A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Broun, George
BROUN. (Commander, 1835.)
George Broun obtained his first commission 1 Nov. 1815; and was appointed, about the same period, to the Portia 14, Capt. Silas Thompson Hood, which vessel was paid off in 1816. He afterwards joined, as First-Lieutenant, 12 Sept. 1826, the Ringdove 18, Capt. Edw. Le Cras Thornbrough, at Halifax; 5 May, 1827, the Hussar 46, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Ogle, on the same station; and, 3 Nov. 1830, the Undaunted 46, Capt. Edw. Harvey, employed at the Cape of Good Hope and in the East Indies. He returned to England and was paid off early in 1834; obtained a Commander’s commission 23 March, 1835; was appointed, 26 Sept. 1836, to the Coast Guard, in which service he remained during the customary period of three years; and, since 7 Nov. 1845, has been employed as Second Captain of the St. Vincent 120, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Ogle at Portsmouth.
He married, 12 Sept. 1837, Fanny Charlotte, eldest daughter of Lieut.-General Granby Clay, of Baring Crescent, Exeter. Agents – Messrs. Chard.