batteries between Ostend and Havre (including one affair in which the, on 23 July, 1805, suffered severely in hull, masts, and rigging, besides losing 2 men killed and 3 wounded), until at length sent to Quebec and Halifax – 10 Nov. 1806, to the  32, stationed in the North Sea – and, 31 July, 1807, to the  38. After a further servitude in North America, off the coast of Spain, and in the Bay of Biscay, he was placed on half-pay in 1809, since which period he has not been afloat. His promotion to the rank of Rear-Admiral took place 10 Jan. 1837; and to that he now holds 9 Nov. 1846.

Sir Robt. Howe Bromley is Deputy-Lieutenant for the co. of Nottingham. He married, 8 June, 1812, Anne, second daughter of Daniel Wilson, Esq., of Dallam Tower, co. Westmoreland, and by that lady has issue five sons and six daughters.