A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Breedon, William
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.