A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Bunbury, George Benjamin
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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.