A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Broke, Philip

1641141A Naval Biographical Dictionary — Broke, PhilipWilliam Richard O'Byrne

BROKE, Bart. (Capt., 1835. f-p., 10; h-p., 18.)

Sir Philip Broke, born 15 Jan. 1804, is eldest son of the gallant captor of the Chesapeake the late Sir Philip Bowes Vere Broke – who was raised to the dignity of a Baronet and created a K.C.B. for that brilliant achievement, and died a Rear-Admiral of the Red, 3 Jan. 1841 – by Sarah Louisa, daughter of Sir Wm. Fowle Middleton, Bart., of Shrubland Hall. He is eldest brother of Capt. G. N. Broke, R.N., and nephew of Colonel Sir Chas. Broke Vere, K.C.B., M.P.

This officer entered the Navy (from the Royal Naval College at Portsmouth), in Dec. 1819, as Midshipman, on board the Liffey 50, Capt. Hon. Henry Duncan; and after a successive attachment to the Iphigenia 42, Capt. Hyde Parker, and Cambrian 48, Capt. Gawen Wm. Hamilton, all on the Mediterranean station, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 16 Aug. 1824. His ensuing appointments, in the latter capacity, were – 25 Feb. 1825, to the Aurora 46, Capt. John Maxwell, employed off Lisbon – 3 Oct. 1826, to the Genoa 74, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Walter Bathurst, in which ship he served as Senior Lieutenant at the battle of Navarin, 20 Oct. 1827 – and, after that event, to the Asia 84, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Codrington. He obtained his second promotal commission 7 June, 1828; commanded the Erebus bomb, in the Mediterranean, from 8 July following until paid off in July, 1830; and was advanced to Post-rank 12 Sept. 1835. Capt. Broke has not been afloat since he left the Erebus. He is High Sheriff for the co. of Suffolk. Agents – Case and Loudonsack.