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A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Bunbury, George Benjamin

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1642488A Naval Biographical Dictionary — Bunbury, George BenjaminWilliam Richard O'Byrne

BUNBURY. (Lieutenant, 1825.)

George Benjamin Bunbury is third son of the late Thos. Bunbury Isaac, Esq., of Holywood House, co. Down.

This officer entered the Navy 14 Aug. 1812; passed his examination in 1818; obtained his commission 1 July, 1825; was afterwards appointed, 31 March, 1829, and 19 Feb. 1830, a Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Ramillies and Talavera 74’s, Capt. Hugh Pigot, lying in the Downs for the purposes of the Coast Blockade; next joined, 25 July, 1831, the Ganges 84, Capt. Geo. Burdett, in the Mediterranean; and, in Feb. 1832, was paid off. He has not since been employed.

He married, 3 Oct. 1836, Elizabeth, only child of Edwin Reeves, Esq., of Bath.