A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Popham, Brunswick
POPHAM. (Captain, 1838. f-p., 18; h-p., 12.)
Brunswick Popham is brother of Capt. Wm. Popham, R.N.; and second son of the late Rear-Admiral Sir Home Riggs Popham, K.C.B.
This officer entered the Navy, 4 Dec. 1817, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Andromache 44, Capt. Wm. Henry Shirreff, fitting for the South American station, whence he returned to England in Aug. 1821. In Jan. 1822 he was received as Midshipman (a rating he had previously attained) on board the Liffey 50, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Chas. Grant in the East Indies. He next, in July, 1825, joined the Ganges 84, Capt. Patrick Campbell, lying at Portsmouth; and, on 3 Jan. 1826, having passed his examination in April, 1824, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. In the following Feb. he received an appointment to the Glasgow 50, Capt. Hon. Jas. Ashley Maude, employed at first off the coast of Portugal, and then in the Mediterranean; where, after acting a part in the battle of Navarin, he removed to the Pelorus 18, Capt. Peter Richards, and in Jan. 1828 became Flag-Lieutenant, in the Asia 84, to Sir Edw. Codrington. On 2 March in the latter year he was made Commander into the Zebra 18. His subsequent appointments in that capacity were – 30 Oct. 1828 and 20 April, 1830, to the Infernal bomb and Wasp 18, both stationed in the Mediterranean, whence he returned home and was paid off in June, 1831 – and, 3 Dec. 1834, to the Pelican 16, in which vessel he served at the Cape of Good Hope and on the east and west coasts of Africa until May, 1839. He has since been on half-pay. His Post-commission bears date 28 June, 1838.
Capt. Popham married, 26 Oct. 1841, Susan, eldest daughter of Patrick Murray, Esq., of Arthurstone, Perthshire, N.B. Agents – Collier and Snee.