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BROWN—BROWNE. troops intended as a reinforcement to the Duke of Wellington’s army in Portugal, he cruized oif the Western Islands for the protection of a homeward-bound East India fleet – 29 Nov. 1811, the 74, Commodore Sir Rich. King, serving off Brest and L’Orient – and, 21 March, 1812, and 20 Nov. 1814, the 38, and  56, in both of which ships he took a very active part in the hostile operations on the coast of North America, and, in the former, captured, 10 Dec. 1813, the Rolla privateer, of 5 guns and 80 men. He was placed out of commission 24 April, 1815; obtained command of the Ordinary at Sheerness 14 Oct. 1816; was selected by Rear-Admiral Robt. Lambert to be his Flag-Captain in the 74, at St. Helena, then the abode of Napoleon Buonaparte, 12 Nov. 1819; from 16 Oct. 1822, until his return home with specie to the amount of 820,000 dollars, 31 Jan. 1826, commanded the  42, in South America, where he was presented by the celebrated Bolivar with his portrait, as a mark of esteem; was next appointed, 26 Oct. 1831, to the  74, employed on Particular Service; and, on 17 May, 1833, assumed command of the  120, as Flag-Captain to Sir Josias Rowley in the Mediterranean. Capt. Brown was superseded in Oct. 1835, and has since been on half-pay. He obtained his Flag 28 June, 1838.

Rear-Admiral Brown’s eldest son,, is a Commander in the Navy; and another son, Seymour Yorke, died a Lieutenant in the same service. One of his daughters is married to Commander Jas. Wm. Morgan, R.N. – Messrs. Stilwell.

 BROWN. 

, born 17 March, 1806, is eldest son of.

This officer entered the Navy, 1 March, 1820, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 74, commanded by his father, then Flag-Captain to Rear-Admiral Robt. Lambert, on the St. Helena station. He next, from Sept. 1821, until Jan. 1826, served in South America, as Midshipman of the 10, Capt. Archibald Maclean,  36, Commodore Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy, and {sc|Tartar}} 42, Capt. Brown; became, on the latter date, attached to the 104, flag-ship at Portsmouth of Sir Geo. Martin; passed his examination 1 March following; and, after an intermediate servitude, as Mate, in the 18, Capt. Chas. Ramsay Drinkwater, 50, flag-ship of Sir Lawrence Wm. Halsted, and 46, Capt. Chas. John Austen, on the West India station, was made Lieutenant into the, Capt. G. A. Yates, 15 March, 1828. He returned home, in June, 1830, in the 10, Capt. Fras. Blair, and successively joined, between that period and April, 1835, when he invalided, the 120, flag-ship at the Nore of Sir John Poo Beresford, one, afterwards, of an experimental squadron under Rear-Admiral Wm. Parker – 78, Capt. John Dick, similarly employed – and  74, and  120, both commanded by his father, in the North Sea and Mediterranean. He was subsequently appointed for short periods – 30 March, 1836, to the 74, Capt. Alex. Ronton Sharpe, on the latter station – 26 July, 1838, to the, flag-ship at Portsmouth of Sir Philip Durham – and, 30 Oct. 1840, to the 78, Capt. Sir Jas. Stirling, also in the Mediterranean. He was promoted to his present rank 23 Nov. 1841, and since 10 Jan. 1846, has been in command of the 16, at the Cape of Good Hope.

Commander Brown married, 1 Feb. 1837, Louisa, eldest daughter of the late Dr. Peter Breton, Superintendent of the Bengal Native Medical Establishment, and by that lady has issue. – Messrs. Stilwell.

 BROWN. 

entered the Navy, 1 Jan. 1792, as Surgeon’s Servant, on board the frigate, Capt. Hon. Alex. Inglis Cochrane, stationed off the coast of Scotland; and, in March, 1/93, joined the 74, Capts. Albemarle Bertie and Sir Chas. Hen. Knowles, employed in the Channel and also in the North Sea, where she was completely dismasted in a violent gale. On removing, as Midshipman, to the 74, commanded successively by Capts. Sir C. H. Knowles and Thos. Foley, he took part, after cruizing for a considerable time off Toulon, in the action off Cape St. Vincent, 14 Feb. 1797, and was present, 1 Aug. 1798, in the battle of the Nile. At the close of Sir John Jervis’ victory, Mr. Brown was detached for some months into the 100 Capt. Edw. Marsh, for the purpose of escorting home the four Spanish prizes. He became attached, in Aug. 1799, to the 100, flagship of Lord Keith in the Mediterranean; was transferred, 2 March, 1800, to the  36, Capt. Wm. Bowen, under whom he assisted at the capture of several privateers; and on ultimately rejoining Lord Keith in the, was actively employed in landing troops during the expedition to Egypt in 1801. He obtained his promotion 22 Feb. 1802; held a command in the Sea Fencibles at St. David’s, from 13 July, 1804, until 28 Feb. 1810, when that corps was disbanded; and was placed on the List of Retired Commanders 11 Dec. 1833.

 BROWNE. 

was born in 1767, and died 15 Oct. 1846, at Spittal, Berwick-upon-Tweed. He was of a family of high respectability, long seated at Godmenstone, co. Dorset, being a descendant, lineally and collaterally we presume, of Sir John Browne, Kt., who died a Rear-Admiral in 1627, at the age of 69, and of Sir Robt. Browne, Kt., who died a Vice-Admiral in 1634, at the age of 70; and a near relative of.

This officer entered the Navy, 4 June, 1777, on board the, Capt. Philip Browne, and successively served, until the close of the first American war, in the 20, commanded by the same Captain,  20, Capt. John Henry,  frigate, and  50, both commanded by Capt. Geo. Keith Elphinstone, and 36, Capts. Peacock and Wm. Fooks. During that period, in the and, he assisted, in Sept. and Oct. 1779, at the defence of Savannah, where Capt. Browne, who afterwards died from excessive fatigue, sank his ship on the bar at the entrance of the river to prevent the approach of the enemy’s fleet. He served also, in the, at the reduction of Charlestown, in May, 1780; and contributed, in the , to the capture, in Jan. 1781, of the Rotterdam Dutch ship, of 50 guns and 300 men, after a smart action, and, on 11 Sept. 1782, of L’Aigle French frigate, of 40 guns and 600 men. In 1785 Mr. Browne joined the 64, Capt. Wm. Dickson, at Portsmouth. He passed his examination in the course of the same year; and, after a further attachment of four years to the 50, bearing the broad pendants of Commodores Rich. Hussey Bickerton and Wm. Parker in the Leeward Islands, and 74, flag-ship off Madeira of Rear-Admiral Sam. Cornish, was made Lieutenant into the 74, Capts. Hen. Collins and Thos. MacKenzie, on the West India station, 9 Nov. 1790. His next appointments were – 24 Jan. 1793, to the frigate, Capts. Mark Robinson and Wm. Pierrepont, employed in the North Sea and Downs – 11 March, 1795, to the 50, flag-ship on the same stations of Vice-Admiral Joseph Peyton – and, 5 July, 1796, as First-Lieutenant, to the  64, bearing the flag of the latter officer, and, afterwards, of Vice- Admirals Skeffington Lutwidge, John Bazely, and Geo. Vandeput, in the Downs. He obtained a Commander’s commission 25 June, 1799;