irregular, and that there was nothing in the evidence which could warrant the sentence passed against Captain Browne, who was at length restored to his former rank, but not until the attention of Parliament had been called to the subject by his noble friend, the Earl of Egremont, April 20, 1816.
Agents.– Messrs. Cooke, Halford, and Son.
MATTHEW BARTON BRADBY, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1810.]
Youngest son of the late superannuated Rear-Admiral James Bradby, who died in 1809, aged 73.
This officer was made a Lieutenant in July, 1796; and promoted to the rank of Commander April 29, 1802. He subsequently commanded the Calypso, a fine 18-gun brig, on the North Sea station. His post commissipn bears date June 28, 1810.
Captain Bradby married, Nov. 25, 1808, Catherine, second daughter of Vice-Admiral Billy Douglas, commander-in-Chief at Yarmouth. His youngest sister is the wife of Captain James Aberdour, R.N.
Agents.– Messrs. Maude.
WILLIAM PATERSON, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1810.]
A Companion of the Most Honorable Military Order of the Bath; and President of the Civil Court at Newfoundland, for the adjudication of all disputes respecting the Fisheries on the coast of Labrador.
Son of George Paterson, of Castle Huntley, in Perthshire, Esq., by Anne, youngest daughter of John, 12th Baron Gray, in the Scotch Peerage.
This officer entered the navy at an early age, under the auspices of Sir Alexander Cochrane; and served as a midshipman on board his patron’s flag-ship, the Northumberland 74, at the Leeward Islands; where he was rapidly advanced to the rank he at present enjoys. The dates of his respective commissions are as follow:–
