father, the Rev. Sir Thomas Broughton, Bart.; and entered the royal navy in 1817, as midshipman on board the Spencer 76, commanded by his father, and stationed as a guard-ship at Plymouth, he shortly afterwards went to the Royal Naval College, from whence he was discharged Mar. 1820, into the Rochfort 80, fitting out for the flag of Sir Graham Moore, commander-in-chief on the Mediterranean station. In June 1823, he joined the Rose 18, Commander Henry Dundas, and in Jan. 1821, the Cambrian 48, Captain Gawen W. Hamilton, C.B., which ship, after having been employed for three months in blockading Algiers, returned to England m the month of June following. We next find him proceeding to India, in the Boadicea 46, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Sir James Brisbane, C.B., by whom he was entrusted with the command of a boat attached to the expedition against Ava, for a period of four months, during which he was in three severe battles and several skirmishes, the particulars of which are given in Chapter IV. of the Appendix to Vol. III. Part I.
Mr. Broughton’s promotion to the rank of lieutenant took place April 8th, 1825, but his commission, appointing him fourth of the Liffey 50, did not reach him until Jan. 1st, 1826, previous to which he had suffered greatly in health from the climate and severe privations.
After the treaty of Melloone, Lieutenant Broughton was sent to Rangoon with despatches, and an order to join the Alligator 28, of which ship he had charge during the subsequent operations of the combined flotilla in the Irrawaddy[1]. His next appointment was, Mar. 8th, 1827, to the Briton 46, Captain the Hon. William Gordon, under whom he continued to serve until paid off in April 1830. In this latter ship he visited St. Petersburgh, North and South America, the British West India islands, and Havannah. His promotion to the rank of commander took place Feb. 5th, 1830, on which occasion he was appointed to the Primrose sloop, employed on the African station. Four days after joining
