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BRUNTON—BRYANT—BRYDGES—BUCHAN—BUCHANAN.
June, 1841; served for some years as Mate of the Queen 110, and Formidable 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 Harpy 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.[1] His name has been since borne on the books of the Vernon 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Sam. Hood Inglefield.
BRUNTON. (Lieut., 1825. f-p., 36; h-p., 3.)
John Brunton was born 1 Sept. 1794.
This officer entered the Navy 25 March, 1808, and, until 1813, served, successively, in the Barfleur 98, Thunderer 74, and Banterer 14. He then joined the Lacedemonian 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 Niger and Ister frigates, and Cherokee brig; was appointed, early in 1824, to the Hecla 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 Mermaid 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. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Richard Brunton entered the Navy 3 June, 1809; passed his examination 7 June, 1815; served for some time, as Mate, in the Mermaid 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. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 8; h-p., 32.)
William Bryant entered the Navy, 21 Nov. 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Sultan 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 Perseus 22, Capt. Edw. Henry A’Court; served, from 6 May to 26 July following, as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Bacchante 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. (Lieut., 1823. f-p., 17; h-p., 22.)
Thomas Brydges entered the Navy, 23 Jan. 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Aetna 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 Aetna 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 Wizard 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 Wizard in Sept. 1815; then joined the Erne 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 Spencer 74, Capt. Wm. Robt. Broughton, in the Channel, Raleigh 18, Capt. Wm. Augustus Baumgardt, in the West Indies, Brazen 24, Capt. Wm. Shepheard, off St. Helena and the Cape, Ramillies 74, Capt. Edw. Bruce, at Portsmouth, and Owen Glendower 36, Commodore Sir Robt. Mends, employed in suppression of the slave-trade on the coast of Africa. He became Acting-Lieutenant of the Bann 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 Victory 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. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
David Adye Buchan entered the Navy 2 March, 1821; passed his examination 24 July, 1830; was promoted from the Mastiff, Master-Commander Geo. Thomas, then employed in surveying the Orkneys, 17 Aug. 1841; joined, on 31 of the same month, the Vixen steam-vessel, Capt. Henry Boyes; was transferred, 5 Feb. 1842, to the Agincourt 72, flagship in the East Indies of Sir Thos. John Cochrane; and since 16 March, 1846, has been occupied as First of the Firefly steam surveying-vessel, commanded in the Irish Channel by Capt. Fred. Wm. Beechey.
BUCHANAN. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 9; h-p., 32.)
Alexander Buchanan was born 5 May, 1793.
This officer entered the Navy, 4 July, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Theseus 74, Capt. Geo. Hope, in which ship he served for some time at the Cape; removed, in June, 1807, to the Ganges 74, Capt. Peter Halkett, under whom he attended the ensuing expedition to Copenhagen; then rejoined Capt. Hope in the Pompée 74, lying at Chatham; became Midshipman, in March, 1808, of the Victory 100, flag-ship in the Baltic of Sir Jas. Saumarez; served next, from May to Nov. 1809, in the Melpomene 38, Capts. Fred. Warren and Peter Parker, and Eagle 74, Capt. Chas. Rowley; and was subsequently, for upwards of three years, actively employed in the Hussar 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 Barracouta 18, Capt. Chas. Hawkey; and on 24 Aug. following was officially promoted. He subsequently, from Sept. to Nov. 1815, served in the Martin 18, Capt. Hon. Jas. Arbuthnot, lying at Plymouth, and, for a short time in 1828, in the Hyperion 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.
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1846, p. 3210.
