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BROWN. Lieut. Brown married, 28 July, 1838, Honor, youngest daughter of Sir Rich. Burton, Kt., of Sackett’s Hill House, Isle of Thanet, and has issue.

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is eldest son of the late Rear-Admiral Wm. Brown, who, after filling the office of Commissioner of Malta and Sheerness Dockyards, died Commander-in-Chief at Jamaica in 1816; uncle, through his eldest sister, of the present Sir Geo. Fras. Hampson, Bart.; and first cousin of Commander W. C. Browne, R.N. This officer entered the Navy 3 June, 1819; passed his examination in 1825; obtained his first commission 17 April, 1827; and was subsequently appointed – 1 Sept. 1829, to the 10, Capt. Chas. Hen. Swinburne, in the Mediterranean – 24 Jan. 1832, as First-Lieutenant, to the 18, Capt. Robt. Russell, on the West India station, whence he soon afterwards returned to England – 30 May, 1836, to the 84, Capt. Wm. Fisher, in which ship he sailed for the Mediterranean – 27 July, 1838, again as Senior, to the 36, Capt. Edw. Collier, on the same station – and, 23 Nov. 1839, and 1 Oct. 1840, to the and, first-rates, as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Edw. Codrington at Portsmouth. He was promoted from the last-mentioned ship to his present rank 11 Aug. 1841; and has since – except from 28 March to 6 Sept. 1844, when he held command of the 16 – been unemployed.

Commander Brown married, 4 May, 1842, Elizabeth Jane, eldest daughter of John Hawkins, Esq., of Byelands.

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passed his examination 24 Dec. 1836; and served for several years, as Mate, in the Mediterranean and East Indies, of the 72, and  steam-sloop, Capts. Houston Stewart and Wm. Maitland. He obtained his commission 8 Aug. 1845; and, until the early part of 1846, was next employed, as Additional-Lieutenant, in the 72, flag-ship of Sir Thos. John Cochrane on the station last named.

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, born 29 Oct. 1806, is son of the Rev. Walter Brown, Rector of Woodstock, and Prebendary of Canterbury.

This officer entered the Royal Naval College 3 Feb. 1820, and embarked, 18 Nov. 1822, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 42, Capt. Joseph Nourse, with whom he served at the Cape of Good Hope, part of the time as Midshipman, until Sept. 1825. He passed his examination in Nov. following; was soon afterwards appointed Admiralty Mate of the 42, Capt. Sir Chas. Sullivan, employed on the Home, West India, and Lisbon stations; and, in June, 1827, removed, in the same capacity, to the 44, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Ogle in North America, where he was promoted, 20 Oct. 1829, as First-Lieutenant, into the 18, Capts. Eaton Travers, Wm. Dewar, and Edw. Wm. Pilkington. He invalided from the West Indies in April, 1832; received an appointment in the Coast Guard 20 Nov. 1833; was subsequently transferred, in Jan. 1835, and 18 April following, as First-Lieutenant, to the steam-sloop, Capt. Wm. Langford Castle, on the Home station, and 16, Capt. Wm. Richardson, in which vessel he served off the coasts of Spain and Africa, until paid off in Oct. 1838; and, on 26 April, 1839, joined, also as Senior, the steam-frigate, Capt. Wm. Honeyman Henderson. For his services in that vessel throughout the operations on the Coast of Syria, from their very commencement until the fall of St. Jean d’Acre, Mr. Brown was advanced to the rank of Commander 4 Nov. 1840. He has since been on half-pay. – Messrs. Halford and Co.

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entered the Navy, 31 Aug. 1795, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 28, Capt. Robt. Rolles, on the West India station, where, in May, 1796, he assisted at the reduction of Ste. Lucie, and towards the close of that year removed, as Midshipman, to the 44, commanded by the same officer, and also by Capt. Wm. Sanderson. He was next transferred, in the summer of 1799, to the 74, Capt. Hon. Robt. Stopford, under whom, in the Channel, and again in the West Indies, he witnessed, as Master’s Mate, the capture of several armed and other vessels; and, on 29 April, 1802, he was made Lieutenant into the 74, Capt. John Loring. His subsequent appointments were – 7 Jan. 1803, after six months of half-pay, to La 36, Capt. Wm. Cumberland, on the North Sea station, whence, however, he returned to port about April following – 8 March, 1804, to the bomb, Capts. Gregory and Robt. Elliott, lying in the Downs – 22 April, 1805, to the 74, Capt. Hen. Inman, under whom he participated in Sir Robt. Calder’s action with the combined fleets of France and Spain, 22 July ensuing – 15 May, 1806, to the 64, Capt. Wm. Cuming, one of Rear-Admiral Chas. Stirling’s squadron, when sent to supersede Sir Home Popham in the Rio de la Plata – 24 June, 1807, to the 36, Capt. Chas. Dashwood, from which ship, after attending the expedition to Copenhagen under Lord Gambler, and proceeding with convoy to the West Indies, he invalided in Aug. 1808 – and, 8 May, 1809, and 9 March and 11 April, 1810, to the sloops, Capt. Chas. Pickford, Pultusk, Capt. Edw. Flin, and, Capts. Wm. Paterson, Wm. Hendrie, and Robt. Lisle Coulson – all likewise in the West Indies. The was wrecked in Carlisle Bay, Barbadoes, in Nov. 1809. Commander Brown, who has not been afloat since 13 Dec. 1810, accepted his present rank 25 Feb. 1834.

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entered the Navy, 25 July, 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 98, Capts. Rich. Grindall, Wm. Lechmere, and Alex. Eraser, under the first of whom he was present, as Midshipman, at the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. following. In April, 1807, he removed with Capt. Fraser to the 74, one of Lord Gambler’s fleet in the expedition to Copenhagen; and he was subsequently most actively employed in the same ship, under Capt. Thos. Baker, Rear-Admiral Thos. Bertie, and Capt. Hen. Rich. Glynn, in blockading Zealand, protecting the various British and Swedish convoys passing through the Sound, and skirmishing with the Danish gun-boats. He next, in May, 1809, joined the sloop, Capt. Thos. Fras. Chas. Mainwaring, in which vessel we find him, in 1810, contributing to the destruction of two French privateers off Pillau, and then escorting Gustavus, the ex-King of Sweden, from Riga to England. He was afterwards successively transferred, in Nov. 1810, March, 1812, and March, 1813 – to the 38, Capt. John Hatley, with whom he visited Quebec –  38, Capt. Philip Carteret, lying in the Downs – and  56, Commodore Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo. Under the latter officer Mr. Brown shared in most of the operations on the Lakes of Canada, until at length taken prisoner. He obtained his commission 16 Aug. 1814; but has not, since Sept. 1815, been afloat.

Lieut. Brown at present holds the appointment of Registrar-General of Seamen.

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entered the Navy 5 Aug. 1809; passed his examination in 1817; obtained his commission 12 June, 1829; served in the Coast Guard from 30 Dec. 1837 until the close of 1841; and since 7 July, 1845, has been employed as Admiralty Agent in a contract mail steam-vessel.

