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BREWER—BRICE—BRICKDALE—BRICKWELL—BRIDGE.
This officer entered the Navy, 16 Aug. 1802, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Dryad 36, Capt. Robt. Williams, employed off Weymouth; removed in Feb. 1803, with the same officer, to the Russell 74, in which ship he accompanied the outward-bound trade to the East Indies; and was there successively transferred, in June, 1805, to the Sceptre 74, Capt. Joseph Bingham, and, in Oct. 1807, to the Doris 36, Capts. Christ. Cole and Wm. Jones Lye. While in the latter ship he passed his examination 13 Jan. 1809; was invested with the rank of Acting-Lieutenant 23 April, 1810; and, shortly after his official promotion, which took place 29 Oct. following, was sent, in command of a detachment of seamen, to co-operate with the land forces at the reduction of the Isle of France. Lieut. Brett, who further assisted, under Capt. Lye, at the capture of Java, in Aug. 1811, was subsequently appointed – 6 March, 1813, to the Rippon 74, Capt. Sir C. Cole, on the Channel station – 16 Sept. 1814, and 23 March, 1815, to the Impregnable and St. George 98’s, flag-ships at Plymouth of Sir Wm. Domett and Sir John Thos. Duckworth – and, 8 June, 1816, after nine months of half-pay, to the Wye 28, Capt. John Harper, attached to the squadron in North America. He was paid off in Dec. 1818, and has not since been employed.
Lieut. Brett married, 22 June, 1824, Miss Mary Ann Street, by whom he has issue five sons and two daughters. Agents – Messrs. Halford and Co.
BREWER. (Lieut., 1827. f-p., 33; h-p., 2.)
Thomas Brewer entered the Navy, 21 July, 1812, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Defiance 74, Capt. Rich. Raggett, with whom he continued to serve, latterly as Midshipman, in the Tonnant 80, and Spencer 74, on the North Sea, Baltic, and Halifax stations, until Aug. 1815. He next became attached to the Queen Charlotte 100, Capt. Edm. Bodger, at Portsmouth, and Inconstant and Semiramis, of 46 guns each, Capt. Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo, on the western coast of Africa; served from Oct. 1818 to Nov. 1822, again with Capt. Raggett, as Mate, in the Albion 74, at Portsmouth; passed his examination 4 Aug. 1819; and, after a further employment, in the latter capacity, in the Ranger 28, Capt. Peter Fisher, on the North America and West India station, Esk 20, Capt. Wm. Jardine Purchas, on the western coast of Africa, and Prince Regent 120, Capt. Constantine Rich. Moorson, at Chatham, was promoted to his present rank 30 April, 1827. Since 22 Dec. 1828, except from 26 March, 1839, to 21 March, 1844, when he commanded the Sylvia Revenue cutter, Lieut. Brewer has been in the Coast Guard.
He married, 12 Feb. 1833, Miss Mitchinson, and by that lady he has issue. Agents – Messrs. Hallett and Robinson.
BRICE. (Retired Commander, 1840. f-p., 14; h-p., 34.)
Nathaniel Brice was born 8 Sept. 1787.
This officer entered the Navy, 18 June, 1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Crescent 36, Capt. Wm. Grenville Lobb, on the Jamaica station, where he attained the rating of Midshipman 27 June, 1800. He afterwards served, in the Channel, with the same officer, in the St. George 98, and Isis 50; with Capt. Wm. Cumming in the Prince of Wales 98; with Capt. Thos. Le Marchant Gosselin in the Latona 38; and, with Capt. Geo. Cockburn in the Captain 74. Shortly after his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 15 Aug. 1806, Mr. Brice obtained command of the Jackdaw schooner of 2 guns, in which vessel in Jan. 1807, he was unfortunately captured by a Spanish row-boat. Being, however, quickly retaken by the Minerva frigate, he joined, on 18 of the succeeding Aug., the York 74, Capt. Robt. Barton, in the West Indies; and was subsequently appointed – 4 Feb. 1808, to the Pelican 18, Capts. W. Ward, Isaac Hawkins Morrison, and Edw. Henry A’Court, under the first of whom he assisted in taking the island of Deseada on 30 March in the same year – 3 June, 1810, to the Aurora 28 – 29 Jan. 1811, to the Tweed 18, Capt. Symonds, stationed in the North Sea and off the coast of Africa – and, 14 Oct. 1813, to the Scamander 36, Capt. G. Heathcote, on Channel service. He continued unemployed from April, 1815; and was placed on the list of Retired Commanders 21 April, 1840.
BRICKDALE. (Lieut., 1842. f-p., 14; h-p., 1.)
Charles John Brickdale was born 30 July, 1819, at Upcott House, near Taunton, Somersetshire, and died, as below recorded, 20 Nov. 1845. He was second son of John Fortescue Brickdale, Esq., barrister-at-law, of Birchamp House, co. Gloucester, by Catherine, daughter of Chas. Gregorie, Esq.; and elder brother of John Fortescue Brickdale, Esq., Lieutenant in the 61st Foot.
This officer entered the Navy, 16 July, 1831, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Imogene, Capt. Price Blackwood, on the East India station, and was Midshipman of that frigate when, in company with the Andromache 28, she forced the passage of the Boca Tigris, in China, 7 and 9 Sept. 1834. He next served, from Sept. 1835, to May, 1840, in the Rodney 92, Capt. Hyde Parker, in the Mediterranean; and, after a further attachment to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, obtained, as a reward for passing the best examination at the Royal Naval College, a Lieutenant’s commission, 24 June, 1842. He was appointed, 1 July following, to the Madagascar 44, Capt. John Foote, on the west coast of Africa, whence he returned home and was paid off in Aug. 1844; and he lastly joined, in the course of 1845, the Agincourt 72, flag-ship in the East Indies of Sir Thos. John Cochrane, and the Comus 18, Capt. Edw. Augustus Inglefield. He fell on 20 Nov., in a gallant attack made by the combined squadrons of England and France on a strong position occupied by the troops of General Rosas at Punta Obligado, on the banks of the Parana.[1] Agents – Messrs. Chard.
BRICKWELL. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Samuel James Brickwell entered lie Navy 16 Sept. 1828; passed his examination 18 July, 1835; served for some time on the Mediterranean station, as Mate, in the Asia 84, Capt. Wm. Fisher, and Cyclops steamer, Capt. Horatio Thos. Austin; obtained his commission 23 Nov. 1841; and, from 2 Nov. 1842, until paid off in Aug. 1844, was employed in the Madagascar 44, Capt. John Foote, on the western coast of Africa. He has been First, since 18 Nov. 1846, of the Albatross 16, Capt. Arthur Farquhar. Agents – Messrs. Halford and Co.
BRIDGE. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
William Henry Bridge entered the Navy 22 March, 1823; passed his examination 20 Nov. 1830; became, in 1839, a student at the Royal Naval College; and was promoted (from the Indus 78, Capt. Sir Jas. Stirling, fitting for the Mediterranean) to the rank of Lieutenant 30 April, 1841. His appointments have since been – 6 May following, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings – 17 Aug. in the same year, to the Southampton 50, flag-ship at the Cape of Good Hope of Sir Edw. Durnford King, from which he was paid off in Dec. 1842 – 19 Oct. 1843, to the Cormorant steam-sloop, Capt. Geo. Thos. Gordon, with whom he served as First-Lieutenant in the Pacific – 30 May, 1845, as Additional, to the Hibernia 104, Capt. Peter Richards, lying at Portsmouth – and, 14 July, 1845, to the Vanguard 80, Capt. Geo. Wickens Willes, now attached to the Channel squadron.
Lieut. Bridge married, 6 June, 1841, Anne, only daughter of the late E. K. Piercy, Esq., of Passage West, co. Cork, and by that lady has issue.
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1846, p. 818.
