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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Bradley, William

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​BRADLEY. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 12; h-p., 37.)
William Bradley entered the Navy, 2 March, 1798, on board the Mars, of 82 guns and 634 men, Capt. Alex. Hood, and, on 21 April following, was present at the capture of the French ship L’Hercule, of 78 guns and 680 men, after a Tremendous ​yard-arm-and-yard-arm conflict of more than an hour’s continuance, during which the British sustained a loss of 30 killed and 60 wounded, and the enemy of nearly 300 killed and wounded. He remained in the Maks, under Rear-Admirals Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley and Edw. Thornbrough, until April, 1802; became next, in June, 1803, Midshipman of the Grampus 50, Capt. R. Caulfield, in which ship he proceeded with convoy to the East Indies; served on that station, under Lord Geo. Stuart and various other Captains, in the Arrogant and Dover, until March, 1808; and, after an attachment of a few months in the early part of 1809 to the Royal William and Ville de Paris, bearing the flags at Spithead and in the Mediterranean of Vice-Admirals Courtenay and Lord Collingwood, was appointed, on 14 June in that year, Acting-Lieutenant of the Cumberland 74, Capt. Hon. Philip Wodehouse. On the night of 31 Oct. following we find him employed in the boats of the latter ship with those of a squadron at the capture and destruction, in the Bay of Rosas – despite a fierce opposition from the crews and a galling fire from the batteries, inflictive on the British of a loss of 15 men killed and 55 wounded – of the armed store-ship Lamproie, of 16 guns and 116 men, with three other armed and seven merchant vessels. He soon afterwards removed to the Hibernia 120, Capt. Neve; was confirmed a Lieutenant 12 July, 1810; and, after nearly a year of half-pay, joined, 1 Aug. 1811, the Eagle 74, in which he assisted at the capture, on 27 Nov., of La Corceyre French frigate, of 38 guns and 170 men. He invalided 13 May, 1812, and has not since been employed.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Bradly, Stephen

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​BRADLY. (Commander, 1841.)
Stephen Bradly entered the Navy 2 Jan. 1828; passed his examination in 1834; obtained his first commission 28 June, 1838; and was appointed to the Powerful 84, Commodore Chas. Napier, on the Mediterranean station, 1 Jan. 1839. He was the companion and aide-de-camp of that gallant officer throughout all the operations on the coast of Syria in 1840, where, besides assisting at the bombardment of Beyrout, the storming of Sidon, and capture of St. Jean d’Acre, he “showed a noble example” in the attack on the Egyptian troops at Kelbaon, and was “forward on all occasions.” He was promoted, in consequence, to his present rank 1 Jan. 1841; and, from 8 April, 1843, until 1846, was next employed as an Inspecting-Commander in the Coast Guard. He has since been on half-pay.
Commander Bradly is Senior of 1841. He married, 25 July, 1843, Elizabeth, third daughter of Rich. Tomson, Esq., of the Elms, Hamsgate, and has issue. Agents – Goode and Lawrence.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Boyter, Alexander

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​BOYTER. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 31; h-p., 10.)
Alexander Boyter entered the Navy, 10 March, 1806, as Midshipman, on board the Volontaire 46, Capt. Hon. Josceline Percy, then at the Cape of Good Hope; and, from July following until Sept. 1815 (except from Dec. 1812 to March, 1814, when he appears to have been employed with the same officer in the Channel, on board the Hotspur 36), served with Capt. Hen. Hope, the greater part of the time as Master’s Mate, in the Espoir brig, Glatton 54, Leonidas 38, Topaze 38, Salsette 36, and Endymion, of 48 guns and 319 men, on the Mediterranean and North American stations. During that period he served, on the night of 31 Oct. 1809, in the boats of the Topaze, and of a squadron under Lieut. John Tailour, at the capture and destruction, after a furious struggle, and a loss to the British of 15 men killed and 55 wounded, of the store-ship Lamproie, of 16 guns and 116 men, bombards Victoire and Grandeur, and armed xebec Normande, with a convoy of 7 merchantmen, defended by numerous strong batteries, in the Bay of Rosas. He also, in 1810, witnessed the taking by the Topaze of a privateer and battery at the entrance of the river Barbate. While in the Endymion, Mr. Boyter was severely wounded, 9 Oct. 1814, in an ill-fated boat attack on the American privateer Prince de Neufchatel, of 18 guns and 130 men, on which occasion the British were repulsed, with a loss of 28 killed and 37 wounded; and slightly, at the memorable capture, after an action of two hours and a half, a loss to the enemy of 35 killed and 70 wounded, and to the British of 11 killed and 14 wounded, of the President frigate, of 56 guns and 465 men, 15 Jan. 1815. We are informed that the subject of this memoir was present on shore at the battle of North Point. He obtained his commission on 18 Feb. 1815, and continued in the Endymion, latterly in the Channel, until paid off as above. He was appointed, 17 Oct. 1825, to the Coast Guard, and in that service he remained until invested with the command, 4 Aug. 1842, of the Pike steam-packet, now employed on the Portpatrick station.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Brace, Francis

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​BRACE. (Captain, 1827. f-p., 18; h-p., 24.)
Francis Brace is nephew of the late Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Brace, K.C.B., who died Commander-in-Chief at the Nore in Dec. 1843; also of Admiral Stephen Poynta; and cousin of Capt. Herbert Brace Powell, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 5 March, 1805, as Fst.-cl. Boy, on board the Iris 32, commanded by his uncle, Capt. Edw. Brace, with whom, after cruizing for some months off Ferrol and Corunna, he removed to La Virginie, of 46 guns and 281 men. In that ship, during a servitude of four years and a half on the North Sea and Cork stations, he contributed, as Midshipman, to the capture of two Spanish privateers of 14 guns each, and, 19 May, 1808, of the Dutch frigate Guelderland, of 36 guns and 253 men, after an obstinate conflict of an hour and a half, in which the enemy’s loss amounted to 25 killed and 50 wounded, and that of the British to only 1 killed and 2 wounded. He next, in March, 1810, joined the Clyde 38, bearing the broad pendant at Flushing of Commodore Sir E. W. C. R. Owen; was transferred, in Sept. following, as Master’s Mate, to the St. Albans 64, Capt. Edw. Brace, employed for a whole twelvemonth at the defence of Cadiz; was wrecked shortly after his removal to the Ephera fire-ship, Capt. Thos. Eyerard, on the Porpoises, near Cadiz, 26 Dec. 1811; then rejoined his uncle in the Berwick 74, in which he passed his ​examination early in 1812; and, after an attachment of some months to the Caledonia 120, flagship in the Mediterranean of Sir Edward Pellew, was advanced to the rank of Lieutenant 5 Feb. . His subsequent appointments, in the latter capacity, were – 20 March following, again to the Berwick, commanded, as before, by Capt. E. Brace, off Toulon and the coast of Italy – 14 Oct. 1814, to the Menai 26, Capt. Watkin Owen Pell, on Channel service – 15 April, 1815, to the Pique 36, Capt. Hon. Anth. Maitland, fitting at Portsmouth – 16 July, 1816, to the Prince Regent 56, as Flag-Lieutenant to Commodore Sir Robert Hall, on the lakes of Canada – 21 Sept. ensuing, to the acting-command of the Netley 10, on Lake Ontario – and, 15 Sept. 1817, to the Sybille 48, Capt. Chas. Malcolm, with whom he served in the West Indies, under the flag of Sir Home Popham, until the receipt of his second commission, 7 Dec. 1818. On 28 Sept. 1824, Capt. Brace obtained command of the Gannet 18, in which we find him effecting the capture of a smuggling lugger on the coast of Ireland 1 Feb. 1825, and subsequently, up the Mediterranean, of three piratical vessels, as also the destruction of a fourth. Attaining Post-rank, 14 Aug. 1827, he commanded, from 19 June, 1837, until superseded, 2 Sept. following, the Donegal 78, fitting at Plymouth; and was Flag-Captain to Sir Edw. Brace in the Camperdown 104, from 16 Dec. 1841, until the death of that Gallant officer in Dec. 1843. He has since been on half-pay.
Capt. Brace married, 15 April, 1833, Elizabeth, daughter of John Middleton, Esq., of Clifton, and has issue.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Bradley, John

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​BRADLEY. (Lieut., 1825. f-p., 22; h-p., 16.)
John Bradley was born, 26 Oct. 1795, at Cowbridge, in Glamorganshire.
This officer entered the Navy, 18 Sept. 1809, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Jason 32, Capt. Hon. Jas. Wm. King, under whom he soon attained the rating of Midshipman, and continued actively to serve, in the West Indies and off the coasts of Newfoundland and Holland, until Nov. 1814. During the unfortunate attack on Bergen-op-Zoom, in the latter year, he was occasionally employed on shore with the army, and carried the despatches from that place to Helvoetsluys. He next joined the Centaur 74, Capt. Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, stationed at the Cape of Good Hope; passed his examination Dec. 1815; and subsequently served, as Admiralty-Midshipman – from the latter date until Jan. 1819, in the Pique 36, Capts. Jas. Haldane Tait and John M‘Kellar, on the West India station, where he was frequently detached in the boats for the suppression of piracy – for the four succeeding years, in the Severn and Ramillies, Capt. Wm. M‘Culloch, lying in the Downs for the purposes of the Coast Blockade – and, from Dec. 1823, to July, 1824, in the Parthian 10, Capt. Hon. Geo. Barrington. In the boats of that vessel, then in the Gulf of Mexico, he captured the 'San Jose' piratical schooner, the command of which he retained, with the rank of Acting-Lieutenant, until within a few days of the receipt of his commission, 18 Jan. 1825, when he returned home in the Surinam 18, Capt. Chas. Crole. Lieut. Bradley – who, from 11 Dec. 1826, to 19 March, 1830, in the Ramillies and Talavera 74’s, Capt. Hugh Pigot, was again employed on the Coast Blockade service – obtained command of the Camelion brig, of 10 guns, 15 Dec. 1834. On leaving the Tagus, previously to being put out of commission in April, 1838, he received from Sir J. A. Ommanney, the Commander-in-Chief, one of the strongest possible recommendations for preferment, in consequence of the exemplary zeal and ability of his services during the disturbances in Spain and Portugal; yet, singular as it may appear, Lieut. Bradley is the only unpromoted officer who held a command at that period. On one occasion, when the Philippa merchant-brig was wrecked near Beachy Head, Lieut. Bradley courageously put off in a galley and had the happiness of saving the crew from a watery grave, a service which was duly acknowledged by a vote of thanks from Lloyd’s. He is at present unemployed.
He married, 22 Sept. 1831, and has issue two children.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Boys, Henry

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​BOYS. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Henry Boys is second son of Commander Edw. Boys, R.N.
This officer, while Midshipman of the Edinburgh 72, Capt. Wm. Wilmott Henderson, was much applauded during the operations of 1840 on the coast of Syria, particularly for his conduct at the capture of Beyrout, where he was intrusted with the duty of removing the powder from the castle. He was afterwards wounded at the bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre. Having passed his examination 30 July, 1843, and been intermediately employed, as Mate, in the Vanguard 80, commanded, on Particular Service, by Capt. Geo. Wickens Willes, Mr. Boys, on 7 Feb. 1846, was promoted to a Lieutenancy in the Snake 16, Capt. Thos. Bourmaster Brown, with whom he is now serving at the Cape of Good Hope.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Boys, William

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​BOYS. (Commander, 1846.)
William Boys passed his examination in 1829; and obtained bis commission 26 Jan. 1835. His ensuing appointments were – 7 Feb. 1835, as Supernumerary Lieutenant, to the Hastings 74, Capt. Hen. Shiffner, off Lisbon – 17 Aug. 1836, to the Harlequin 16, Capt. John Elphinstone Erskine, in the Mediterranean – 12 Nov. 1840 (after two years of half-pay), to the Britannia 120, bearing the flag on the latter station of Sir John Acworth Ommanney – 29 July, 1841, to be Agent for Transports afloat – 2 July, 1844, to the Coast Guard – and, 8 Aug. 1845, again to the Transport service, in which he continued until the attainment of his present rank, 28 Oct. 1846.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Bradley, Warre Squire

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​BRADLEY. (Lieut., 1824. f-p., 15; h-p., 22.)
Warre Squire Bradley, born, 21 Dec. 1797, in the parish of St. Decuman, co. Somerset, is eldest son of the late Rev. W. S. Bradley, Vicar of Chard and Timberscombe, in the same shire.
This officer entered the Navy, 18 June, 1810, as a Volunteer, on board the Menelaus 38, Capt. Peter Parker, in which ship, after witnessing the reduction of the Isle of France in Dec. following, and serving off St. Helena, he proceeded to the Mediterranean, where he became Midshipman, in Feb. 1813, of the Hibernia 120, bearing the flag of Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, one of Sir Edw. Pellew’s ships in a skirmish, which took place on 5 Nov. followdng, with the Toulon squadron. He next joined, early in 1814, the Royal Sovereign 100, and Duncan 74, and, from May in that year until Nov. 1815, served on board the Undaunted 38, all commanded by Capt. Chas. Thurlow Smith, on the same station. In the latter frigate he was present, in 1815, at the capture of the Tremiti islands, and of a flotilla of gun-boats out of Brindisi. We afterwards find him employed for seven years, off St. Helena and the coast of Ireland, and also in the West Indies, as Mate of the Falmouth 20, Capts. Robt. Worgan Geo. Jesting, Geo. Fred. Rich, and Edw. Purcell. In 1822 he joined the Surinam 18, Capt. Chas. Crole, and while in that vessel (having in Dec. 1816, passed his examination) was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 20 Sept. 1824. He was paid off, on his return home from the West Indies, in Feb. 1825, and has not since been afloat.
Lieut. Bradley holds the appointment of Harbour Master at Porth Cawe. He married, 11 Dec. 1835, Sophia, only daughter of Commander Benj. Smith, R.N., of Bristol; and by that lady has issue four sons. Agent – J. Hinxman.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Bradby, Thomas

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​BRADBY. (Lieut., 1809. f-p., 17; h-p., 33.)
Thomas Bradby entered the Navy, 12 Dec. 1797, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ariadne 20, Capt. Jas. Bradby, on the North Sea station; removed, as Midshipman, in Aug. 1800, to the Andromeda 32, commanded, in the West Indies, by the same officer and by Capt. Edw. Durnford King; and, in Feb. 1802, was paid off at Plymouth from the Magnanime 44, Capt. Wm. Taylor. He next served, from Oct. 1803, until Sept. 1807, in the Prince George 98, Capts. Joseph Sydney Yorke and Geo. Losack, employed in the Channel and West Indies; and, after a further attachment to the Bulwark 74, Capt. Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming, off Cadiz, Royal William 100, Capt. Hon. Courtenay Boyle, at Spithead, Christian VII. 80, Capt. J, S. Yorke, In the Downs, and Ganges 74, and Barfleur 98, both flag-ships in the Tagus of Vice-Admiral Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley, was made Lieutenant into the Triumph 74, Capt. Sam. Hood Linzee, 7 July, 1809. Mr. Bradby continued cruizing in the latter ship off the Western Islands, before the port of Cadiz, and in the Mediterranean, until 14 Aug. 1810; subsequently to which period we find him appointed – 26 Jan. 1811, to the Rolla 10, Capts. Sam. Clarke and Wm. Hill, under the former of whom he assisted in capturing, off Fécamp, the French privateer L’Espoir, of 16 guns and 50 men, 6 Oct. in the same year – and, 18 May, 1814, to the Alpheus 36, Capt. Geo. Langford, from which ship, after serving in the East Indies, he was paid off, 31 Dec. 1816. He has not since been afloat.
# A Son of the Sun

* Chapter I - A Son of the Sun
* Chapter II - The Proud Goat of Aloysius Pankburn
* Chapter III - The Devils of Fuatino
* Chapter IV - The Jokers of New Gibbon
* Chapter V - A Little Account With Swithin Hall
* Chapter VI - A Goboto Night
* Chapter VII - The Feathers of the Sun
* Chapter VIII - The Pearls of Parlay
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# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Miller, Hugh

Miller, Hugh (1802-1856). -- Geologist, and man of letters, b. at Cromarty, had the ordinary parish school education, and early showed a remarkable love of reading and power of story-telling. At 17 he was apprenticed to a stonemason, and his work in quarries, together with rambles among the rocks of his native shore, led him to the study of geology. In 1829 he pub. a vol. of poems, and soon afterwards threw himself as an ardent and effective combatant into the controversies, first of the Reform Bill, and thereafter of the Scottish Church question. In 1834 he became accountant in one of the local banks, and in the next year brought out his Scenes and Legends in the North of Scotland. In 1840 the popular party in the Church, with which he had been associated, started a newspaper, The Witness, and M. was called to be ed., a position which he retained till the end of his life, and in which he showed conspicuous ability. Among his geological works are The Old Red Sandstone (1841), Footprints of the Creator (1850), The Testimony of the Rocks (1856), and Sketch-book of Popular Geology. Other books are: My Schools and Schoolmasters, an autobiography of remarkable interest, First Impressions of England and its People (1847), and The Cruise of the Betsy. Of the geological books, perhaps that on the old red sandstone, a department in which M. was a discoverer, is the best: but all his writings are distinguished by great literary excellence, and especially by a marvellous power of vivid description. The end of his life was most tragic. He had for long been overworking his brain, which at last gave way, and in a temporary loss of reason, he shot himself during the night.
Life and Letters, P. Bayne (1871), etcpage 271.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Miller, Thomas

Miller, Thomas (1807-1874). -- Poet and novelist, of humble parentage, worked in early life as a basket-maker. He pub. Songs of the Sea Nymphs (1832). Going to London he was befriended by Lady Blessington (q.v.) and S. Rogers (q.v.), and for a time engaged in business as a bookseller, but was unsuccessful and devoted himself exclusively to literature, producing over 40 vols., including several novels, e.g., Royston Gower (1838), Gideon Giles the Roper, and Rural Sketches. In his stories he successfully delineated rural characters and scenes.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Minto, William

Minto, William (1845-1893). -- Critic and biographer, b. at Alford, Aberdeenshire, and ed. at Aberdeen and Oxf., went to London, and became ed. of the Examiner, and also wrote for the Daily News and the Pall Mall Gazette. In 1880 he was appointed Prof. of Logic and Literature at Aberdeen. He wrote a Manual of English Prose Literature (1873), Characteristics of the English Poets (1874), and a Life of Defoe for the Men of Letters Series.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Mill, James

Mill, James (1773-1836). -- Philosopher and historian, s. of a shoemaker, was b. at Montrose, and showing signs of superior ability, was sent to the Univ. of Edin. with a view to the ministry. He was licensed as a preacher in 1798, but gave up the idea of the Church, and going to London in 1802 engaged in literary work, ed. the St. James's Chronicle, and wrote for the Edinburgh Review. In 1806 he began his History of British India (1817-18), and in 1819 received the appointment of Assistant Examiner to the India Office, and in 1834 became head of the department. M. had meanwhile become the intimate friend of Jeremy Bentham, was perhaps the chief exponent of the utilitarian philosophy, and was also one of the founders of the London Univ. His philosophical writings include Elements of Political Economy (1821), and Analysis of the Human Mind (1824). M.'s intellect was powerful, though rigid and somewhat narrow; his style was clear and precise, and his conversational powers very remarkable, and influential in moulding the opinions of those who came into contact with him, especially his distinguished son, John Stuart (q.v.).
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Milman, Henry Hart

Milman, Henry Hart (1791-1868). -- Poet and historian, s. of Sir Francis M., a distinguished physician, ed. at Eton and Oxf. Taking orders he became in 1835 Rector of St. Margaret's, Westminster, and in 1849 Dean of St. Paul's. He also held the professorship of Poetry at Oxf. 1821-31. Among his poetical works may be mentioned Fazio (drama) (1815), Samor (epic) (1818), The Fall of Jerusalem (1820), The Martyr of Antioch (1822), and Anne Boleyn (1826). It is, however, on his work as an historian that his literary fame chiefly rests, his chief works in this department being his History of the Jews (1830), History of Christianity (1840), and especially The History of Latin Christianity (6 vols. 1854-56), which is one of the most important historical works of the century, characterised alike by literary distinction and by learning and research. M. also brought out a valuable ed. of Gibbon's Decline and Fall, and wrote a History of St. Paul's Cathedral.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Middleton, Conyers

Middleton, Conyers (1683-1750). -- Divine and scholar, b. at Richmond, Yorkshire, and ed. at Camb. He was the author of several latitudinarian treatises on miracles, etc., which brought him into controversy with Waterland (q.v.) and others, and of a Life of Ciceropage 269 (1741), largely plagiarised from William Bellenden, a Scottish writer of the 17th century. Another of his controversies was with Bentley on college administration. He was master of a very fine literary style.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Middleton, Thomas

Middleton, Thomas (1570-1627). -- Dramatist, was a Londoner and city chronologer, in which capacity he composed a chronicle of the city, now lost. He wrote over 20 plays, chiefly comedies, besides masques and pageants, and collaborated with Dekker, Webster, and other playwrights. His best plays are The Changeling, The Spanish Gipsy (both with Rowley), and Women beware Women. Another, The Game of Chess (1624), got the author and the players alike into trouble on account of its having brought the King of Spain and other public characters upon the stage. They, however, got off with a severe reprimand. M. was a keen observer of London life, and shone most in scenes of strong passion. He is, however, unequal and repeats himself. Other plays are: The Phœnix, Michaelmas Term (1607), A Trick to Catch the old One (1608), The Familie of Love (1608), A Mad World, My Masters (1608), The Roaring Girl (1611) (with Dekker), The Old Law (1656) (with Massinger and Rowley), A Faire Quarrel (1617); and among his pageants and masques are The Triumphs of Truth (1613), The Triumphs of Honour and Industry (1617), The Inner Temple Masque (1619), etc.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Minot, Laurence

Minot, Laurence (1300?-1352?). -- Poet. Nothing is certainly known of him. He may have been a soldier. He celebrates in northern English and with a somewhat ferocious patriotism the victories of Edward III. over the Scots and the French.