A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Budgen, Richard
BUDGEN. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 22; h-p., 19.)
Richard Budgen is brother of Lieut. John Budgen, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 24 April, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Centaur 74, Commodore Sir Sam. Hood, and – in addition to the various services of that ship as above alluded to in our notice of Lieut. John Budgen – was present, 25 Sept. following, in company with the Mars and Monarch, at the capture, off Rochefort, of four heavy French frigates, one of which, the Armide, of 44 guns, struck; to the Centaur. Among the wounded on the occasion, 4 in number, was Sir Sam. Hood, who lost an arm. Three of the Centaur’s people were also killed. Mr. Budgen, who attained the rating of Midshipman 2 Sept. 1809, subsequently removed, in Nov. 1810, to the Hibernia 120, flagship in the Mediterranean of Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats. He came home, in July, 1811, in the San Josef 110, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Cotton; and, after a short attachment to the Royal William, Capt. Robt. Hall, lying at Spithead, joined the Owen Glendower 36, in which he accompanied Sir Sam. Hood to the East Indies. He there successively followed that officer into the Illustrious 74, Clorinde 40, and Minden 74, and, on promotion to his present rank, 2 March, 1815, was placed on half-pay. He afterwards held an appointment in the Coast Guard from 27 Nov. 1822, until the close of 1835; and has since been unemployed. Agents – Messrs. Chard.