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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Ramsden, Frank

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​RAMSDEN. (Commander, 1826. f-p., 15; h-p., 24.)
Frank Ramsden was born 28 March, 1797. This officer entered the Navy, 19 March, 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tigre 74, Capt. Benj. Hallowell, employed at first in the Channel and afterwards in the Mediterranean, where, with the exception of a short attachment, towards the close of 1811, to the Royal William, flag-ship of Sir Roger Curtis at Spithead, he continued employed as Midshipman in the Royal George 100 and Blake 74, each bearing the flag of the above-named officer, then Rear-Admiral Hallowell, Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Pellew, and Malta 84, bearing the flag again of Rear-Admiral Hallowell, until Feb. 1815. In the Tigre he united, in Oct. 1809, in the pursuit which led to the self-destruction, near Cape Cette, of the French ships-of-the-line Robuste and Lion; and witnessed the capture and destruction, by the boats of a squadron, of several armed and other vessels in the Bay of Rosas, detailed in our memoir of the present Sir Augustus W. J. Clifford. In the Malta he was present at the siege of Tarragona, and in different operations on the coast of Catalonia, in 1813. After serving with Sir John Duckworth in the Impregnable 104, and again with Rear-Admiral Hallowell in the Royal Sovereign 100 and Tonnant 80, on the Plymouth and Cork stations, he was promoted, 7 Nov. 1818, to the rank of Lieutenant. His subsequent appointments were – 6 Dec. 1822, to the Prince Regent 120, bearing the flag of Admiral ​Hallowell at the Nore – and, 11 March and 23 June, 1823, and 21 Aug. 1825, to the Isis 50, Spartiate 76, and Wellesley 74, all flag-ships of Sir Geo. Eyre, with whom he served as Signal-Lieutenant (in the Spartiate and Wellesley) on the South American station, until advanced to his present rank 15 Dec. 1826. He has since been on half-pay.
Capt. Ramsden married, 27 Aug. 1835, Elizabeth, third daughter of the Rev. Dr. Smith, Prebendary of Dublin, by whom he has issue two sons.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Randolph, Charles Grenville

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​RANDOLPH. (Captain, 1827. f-p., 13; h-p., 28.)
Charles Grenville Randolph entered the Navy, in May, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Enterprise tender, lying in the river Thames; and from June following until Feb. 1811 was employed, chiefly in the capacity of Midshipman, in the Donegal 74, Capt. Pulteney Malcolm. He escorted Sir Arthur Wellesley’s army, in consequence, from Cork to Portugal in 1808 – witnessed the destruction, 24 Feb. 1809, of three French frigates under the batteries of Sable d’Olonne – was present, in the ensuing April, at Lord Cochrane’s destruction of the enemy’s shipping in Basque Roads – and on 15 Nov. 1810 assisted in an attack made by Capt. Chas. Grant of the Diana on the two French frigates Amazone and Eliza, protected by the fire of several strong batteries near Cherbourg. After serving for three years and a half on the Mediterranean and Home stations, in the Hotspur 36, Capt. Hon. Josceline Percy, Thisbe ​28, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Hamilton, Royal Oak 74, Capt. P. Malcolm, and San Josef 110, flag-ship of Lord Keith, he was made Lieutenant, 14 Aug. 1812, into the Impétueux 74, bearing the flag off Lisbon of Vice-Admiral Geo. Martin, and next, 13 July, 1813, appointed to the Eurotas of 46 guns and 320 men, Capts. John Phillimore, Hon. Edmund Sexton Pery Knox, Robt. Bloye, and Jas. Lillicrap. Under Capt. Phillimore he took part, 25 Feb. 1814, and was mentioned for the able assistance he afforded, in a destructive action of two hours and ten minutes, which terminated in the capture of La Clorinde French frigate, carrying 44 guns and 12 brass swivels, with a complement of 360 picked men, of whom 120 were killed and wounded, with a loss to the British of 20 slain and 40 wounded. He was advanced to the rank of Commander 13 June, 1815; was employed in that capacity in the Pandora 18, on the Cork station, from 26 Jan. 1819 until paid off in June, 1822; and attained his present rank 20 April, 1827. He has not been since afloat.
Capt. Randolph married, 19 Nov. 1829, Juliana, daughter of Multon Lambard, Esq., of Sevenoaks, co. Kent. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Ramsey, Samuel

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​RAMSEY. (Commander, 1828. f-p., 14; h-p., 30.)
Samuel Ramsey entered the Navy, 17 Oct. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Raisonnable 64, Capts. Wm. Hotham, Robt. Barton, and Josias Rowley. In that ship he was at first stationed off the Texel; he afterwards served in her as Midshipman in Sir Robt. Calder’s action, at the reduction of the Cape of Good Hope, and at the taking of Buenos Ayres. On the recapture of the latter place, in Aug. 1806, he fell into the hands of the enemy; and he remained a prisoner of war until the evacuation of Spanish America in Sept. 1807. He was then received on board the Africa 64, Capt. Henry Wm. Bayntun, lying in the Rio de la Plata, and in Jan. 1808 he rejoined the Raisonnable, still commanded by Capt. Rowley; with whom, after having served on shore at the reduction of St. Paul’s, in the Ile de Bourbon, he removed to the Boadicea 38. He was in consequence present at the taking of the Ile de Bourbon itself; at the recapture of the Africaine 38; and at the surrender, after a spirited action of 10 minutes, and a loss to the Boadicea of 2 men wounded, and to the enemy of 9 killed and 15 wounded, of La Vénus of 44 guns and 380 men, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Hamelin, and of her prize the Ceylon 32. Being nominated, 9 Oct. 1810, Acting-Lieutenant of the vessel last named, commanded in succession by Capts. Tomkinson and Paterson, Mr. Ramsey, in the following Dec, contributed to the capture of the Isle of France. He was confirmed a Lieutenant 11 July, 1811; and subsequently appointed – 21 Nov. in the same year, to the Tigre 74, Capt. John Halliday, attached to the Channel fleet – 24 Jan. 1814, to the Carron 20, Capts. Hon. Robt. Cavendish Spencer, Jas. Barnwall Tattnall, and Nich. Lechmere Pateshall, in which vessel (he continued in her until Aug. 1816) he witnessed an attack made upon Fort Bowyer, Mobile, 15 Sept. 1814, and took part in the operations connected with the expedition against New Orleans – and 10 Sept. 1825, as First, to the Doterel 18, Capt. Henry Edwards, fitting for the Halifax station, where he remained about 12 months. He attained his present rank 22 Aug. 1828; and from 30 March, 1840, until the spring of 1845, filled the appointment of Inspecting-Commander in the Coast Guard.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Ramshay, George Rodney

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​RAMSHAY. (Retired Commander, 1844. f-p., 16; h-p., 33.)
George Rodney Ramshay was born 7 May, 1782.
This officer entered the Navy, 29 May, 1798, as L.M., on board the Northumberland 74, Capt. Geo. Martin, in which ship he served, while holding the ratings of Midshipman and Master’s Mate, at the blockade of Malta and in the operations of 1801 in Egypt. In July of the latter year he was precipitated accidentally into the coal-hold, a distance of 18 or 19 feet, and, a wine-pipe falling on him, his head was cut and his right ankle flattened. Owing to this misadventure he was for three or four weeks on the doctor’s list. On leaving the Northumberland, he joined, in Sept. 1802, the Leda 38, Capt. Robt. Honyman, attached to the force in the North Sea. In July, 1803, he was again placed under the orders of Capt. Martin, on board the Colossus 74, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Collingwood in the Channel; where, in the course of 1804, he followed Capt. Martin into the Glory and Barfleur 98’s. On 1 March, 1804, having ascended into the rigging of the Colossus for the purpose of assisting the crew, he again fell, injured the small of his back, and fractured his skull. He was unable to speak, in consequence, for nine days, and for 45 was incapable of performing his duty. On 26 Jan. 1805 he became Acting-Lieutenant of the Eugénie 16, Capt. Chas. Webb; on 18 Nov. following, Sub-Lieutenant of the Trompeuse 18, Capt. Wm. Brooking Dolling; and on 29 Aug. 1807, full Lieutenant of his old ship, the Colossus, then commanded, in the Mediterranean, by Capt. Jas. Nicoll Morris. The Eugénie took out Mungo Park, the traveller, to the coast of Guinea, and proceeded with him 270 miles up the Gambia; the Trompeuse was stationed off Boulogne. In April, 1808, Mr. Ramshay rejoined his patron, at that time Rear-Admiral Martin, on board the Canopus 80, in which ship, bearing the flag afterwards of Rear-Admiral Chas. Boyles, he continued until Feb. 1812 to serve in the Mediterranean; on which station we find him, from the following July until July, 1814, eimployed in the Prince of Wales 98, Capt. John Erskine Douglas. He accepted his present rank 11 Jan. 1844.
The effects of the injuries sustained by Commander Ramshay in the Colossus continue to this day. He married, 21 Dec. 1822, and has issue seven children.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Ramsden, William

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​RAMSDEN. (Captain, 1822. f-p., 14; h-p., 30.)
William Ramsden is second son of the late Sir John Ramsden, Bart., by Louisa Susan Ingram Shepherd, youngest daughter and co-heir of Charles, ninth Viscount Irvine (a title which became extinct in 1778), and sister-in-law of Francis, second Marquess of Hertford, K.G. Two of his brothers (one of them, Henry James, married to a sister of the present Earl of Ellenborough – the other, Charles, to a daughter of Lord Strafford) are Captains in the Army. Through the marriage of his sisters he is brother-in-law of Lord Hawke, of Lord Charles Paulet (second son of the Marquess of Winchester), and of Lowther Augustus John, the third son of Lord Muncaster.
This officer entered the Navy, in Aug. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Excellent 74, Capt. Frank Sotheron; and in Sept. 1806, after having served for about three years in the Mediterranean, joined, as Midshipman, the Royal William, flagship of Admiral Geo. Montagu at Portsmouth. In the early part of 1807 he sailed in the Modeste 36, Capt. Hon. Geo. Elliot, for the East Indies, where he removed to the Culloden 74, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Pellew, and was nominated, 14 Oct. 1808, Acting-Lieutenant of the Dasher sloop, Capt. Robt. Worgan Geo. Festing. He was confirmed 30 Dec. following. He invalided home in 1810; joined next, in April, 1811, the Kent 74, Capt. Thos. Rogers, again on the Mediterranean station; was made Commander, 14 June, 1813, into the Ferret brig, on the north coast of Spain; left that vessel in April, 1814; and was afterwards, 10 Feb. and 29 April, 1818, appointed to the Doterel and Scout sloops. He continued in the latter vessel, again in the Mediterranean, until about Oct. 1821; and on 26 Dec. 1822, was advanced to Post-rank. He accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
Capt. Ramsden married, 6 Aug. 1827, Lady Annabella Paulet, eldest daughter of the late Marquess of Winchester. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Ramsey, Edward

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​RAMSEY. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 26; h-p., 21.)
Edward Ramsey was born 14 Jan. 1790.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Oct. 1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Monmouth 64, Capt. Geo. Hart; in which ship, after cruizing in the North Sea, he proceeded to the Mediterranean, and took part, as Midshipman, in the operations of 1801 in Egypt. Removing, in May, 1804, to the Atlas 74, Capts. Wm. Johnstone Hope and Sam. Pym, he fought under the latter in the action off St. Domingo 6 Feb. 1806. In the following July he joined the Colossus 74, Capt. Jas. Nicoll Morris; and on 21 March, 1810, up to which period he had been serving off Lisbon and in the Channel and Mediterranean, he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant, on the station last named, of the Leviathan 74, Capts. John Harvey and Patrick Campbell. His confirmation took place 4 May following. He was subsequently employed, from 19 Oct. 1811 until 25 Oct. 1814, in the Unité 36, Capt. Henry Edwin Chamberlayne, in the Adriatic; and from June, 1824, until July, 1828, in raising volunteers for the service at Liverpool. Since 7 Sept. 1841 he has filled the appointment of Director of Police at Sheerness Dockyard.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Ramsey, Thomas

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​RAMSEY. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 16; h-p., 33.)
Thomas Ramsey, born 2 Sept. 1786, is son of Robt. Ramsey, Esq., Purser of H.M.S. Resource, who was drowned in the Downs in Sept. 1799.
This officer entered the Navy, in Sept. 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Juno 32, Capts. Geo. Dundas and Thos. Manby, with whom he served in the North Sea and West Indies, part of the time as Midshipman, until July, 1802. In July, 1803, he joined the Roebuck 44, Capt. Geo. M‘Kinley, guardship at Leith; he removed, in April, 1805, to the Ernest gun-brig, Lieut.-Commanders Alex. Sinclair and Rich. Templar, lying in the Downs; and from 1807 until wrecked, 6 Nov. 1813, on the north end of the island of Barbuda, he was employed on the Newfoundland, Mediterranean, and North American stations, in the Speedy sloop, Capt. Rich. Henry Muddle, Frederickstein 32, Capts. Thos. Searle, Joseph Nourse, and Fras. Beaufort, and Woolwich 44, Capt. Thos. Ball Sulivan. While belonging next to the Cleopatra 32, commanded in the West Indies by Capt. Chas. Gill, and absent in charge of a prize, he was taken prisoner, 28 March, 1814, by the Americans, who detained him a captive for about 12 months. He was subsequently, from June to Oct. 1815, employed at Plymouth in the Bedford 74, Capt. Jas. Walker, Puissant 74, Capt. Benj. Wm. Page, Queen Charlotte 100, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Thornbrough, and Pique 36, Capt. Hon. Anthony Maitland. He then took up a commission bearing date 11 March in the same year, 1815; and has since been on half-pay. He married, 17 May, 1816, Miss Charlotte Honey, a lady by whom he has issue eight children.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Randall, Henry

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​RANDALL. (Commander, 1846. f-p., 35; h-p., 6.)
Henry Randall entered the Navy, 14 June, 1806, as Midshipman, on board the Ganges 74, Capt. Peter Halkett, employed on the coast of Portugal. From Sept. 1808 until wrecked on the Haak Sands, near the Texel, and taken prisoner, 28 Jan. 1812, he served with Capts. Geo. Fras. Seymour and John Joyce in the Pallas 32 and Manilla 36. In the Pallas he witnessed the destruction of the French shipping in Aix Roads in April, 1809, and accompanied the expedition to the Walcheren. On his restoration to liberty in 1814 he joined the Prince 98, flag-ship of Sir Rich. Bickerton at Spithead; and in Aug. 1815, at which period he had been stationed for three months off Havre de Grace in the Euryalus 42, Capts. Chas. Napier and Thos. Huskisson, he was presented with a commission bearing date 22 Feb. in that year. He was afterwards, from 5 June, 1820, until advanced to the rank of Commander, 5 Jan. 1846, employed in the Coast Guard. His exertions during that period in saving lives from shipwrecked vessels were the means of procuring him a gold medal and boat from the Royal Humane Society. He is now on half-pay.
# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Boehm, Joseph

From volume 1 of the work.
​BOEHM, Joseph, a violinist of repute, born at Pesth in 1798 [App. p.549 "1795"]. He was a pupil first of his father, and then of Rode, who took a lively interest in his talent. After having played with much success at Vienna in 1815 he travelled for several years in Italy, giving concerts in most of the principal towns. On his return to Vienna in 1819 he was appointed professor of the violin at the Conservatorium, which post he occupied till 1848. In 1821 he became a member of the imperial band, and retired in 1868. From 1823 to 1825 he travelled in Germany and France, earning applause everywhere for the soundness of his tone, his irreproachable technique, and his healthy musical style. But it is as a teacher that Boehm's name has won a permanent place in the history of modern violin-playing. For 50 years he resided at Vienna—(where he died, March 23, 1876 [App. p.549 "Mar. 28"])—devoting his powers to the instruction of his numerous pupils, among whom it will suffice to name Ernst, Joachim, L. Straus, Helmesberger, and Singer. In fact all the excellent violinists who during the last thirty years have come from Vienna were pupils either of Boehm or Mayseder, or both. These two masters appear to have supplemented each other by the different bent of their talents: Mayseder excelling chiefly by brilliant technique, while breadth of tone and thorough musical style were the prominent features of Boehm's playing.
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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Boehm, Theobald

From volume 1 of the work.
​BOEHM, THEOBALD, a flute-player of distinction, and Kammer-musicus at Munich, born about the commencement of the present century [App. p.549 "April 9, 1794"]. Besides composing many brilliant works for his instrument, he introduced several notable improvements in its mechanism; especially a new fingering which bears his name, and was introduced in London about the year 1834. It has been found applicable also to the oboe and bassoon, and has been adapted by Klose to the clarinet, though with less success than in the other cases, owing to the foundation of the latter scale on the interval of a twelfth.
Its principal peculiarity is the avoidance of what are termed 'cross-fingered' notes; viz. those which are produced by closing a hole below that through which the instrument is speaking. For this purpose the semitone is obtained by pressing down the middle finger of either hand, and the corresponding whole tone, by doing the same with the forefinger. A large number of duplicate fingerings is also introduced, which facilitate passages previously impracticable. On the flute the system has the advantage of keeping different keys more on a level as regards difficulty: E major, for instance, which on the old eight-keyed instrument was false, uneven in tone, and mechanically difficult, is materially simplified. On the other hand it to a certain extent alters the quality of the tone, making it coarser and less characteristic. It also complicates the mechanism, rendering the instrument heavier, and more liable to leakage.
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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Boehm, Elizabeth

From volume 1 of the work.
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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Boesendorfer, Ludwig

From volume 1 of the work.
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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Boesset, Antoine

From volume 1 of the work.
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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Bohrer

From volume 1 of the work.
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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Boehm, Heinrich

From volume 1 of the work.
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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Bohemian Girl, The

From volume 1 of the work.
​BOHEMIAN GIRL, THE, a grand opera in three acts; the libretto adapted by Bunn from Fanny Ellsler's ballet of 'The Gipsy' (not the 'Gitana'); the music by Balfe. Produced at Drury Lane Nov. 27, 1843, also at Her Majesty's Feb. 6, 58, as 'La Zingara' (Piccolomini as Arline); and in December, 69, at the Theatre Lyrique, Paris, as 'La Bohémienne,' with additions by the composer.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Bremer, Edward Gordon

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​BREMER. (Commander, 1843.)
Edward Gordon Bremer, born 18 Sept. 1819, is eldest son of Commodore Sir J. J. G. Bremer, K.C.B.
This officer entered the Navy 17 April, 1834; and on 26 May, 1841, was awarded a commission in acknowledgment of his services on the coast of China, where, as Acting-Lieutenant of the Alligator, he had been employed in the boats at the capture, on 13 of the preceding March, of several rafts and of the last fort protecting the approaches to the city of Canton. He was appointed, 28 Aug. 1843, to the Grecian 16, Capt. Wm. Smyth, lying at Devonport; acquired his present rank 20 Dec. ensuing; and is now on half-pay. Agent – J. Hinxman.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Bray, Benjamin John

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​BRAY. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 18; h-p., 32.)
Benjamin John Bray died 2 Oct. 1846, at Walworth, in his 60th year.
This officer entered the Navy, 26 July, 1797, as Fst.-cl. Boy, on board the Bruizer gun-brig, Lieut.Commander Laurence Dundas Bruce, on the Home station, and while in that vessel was laid up for some time in consequence of a severe injury on the head inflicted by a fall from the quarter-deck into the spirit-room. In Oct. of the latter year he became Midshipman of the Wilhelmina 32, Capt. Jas. Lind, on the East India station; where he removed with the same officer, in March, 1803, to the Sheerness 44, flag-ship at first of Rear-Admiral Peter Bainier, and afterwards commanded by Lord Geo. Stuart, under whom he was wrecked, off Trincomalee, 7 Jan. 1805. He subsequently served, as Master’s Mate and Acting-Lieutenant, in the Howe 38, Capt. Edw. Batsey, and Dédaigneuse 36, and Russell 74, both flag-ships of Sir Edw. Pellew, and appears to have been for some time employed in blockading the Isles of France and Bourbon. After a further attachment to the Sapphire 22, Capt. Geo. Davies – Terpsichore, Capt. Gordon, in which frigate he came home early in 1809 – and Diadem 64, bearing the flag of Sir John Borlase Warren at Halifax, Mr. Bray was made Lieutenant, 28 June, 1810, into the Driver 22, Capt. Dyer; and, on his return from North America, in the Rapid, was placed on half-pay in May, 1811. He afterwards served, in 1815, on board the Brune troop-ship, Capt. Wm. Stanhope Badcock, lying at Spithead – was appointed, 11 March, 1823, to the Genoa 74, Capt. Sir Thos. Livingstone – and, from 1825 to 1828, was employed in the Ordinary at Chatham. He obtained the out-pension of Greenwich Hospital 6 March, 1835.
Lieut. Bray has left a family.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Breedon, William

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​BREEDON. (Lieut., 1825. f-p., 12; h-p., 22.)
William Breedon, born 16 Dec. 1799, is son of the late Rev. T. S. Breedon, D.D., of Pangbourne, Berks.
This officer entered the Navy, 23 Jan. 1813, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Elephant 74, Capt. Fras. Wm. Austen, on the Baltic station; removed, as Midshipman, to the Derwent 18, Capt. Thos. Williams, employed off Newfoundland, whence he returned to England and was paid off, 29 Nov. 1815; joined, in Aug. 1816, the Vengeur 74, Capt. Thos. Alexander, and subsequently, for short periods, the Ramillies 74, Capt. Aiskew Paffard Hollis, and Hyperion 36, Capt. Thos. Searle, all lying at Portsmouth; served, from Nov. 1818, to March, 1822, in the Arab 18, Capt. Chas. Simeon; passed his examination 8 Feb. 1820; and, after a further attachment, in the West Indies, to the Ringdove 18, Gloucester 74, and again to the Hyperion, commanded by Capt. Geo. Fred. Rich, as well as to the Isis 50, Capt. Thos. Forrest, was appointed, 5 Aug. 1825, Acting-Lieutenant of the Rattlesnake 28, Capt. Hugh Patton, from which ship he was confirmed into the Bellette 18, Capt. Chas. Croker, 4 Oct. 1825. He came home and was placed on half-pay in March, 1826; and has not since been employed.
Lieut. Breedon married, 21 June, 1832, Waller, eldest daughter of the late John Kearney, Esq., of co. Kilkenny, and sister-in-law of Lieut. J. G. M‘Kenzie, R.N. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.