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BRUNTON—BRYANT—BRYDGES—BUCHAN—BUCHANAN. June, 1841; served for some years as Mate of the 110, and  84, flag-ships in the Mediterranean of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen; and, on 26 May, 1846, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant as a reward for the conduct he had previously displayed in the steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commander Edw. Halked Beauchamp Proctor, when under a galling fire from the forts of San Lorenzo, in the river Parana, on which occasion, his Captain being disabled, he took charge of the ship. His name has been since borne on the books of the 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Sam. Hood Inglefield.

 BRUNTON. 

was born 1 Sept. 1794.

This officer entered the Navy 25 March, 1808, and, until 1813, served, successively, in the 98,  74, and  14. He then joined the 38, Capt. Sam. Jackson, employed on the coast of North America, where he assisted at the capture of nearly 200 merchantmen, and was in the boats at the taking of the United States gun-boat No. 160. He subsequently became attached to the and  frigates, and  brig; was appointed, early in 1824, to the  bomb, Capt. Edw. Wm. Parry; and, after accompanying that officer on his third voyage for the discovery of a North-West passage, was advanced to his present rank 30 Dec. 1825. Since 27 Feb. 1828 – with the exception of three years, from 9 April, 1832, to 23 May, 1835, when he held command of the Revenue-cruizer – Mr. Brunton has been employed in the Coast Guard, of which he is now an Inspecting-Lieutenant.

He married, in Oct. 1826, Ann, second daughter of Wm. Hill, Esq., of Birmingham, and by that lady has issue nine children.

 BRUNTON. 

entered the Navy 3 June, 1809; passed his examination 7 June, 1815; served for some time, as Mate, in the Revenue-cruizer, Lieut.-Commander David Rymer; and on 27 Dec. 1839, was transferred to the Coast Guard. His commission as Lieutenant bears date 23 Nov. 1841.

 BRYANT. 

entered the Navy, 21 Nov. 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 74, Capts. Edw. Griffith and John West, under whom he continued to be actively employed, as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, on the Mediterranean, Channel, and West India stations, until paid off 15 March, 1815. He immediately afterwards proceeded to North America, as a Supernumerary, in the 22, Capt. Edw. Henry A’Court; served, from 6 May to 26 July following, as Acting-Lieutenant, in the 38, Capt. Geo. Stanfell; and was then confirmed in his present rank by commission dated back to 7 March in the same year. He has been ever since on half-pay.

 BRYDGES. 

entered the Navy, 23 Jan. 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the bomb, Capts. Wm. Godfrey and John Bowker, then stationed in the Baltic. Under the former officer he assisted at the destruction of the French shipping in Aix Roads in April, 1809, on which occasion the had the honour of leading in and anchoring inside the batteries, with which she continued to be engaged until the 29th. With Capt. Bowker, Mr. Brydges took part in the ensuing reduction of Flushing, as well as in all those harassing services up the Scheldt, for which, including the bombardment of Fort Lillo, Sir Richard Strachan returned his thanks in public orders. After a further employment of some months at the defence of Cadiz, where he witnessed the attack of the French on Fort Matagorda, he accompanied Capt. Bowker, in Sept. 1810, into the 16, commanded subsequently by Capts. Fairfax Moresby and Walter Croker, on the Mediterranean station. While attached to that vessel, Mr. Brydges served in her boats, as Master’s Mate, at the capture, in April, 1812, of two French privateers, one a felucca, of 8 guns and 60 men, the other a settee, of 4 guns and 45 men; commanded, on 18 Aug. 1813, a boat at the successful storming of the French batteries at the entrance of the Booca di Cattaro; was employed in the batteries at the siege of Trieste, in Oct following; and afterwards participated in many boat affairs on the river Po. He passed his examination 20 March, 1814; was paid off from the in Sept. 1815; then joined the  20, Capt. Rich. Spencer, under whom he experienced a great deal of arduous boat-service in the Archipelago, until his return home in Dec. 1817; and became attached subsequently in succession to the 74, Capt. Wm. Robt. Broughton, in the Channel, 18, Capt. Wm. Augustus Baumgardt, in the West Indies, 24, Capt. Wm. Shepheard, off St. Helena and the Cape, 74, Capt. Edw. Bruce, at Portsmouth, and 36, Commodore Sir Robt. Mends, employed in suppression of the slave-trade on the coast of Africa. He became Acting-Lieutenant of the 20, Capt. Thos. Saumarez, 1 Aug. 1823; obtained his official promotion on 22 Oct. in the same year; and since 2 June, 1846, has been employed in the 104, flag-ship at Portsmouth of Rear-Admiral Hyde Parker.

Lieut. Brydges married, in 1827, the daughter of Thos. Williams, Esq., an eminent solicitor.

 BUCHAN. 

entered the Navy 2 March, 1821; passed his examination 24 July, 1830; was promoted from the, Master-Commander Geo. Thomas, then employed in surveying the Orkneys, 17 Aug. 1841; joined, on 31 of the same month, the steam-vessel, Capt. Henry Boyes; was transferred, 5 Feb. 1842, to the  72, flagship in the East Indies of Sir Thos. John Cochrane; and since 16 March, 1846, has been occupied as First of the steam surveying-vessel, commanded in the Irish Channel by Capt. Fred. Wm. Beechey.

 BUCHANAN. 

was born 5 May, 1793.

This officer entered the Navy, 4 July, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 74, Capt. Geo. Hope, in which ship he served for some time at the Cape; removed, in June, 1807, to the 74, Capt. Peter Halkett, under whom he attended the ensuing expedition to Copenhagen; then rejoined Capt. Hope in the  74, lying at Chatham; became Midshipman, in March, 1808, of the  100, flag-ship in the Baltic of Sir Jas. Saumarez; served next, from May to Nov. 1809, in the 38, Capts. Fred. Warren and Peter Parker, and 74, Capt. Chas. Rowley; and was subsequently, for upwards of three years, actively employed in the 38, Capts. Alex. Skene, Jas. Coutts Crawford, and Geo. Elliott, on the East India station, where he assisted at the reduction of Java in Aug. 1811. He passed his examination 7 Feb. 1813; received immediately afterwards an order to act as Lieutenant of the 18, Capt. Chas. Hawkey; and on 24 Aug. following was officially promoted. He subsequently, from Sept. to Nov. 1815, served in the 18, Capt. Hon. Jas. Arbuthnot, lying at Plymouth, and, for a short time in 1828, in the 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye, stationed in Newhaven Harbour for the purposes of the extended Coast Blockade. He has not since been employed.

Lieut. Buchanan married, in Jan. 1827, a daughter of the late Rear-Admiral Alex. Shippard, and granddaughter of the late Admiral Sir John Knight, K.C.B., by whom he has issue four sons and two daughters.

