A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Berners, Hugh
BERNERS. (Commander, 1842.)
Hugh Berners, born in July, 1801, is second son of the Rev. Hen. Denny Berners, of Wolverstone Park, Suffolk, Archdeacon of that county, by Sarah, daughter of John Garrett, Esq., of Freemantle, Hants.
This officer entered the Navy 4 Aug. 1814; and was promoted to a Lieutenancy, 17 July, 1824, in the Sparrowhawk 18, Capt. Rob. Stuart, employed in the Mediterranean. His next appointments were, 25 June, 1827, and 31 Oct. 1828, to the Isis 50, and Camelion 10, commanded on the same station by Capts. Sir Thos. Staines and Sir Thos. Pasley. He has since been on half-pay. His advancement to the rank he now holds took place 28 Jan. 1842. Commander Berners married, in 1832, Julia, daughter of John Ashton, Esq., of the Grange, Cheshire, by whom he has issue a son and three daughters. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.