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his first commission on the 29th Mar. 1805; served as lieutenant under Captain (now Vice-Admiral) Thomas Eyles, in the Plantagenet 74, on the Baltic station; and was promoted to the rank of commander, Feb. 1st, 1812. Remarried, Oct. 6th, 1818, the youngest daughter of Mr. C. Savage, of Midsomer Norton, in Somersetshire. 



son of the late Captain Peircy Brett, R.N.; and grandson of Captain William Brett, R.N., brother to Admiral Sir Peircy Brett, who, as a lieutenant, circumnavigated the globe with Anson; and afterwards fought a most gallant action, of which the following account is given by Schomberg;

In 1753, having conveyed King George II. to Holland, Captain Brett received the honor of knighthood. In 1758, he was first captain to Lord Anson, in the Royal George, and subsequently commodore in the Downs. In 1759, he became a colonel of marines; in 1762, a rear-admiral; and in Dec.