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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Atkins, Charles

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​ATKINS. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Charles Atkins passed his examination 25 April, 1840; and served as Mate, on the North America and West India, Home, and Mediterranean stations, in the Comus 18, Capt. Evan Nepean, Camperdown 104, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Brace, and Inconstant 36, Capt. Chas. Howe Fremantle. Since his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 15 Jan. 1846, he has been attached to the Hibernia 104, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker, in the Mediterranean.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Atkins, James (b)

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​ATKINS. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 26; h-p., 30.)
James Atkins (b) entered the Navy, 31 March, 1791, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Echo 16, Capts. Chas. Jones and Peter Halkett, employed on the Newfoundland and Channel stations. Removing, in June, 1794, to La Nymphe 36, Capts. Geo. Murray and Geo. Losack, he bore a part in Lord Bridport’s action, 23 June, 1795; subsequently to which he joined the Standard 64, and served in that ship under Capts. Joseph Ellison, Geo. Burlton, and others, until 10 Feb. 1798. On 25 May, 1803, he re-embarked on board the Monarch 74, bearing the flag of Lord Keith; but being transferred, in May, 1804, to the Glory 98, successive flagship of Admirals Hon. Wm. Cornwallis, Sir John Orde, and Chas. Stirling, was a participator, under the latter officer, in Sir Robt. Calder’s action, 22 July, 1805. In June, 1809, we find Mr. Atkins, who had been transferred, in Jan. 1808, to the Northumberland 74, Capt. Wm. Hargood, serving in a boat action with six of the enemy’s gun-vessels off Trieste, and a few days after that event promoted to the rank of Acting-Lieutenant. In Oct. following he became attached, in the latter capacity, to the Imogene 16, Capt. Wm. Stephens, to which sloop, after having been employed on shore at the reduction of the island of Santa Maura, he was confirmed by commission dated 4 May, 1810. He subsequently served, from 10 Aug. 1811, until he invalided, 31 Jan. 1814, in the Snake 18, Capts. Wm. Hellard and Geo. Robbin, on the Leith and West India stations; and, on 15 June, 1816, was next appointed to the command of the signal station at Rowe Hill, in Kent, which he retained until 1821. He has been employed, since 1 May, 1843, on the quarantine establishment at Standgate Creek.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Atkinson, Horatio Nelson

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​ATKINSON. (Lieut., 1827. f-p., 25; h-p., 5.)
Horatio Nelson Atkinson – named after his godfather, the hero of Trafalgar – is eldest son of the late Thos. Atkinson, Esq., Master-Attendant, for the thirty years preceding his death, which took place in June, 1836, of Halifax and Portsmouth Dockyards, an officer of great merit, who served as Master of Nelson’s flag-ships, by whom he was highly prized, at Teneriffe, Copenhagen, and Trafalgar, and was also present, in the Theseus, at the battle of the Nile and the siege of Acre. He is brother of Lieut. R. L. Atkinson, R.N.; and brother-in-law of Lieut. Thos. Carey, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy in Jan. 1817, and passed his examination in 1824. In Jan. 1825, when Mate of the Seringapatam 46, Capt. Sam. Warren, he received three severe gun-shot wounds, and evinced the utmost gallantry, at the capture, in the Negropont Channel, by the boats of that frigate and of the Cambrian, of two piratical Greek vessels, carrying 1 gun and about 30 men each, on which occasion the British sustained a loss in the whole of 6 men killed and 13 wounded. He attained the rank of Lieutenant, 27 Nov. 1827; served afterwards, from 23 Feb. 1831, until July, 1834, in the Alfred 50, Capt. Robt. Mannsell, on the Mediterranean station, where he witnessed the establishment of King Otho on the throne of Greece, and was presented, when off Alexandria, with a sword by Mehemet All; and since 31 March, 1836, for want of ability to procure further occupation afloat, has been employed in the Coast Guard.
He married, 28 Oct. 1830, Rosaria, second daughter of the late Capt. Field, R.N., and niece of the late Admiral Stuart, by whom he has issue two sons. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Atkin, Nicholas

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​ATKIN. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 13; h-p., 37.)
Nicholas Atkin entered the Navy, 28 Sept. 1797, as A.B., on board the Magnanime 44, Capt. Hon. Mich. de Courcy. In the course of the following year he assisted at the capture, off Cape Finisterre, of La Décade French frigate, of 36 guns, and was also present at the defeat, with a loss to the Magnanime of 7 men wounded, of a squadron commanded by Commodore Bompart, and intended for the invasion of Ireland. During the remaining part of the war he served, as Midshipman, in the Voltigeur sloop, Capt. Thos. Geo. Shortland, and Concorde, of 42 guns and 224 men, Capt. Robt. Barton; and, while in the latter ship, contributed, 27 Jan. 1801, to the defeat, after a contest of 40 minutes, in which the British lost 4 men killed and 19 wounded, and the enemy 10 killed and 24 wounded, of the French frigate La Bravoure, of 42 guns and 320 men. In Dec. 1804, Mr. Atkin reembarked on board the Melpomene frigate, Capt. Robt. Dudley Oliver, employed in blockading Havre de Grace. Between Oct. 1805, and Jan. 1808, we next find him employed in the Dragon 74, Capts. Edw. Griffith and Matthew Henry Scott, and Daedalus 32, Capt. Fred. Warren. He was then, having been for nearly two years on the West India station, obliged to invalid home, whence in the summer of 1810, he proceeded to the East Indies, and was there promoted, from the Phaeton 38, Capt. Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew, to a Lieutenancy, on 19 Sept. in that year, in the Clorinde 38, Capt. Thos. Briggs, part of the force employed at the ensuing reduction of the Isle of France. Mr. Atkin has been on half-pay since Oct. 1814, the date of his leaving the Clorinde.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Atkinson, Henry Esch

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​ATKINSON. (Commander, 1827. f-p., 18; h-p., 22.)
Sir Henry Esch Atkinson, born in 1792, is son of the late Henry Wm. Atkinson, Esq., Provost of the Hon. Company of Moneyers; brother of Sir Jasper Atkinson, Kt., of the Royal Mint; and brother-in-law of the late Judge, Sir Wm. Taunton.
This officer entered the Navy, 2 Feb. 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Pandora 18, Capt. Henry Hume Spence; and, after assisting at the capture, under the batteries near Cape Grisnez, of L’Entreprenante French privateer lugger, of 16 guns and 53 men, removed, as Midshipman, in May, 1808, to the Hero 74, Capt. Jas. Newman Newman, part of Lord Gambler’s fleet at the destruction of the enemy’s shipping in Aix Roads, in April, 1808. In the early part of 1810 he proceeded to the West Indies on board the Circe 28, Capt. Edw. Woolloombe, and he subsequently (until promoted, 16 Feb. 1815) served, on the Baltic, Mediterranean, and Irish stations, in the Vigo 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Jas. Nicoll Morris, Rivoli 74, Capt. Graham Eden Hamond, and Castilian 18, Capt. David Braimer. His subsequent appointments were – 20 May, 1815, to the Bacchus 16, Capt. Wm. Hill, in the Bay of Biscay – 1 Nov. 1819, to the Brazen 26, Capt. Wm. Shepheard, fitting for the Cape of Good Hope – 11 March, 1823, to the Queen Charlotte 100, flagship at Portsmouth of Sir Jas. Hawkins Whitshed – 7 June, 1824, to the Britomart 10, Capt. Octavius Venables Vernon, on the Jamaica station – 23 Aug. 1825, to the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye – and, 9 March, 1827, to the Weazle 10, Capt. John Burnet Dundas, fitting for sea. He was superseded from the latter vessel on promotion to the rank he now holds, 30 April following; and, from 19 March, 1835, until 1838, was afterwards employed in the Coast Guard. He has since been in the receipt of half-pay.
Sir Henry Esch Atkinson, who was knighted by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1836, is at present Superintendent of Convicts in Van Diemen’s Land. He married, in 1819, Sarah, daughter of John Bandall, Esq., of the Isle of Wight, and has issue one son, and four daughters, the eldest of whom is married to Lieut. T. A. Butler, R.N. Agent – Joseph Woodhead.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Askew, Christopher Crackenthorp

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​ASKEW. (Captain, 1822. f-p., 16; h-p., 33.)
Christopher Crackenthorp Askew, born 23 May, 1782, is third surviving son of the late John Askew, Esq., of Pallinsburn, co. Northumberland, by Bridget, daughter and heiress of John Watson, Esq., of Goswick, co. Durham; and brother of the present Lieut.-Gen. Sir Hen. Askew, K.C.B., of Pallinsburn, as also of Rich. Craster Askew, Esq., Recorder of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
This officer entered the Navy, 21 Feb. 1798, as Second-cl. Vol., on board the Vestal 28, Capt. Chas. White, and shortly afterwards accompanied a squadron under Sir Home Popham, having for its object the destruction of the locks and sluice-gates of the Bruges canal. While next attached, during a period of six years, to the Amazon 38, Capts. Edw. Riou, Sam. Sutton, and Wm. Parker, he took part in the battle of Copenhagen, 2 April, 1801; assisted at the capture of two privateers, carrying between them 40 guns and 256 men; and, in 1805, accompanied Lord Nelson to the West Indies and back in pursuit of the combined fleets of France and Spain. On 4 Feb. in the latter year he appears to have been on board a prize forming part of a convoy under the protection of the Arrow and Acheron, when those vessels were captured after a brave resistance by two of the enemy’s frigates. Being made Lieutenant, 27 Nov. following, into the Utrecht 64, flag-ship in the Downs of Vioe-Admiral John Holloway, he next joined in that capacity, 4 Dec. 1805, the Dictator 64, Capt. Jas. Macnamara, and, 30 Dec. 1806, the Thalia 36, Capts. Jas. Walker, Thos. Manby, and Jas. Giles Vashon. During his continuance in the last-mentioned ship, of which he ultimately became Acting-Captain, Mr. Askew proceeded to Davis Strait in supposed pursuit of two French frigates, and on his return to Europe, after a fruitless exposure of several weeks to many severe hardships, and a prolonged stay on the coast of Labrador, attended the expedition to Flushing in 1809. Being promoted, when subsequently in the West Indies, to the rank of Commander, 26 Nov. 1811, Capt. Askew next served, from 7 June, 1814, to 9 Oct. 1815, in the Shamrock 12, on the Irish station. His last appointment was, 22 May, 1821, to the Martin 20, fitting for the Mediterranean, where he remained, until posted, 19 July, 1822. He accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
Capt. Askew married, 13 Feb. 1828, Sarah, third daughter of the late Patrick Dickson, of White Cross, co. Berwick, and has issue. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Atherton, Bertram Mitford

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​ATHERTON. (Lieutenant, 1824.)
Bertram Mitford Atherton is son of John Joseph Atherton, Esq., of Walton Hall, Lancashire, a Lieut.-Colonel in the Army, by Marianne, sister of Capt. Robt. Mitford, R.N.
This officer obtained his commission 5 Oct. 1824; and served, from 18 March, 1836, until July, 1838, on board the Asia 84, commanded in the Mediterranean by Capt. Wm. Fisher. He has not since been employed. Agents – Goode and Lawrence.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Athill, James

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​ATHILL. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 9; h-p., 34.)
James Athill entered the Navy, 1 Sept. 1804, as a Supernumerary, on board the Tigre 74, Capt. Benj. Hallowell, for the purpose of joining the Royal Sovereign 100, bearing the flag of Sir Rich. Bickerton, on the Mediterranean station, where he afterwards became attached to the Queen 98, Capt. Fras. Pender, and again to the Tigre, commanded as before. While in the latter ship, in which he served for six years, he attended the expedition of 1807 to Egypt, and, on the night of 31 Oct. 1809, was employed in her boats with those of a squadron under Lieut. John Tailour, at the capture and destruction, after a fearful struggle, and a loss to the British of 15 men killed and 55 wounded, of the armed store-ship Lamproie, of 16 guns and 116 men, bombards Victoire and Grandeur, and armed xebec Normande, with a convoy of seven merchantmen, defended by numerous strong batteries, in the bay of Rosas. Mr. Athill, who attained the rank of Lieutenant while serving in the Centaur 74, Capt. John Chambers White, 31 Jan. 1812, was subsequently employed in the Malta 80, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Hallowell, from Oct. 1812, to Dec. ​1813. He then returned to England, and has not since been afloat. Agents – Coplands and Burnett.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Atkinson, George

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​ATKINSON. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 7; h-p., 33.)
George Atkinson, born 23 Oct. 1793, is brother of Lieut. Thos. Atkinson, R.N.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 22 May, 1807, and embarked, 3 June, 1810, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Medusa 32, Capt. Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie, stationed off the coast of France, where he attained the rating of Midshipman, 2 May, 1811. On the night of 4 June, 1812, he served with the boats, under Lieut. Josiah Thompson, at the capture and destruction, in the harbour of Arcasson, of La Dorade French storeship, of 14 guns and 86 men, after a desperate struggle, in which the assailants had 5 men wounded, and in which 63 of the enemy (who had hailed the latter in their ​approach, and were in every way prepaired for the attack) were either killed or compelled to jump overboard. In the course of the same year Mr. Atkinson was much employed in co-operation with the patriots on the north coast of Spain, where he landed with Capt. Bouverie as his aide-de-camp. In June, 1813, he removed to the Rivoli 74, Capt. Graham Eden Hamond, on the Mediterranean station, and there served, part of his time in charge of a watch, until 21 May, 1814. He was soon afterwards appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the Blenheim 74, but from ill health was unable to join. His official promotion to the rank he now holds took place 25 Aug. 1814. Unsuccessful in his applications for employment, he has since continued on half-pay.
Lieut. Atkinson married, 10 Sept. 1823, Magdalene, youngest daughter of Jas. Strachan, Esq., of Thornton, and formerly of Lauriston, co. Forfar, N.B., by Mary, youngest daughter and co-heir of the late John Leigh, Esq., of Northoourt, Isle of Wight. He has issue three daughters.
# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Faustina Bordoni

From volume 1 of the work.
​FAUSTINA BORDONI. See Hasse, Signora.
# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Fayrfax, Robert

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

From volume 1 of the work.
​FAUST. Opera in 5 acts; words after Goethe, by Barbier and Carré; music by Gounod. ​Produced at the Théatre Lyrique Mar. 19, 1859; at Her Majesty's Theatre, as 'Faust' June 11, 63; at the Royal Italian Opera, Covent Garden, as 'Faust e Margherita,' July 2, 63; in English (by Chorley), as 'Faust,' at Her Majesty's, Jan. 23, 64. In Germany as 'Margarethe.'
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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Fayolle, François

From volume 1 of the work.
​FAYOLLE, François Joseph Marie, born in Paris Aug. 15, 1774; after a brilliant career at the Collège de Juilly, entered the corps des ponts et chaussées in 1792, and became 'chef de brigade' of the École polytechnique on its foundation in 1794. Here, under the instruction of Prony, Lagrange, and Monge, he studied the higher mathematics, but without neglecting literature, and with Fontanes' assistance translated a great part of the Æneid. Of his verses the following line has alone survived:—
'Le temps n'épargne pas ce qu'on a fait sans lui.'
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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Feldlager in Schlesien, Ein

From volume 1 of the work.
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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Fauré, Gabriel

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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Fawcett, John

From volume 1 of the work.
​FAWCETT, John, born at Bolton-le-moors, Lancashire, in 1789, was originally a shoemaker, but abandoned that calling to follow the profession of music in his native town. He composed three sets of Psalm and Hymn Tunes, published at various periods under the titles of 'The Voice of Harmony,' 'The Harp of Zion,' and 'Miriam's Timbrel,' which are still very popular in Lancashire. In 1840 he edited and arranged the accompaniments to a collection of psalm and hymn tunes and other pieces selected by Joseph Hart, the music publisher, entitled 'Melodia divina.' An oratorio of his composition, called 'Paradise,' was published in 1853. He died at Bolton, Oct. 26, 1867. His third son,
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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Favorite, La

From volume 1 of the work.
​FAVORITE, LA. Opera in 4 acts; words by Royer and Waëtz, music by Donizetti. Produced at the Académie royale Dec. 2, 1840; in London, as La Favorita, at Her Majesty's, Feb. 16, 47.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Browne, Edward Walpole

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​BROWNE. (Rear-Admiral of the Red, 1840. f-p., 25; h-p., 45.)
Edward Walpole Browne was born in 1767, and died 15 Oct. 1846, at Spittal, Berwick-upon-Tweed. He was of a family of high respectability, long seated at Godmenstone, co. Dorset, being a descendant, lineally and collaterally we presume, of Sir John Browne, Kt., who died a Rear-Admiral in 1627, at the age of 69, and of Sir Robt. Browne, Kt., who died a Vice-Admiral in 1634, at the age of 70; and a near relative of Rear-Admiral Philip Browne.
This officer entered the Navy, 4 June, 1777, on board the Scorpion, Capt. Philip Browne, and successively served, until the close of the first American war, in the Rose 20, commanded by the same Captain, Fowey 20, Capt. John Henry, Perseus frigate, and Warwick 50, both commanded by Capt. Geo. Keith Elphinstone, and L’Aigle 36, Capts. Peacock and Wm. Fooks. During that period, in the Rose and Fowey, he assisted, in Sept. and Oct. 1779, at the defence of Savannah, where Capt. Browne, who afterwards died from excessive fatigue, sank his ship on the bar at the entrance of the river to prevent the approach of the enemy’s fleet. He served also, in the Perseus, at the reduction of Charlestown, in May, 1780; and contributed, in the Warwick, to the capture, in Jan. 1781, of the Rotterdam Dutch ship, of 50 guns and 300 men, after a smart action, and, on 11 Sept. 1782, of L’Aigle French frigate, of 40 guns and 600 men. In 1785 Mr. Browne joined the Standard 64, Capt. Wm. Dickson, at Portsmouth. He passed his examination in the course of the same year; and, after a further attachment of four years to the Jupiter 50, bearing the broad pendants of Commodores Rich. Hussey Bickerton and Wm. Parker in the Leeward Islands, and Marlborough 74, flag-ship off Madeira of Rear-Admiral Sam. Cornish, was made Lieutenant into the Culloden 74, Capts. Hen. Collins and Thos. MacKenzie, on the West India station, 9 Nov. 1790. His next appointments were – 24 Jan. 1793, to the Brilliant frigate, Capts. Mark Robinson and Wm. Pierrepont, employed in the North Sea and Downs – 11 March, 1795, to the Leopard 50, flag-ship on the same stations of Vice-Admiral Joseph Peyton – and, 5 July, 1796, as First-Lieutenant, to the Overyssel 64, bearing the flag of the latter officer, and, afterwards, of Vice- Admirals Skeffington Lutwidge, John Bazely, and Geo. Vandeput, in the Downs. He obtained a Commander’s commission 25 June, 1799; ​was advanced to Post-rank 29 April, 1802; held a command in the Lincolnshire and Sussex districts of Sea Fencibles, from Sept. 1803, until that corps was disbanded in Feb. 1810; and, with the exception of a short period in 1815, during which he discharged the duties of Regulating-Captain at Waterford, was not further employed. Capt. Browne became a Rear-Admiral 17 Aug. 1840.
He married, 6 March, 1845, Hannah, eldest daughter of the late Robt. Ogle, Esq., of Eglingham, Northumberland.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Browne, John Thomas

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​BROWNE, Lord. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Lord John Thomas Browne, born 10 Sept. 1824, is third son of the Marquess of Sligo, by Lady Hester Catherine de Burgh, eldest daughter of John Thomas, 13th Earl of Clanricarde.
This officer passed his examination 31 Dec. 1843; served for a considerable time as Mate, in the Mediterranean, of the Beacon surveying-vessel, Capt. Thos. Graves; and obtained his commission 21 May, 1846. He is at present on half-pay.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Bruce, Thomas

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​BRUCE. (Lieutenant, 1815.)
Thomas Bruce obtained his commission 9 Feb.; and has not since been afloat. Agents Pettet and Newton.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Browne, George

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​BROWNE. (Retired Captain, 1840. f-p., 11; h-p., 39.)
George Browne was born, 15 Jan. 1784, at Bridgewater, co. Somerset.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 July, 1797, as Midshipman, on board the Royal George 100, flagship in the Channel of Lord Bridport, under the auspices of Sir Chas. Morice Pole, then Captain of the Fleet. In July, 1799, he removed to the Boadicea 38, Capt. Rich. Goodwin Keats, commanding the advanced squadron off Brest, and, in July, 1800, he rejoined Sir C. M. Pole in the Agincourt 64, on that officer being appointed Governor of Newfoundland. He subsequently served with him, in the St. George 98, on the Baltic, Cadiz, and West India stations, until paid off 27 July, 1802. At the renewal of hostilities Mr. Browne, in the Amphion 32, accompanied Lord Nelson to the Mediterranean, and there followed him, as Signal-Midshipman, 31 July, 1803, into the Victory 100. On 1 Aug. 1804, he was promoted by his Lordship to be one of his Signal-Lieutenants, an appointment which the Admiralty confirmed 18 Oct. in the same year. In the summer of 1805 he went to the West Indies and back in pursuit of the combined fleets of France and Spain, and, when closing with the enemy off Trafalgar, on the memorable 21 Oct., he was the officer who had the honour of receiving verbally from Lord Nelson his last immortal signal, “England expects,” &c. He was immediately afterwards sent to take charge of the foremost guns on the middle-deck, with an assurance from the hero of promotion, all hopes of which however were quickly blighted by the fall of the lamented chief. After attending the funeral of his friend, Mr. Browne returned to the Mediterranean in the Ocean 98, as Flag-Lieutenant to Lord Collingwood, with whom he removed, in 1809, to the Ville de Paris 110. On the death of that nobleman, which took place 7 March, 1810, he returned home with his remains, and in consequence of a strong recommendation in his favour, forwarded by the late Admiral a few days only previous to his demise, was advanced to the rank of Commander by commission dated back to the day on which the melancholy event occurred. Unable thenceforth to procure employment, he accepted his present rank 28 Sept. 1840.
Capt. Browne is in the Commission of the Peace for the co. of Somerset, and a J.P. for the borough of Bridgewater. He married, in 1814, the daughter of Thos. Pyke, Esq., of the latter place, by whom he has issue. It may be as well to add that, finding it impossible to obtain an appointment in the Navy, Capt. Browne entered as a student at the Inner Temple, was called to the bar in 1821, practised for some years at Exeter with great success, and ultimately became manager of the West of England and South Wales District Banks.