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BURCH—BURDON—BURDWOOD—BURGESS. her crew, when ashore on the rocks in the Bay of Douglas, Isle of Man, Lieut. Burbidge was appointed by the Admiralty, 25 Jan. 1823, to the Coast Guard. He was superseded from the Coast Blockade, to which he had been removed, in 1824; and was afterwards appointed, 14 June, 1834, and 28 Feb. 1837, for brief terms, first, to the command of the brigantine, on the coast of Africa, and then, as Third-Lieutenant, to the  104, bearing the flag of the Admiral Superintendent at Portsmouth, Sir Fred. Lewis Maitland. He is at present on half-pay.

Lieut. Burbidge, who has been twice married, has a son by his former, and a daughter by his present, wife. – J. Woodhead.

 BURCH. 

(b) is only son of the late Isaac Burch, Esq., of Exmouth, Lieutenant R.N. (1800.)

This officer entered the Navy, 14 July, 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 100, Capts. Rich. Curry and Pulteney Malcolm, stationed in the Channel; attained the rating of Midshipman in Aug. of the same year; and afterwards accompanied Capt. Malcolm into the Kent and 74’s. In May, 1805, he became attached, with Sir Rich. John Strachan, to the 80, and, on 4 Nov. following, he assisted at the capture of four French line-of-battle ships, escaped from Trafalgar; after which he visited the Chesapeake in pursuit of a squadron under M. Willaumez. We subsequently, in 1809, find him present, in the same ship, under Capt. Chas. Richardson, at the reduction of three heavy French frigates under the batteries of Sable d’Olonne, as also of the shipping in Basque Roads, and in the expedition to Flushing; and, under Capt. Wm. Granger, serving off Lisbon in 1810. On 12 Aug. in the latter year he rejoined Sir R. J. Strachan in the 74, employed in the North Sea, and, on afterwards proceeding to North America with the flag of Sir John Borlase Warren, he commanded one of that ship’s boats at the capture of three privateers in the Rappahannock river, and in the attack on Craney Island, Hampton. Mr. Burch, who had passed in 1810, was next appointed, 20 Nov. 1813, Acting-Lieutenant of the 12, Capts. Jas. Kearny White and Jas. Montagu, in which vessel he remained until Jan. 1814, when he was confirmed into 38, Capt. Hugh Pigot, by commission ante-dated to 11 June, 1814. While in the he took an active part in all the boat and other operations in the Chesapeake, including those against Washington and Baltimore, and also attended the expedition to New Orleans. He haa been on half-pay since 23 Aug. 1815.

Lieut. Burch married Mary, youngest daughter of the late Chas. Hutton Jarvoise, Esq., of Exeter.

 BURDON. 

entered the Navy 19 May, 1823; passed his examination in 1829; obtained his commission 11 Aug. 1832; joined, 20 Jan. 1834, the 84, Capt. Wm. Furlong Wise, on the Mediterranean station; was superseded in the following July; and has since been on half-pay.

 BURDWOOD. 

entered the Navy, 1 Oct. 1796, as A.B., on board the 64, Capts. Chas. Boyles and John Dilkes; attained the rating of Midshipman in Dec. following; and, after intermediately visiting the Cape of Good Hope, was present, 2 April, 1801, as Master’s Mate, in the battle off Copenhagen, on which occasion he was part of the time employed in an armed launch, and also on board the, Lord Nelson’s flagship. Between 30 April, 1802 (in Nov. of which year he passed his examination), and 8 Feb. 1805, Mr. Burdwood jouied in succession the 8 Lieut.-Commander Robt. Jump, and  frigates, both commanded by Capt. Geo. Wolfe, and 98, Capt. Rich. Grindall, all on the Home station. He then became Sub-Lieutenant of the schooner, Lieut.-Commanders John Cook Carpenter and Jas. Leach, employed off the coasts of Spain and Portugal; was promoted to a full Lieutenancy 29 Sept. 1807, in the 98, Capt. Sir Thos. Williams, in which ship he sailed for the West Indies; and, on 28 Nov. 1808, joined the 74, Capts. Edw. Woolcombe, Wm. Chas. Fahie, and Geo. Cockburn. In the course of the following year he assisted at the capture of Martinique, and rendered valuable service, in command of a gun-boat, at the reduction of Flushing. His ensuing appointments were – 14 Sept. 1809, to the 74, Capt. Sir Rich. King, off Cherbourg – 11 Dec. in the same year, to the 18, Capts. Jas. Murray and Humphrey Fleming Senhouse, on the Newfoundland station – and, 20 Feb. 1811, and 6 Jan. 1812, to the command of the and  prison-ships at Portsmouth. Lieut. Burdwood was next, on 7 Sept. 1814, nominated Agent for Transports Afloat, in which capacity he attended the expedition to New Orleans. He afterwards remained unemployed from 8 Nov. 1815, until 18 July, 1823, and then, rejoining the Transport service, continued in it (with one interval, from Dec. 1829, to May, 1831) until 19 July, 1832, when he again went on half-pay. He accepted his present rank 15 April, 1844.

Commander Burdwood is married, and has issue six children.

 BURGESS. 

, born 9 Sept. 1781, is son of Commander Wm. Burgess, R.N. (1796), who died, 18 Dec. 1840, in his 89th year; and only brother of Lieut. Burgess, R.N., who died in the West Indies, in 1795, while serving on board H.M.S..

This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1790, as Servant to his father, then Senior-Lieutenant of the 74, Capt. Benj. Caldwell, lying in Portsmouth Harbour, and during the eight months of his continuance in that ship received a severe injury in the head, in consequence of an accidental fall from the cockpit into the coal-hole. In Sept. 1793, he re-entered the service as Midshipman, on board the 98, bearing the flag of his previous Commander, under whom, with his father again as First-Lieutenant, he took part in the victory of the 1st of June, 1794. After further serving in the same ship, under Capts. Sir Chas. Cotton, Andrew Mitchell, and John Thomas, he removed, in July, 1796, to the 32, Capt. Sir Thos. Williams, on the Irish station, where he assisted in taking, with other vessels, L’Entreprise privateer, of 6 guns and 40 men, and was transferred, in Jan. 1797, to the 36, Capt. Lord Amelius Beauclerk. While in that frigate Mr. Burgess was also present at the capture of the three privateers, Eclair, Brune, and Mars, carrying in the whole 46 guns, and destruction of a fourth, La Cornélie. He next, in March, 1799, became attached to the 32, Capt. Robt. Laurie; passed his examination in June following; and, on immediately afterwards rejoining Vice-Admiral Mitchell, his former Captain, In the 50, accompanied him in the expedition to the Helder, where he was confirmed a Lieutenant in the  16, Capt. Jeffery Raigersfeld, 18 Nov. in the same year. On 17 March, 1800, he obtained an appointment, as First-Lieutenant, to the 18, Capt. Chas. Dashwood, in which vessel he was for some time employed, always within gun-shot distance of the batteries, in watching the movements of the enemy in Brest Harbour. On one occasion, during a foggy night, when the British frigate, having drifted among the Black Rocks, had grounded, become high and dry, and been actually attacked by a flotilla of gun-boats, Mr. Burgess participated in a gallant and hazardous, yet successful dash, made by the , to her rescue. In the same