Royal Naval Biography/Burnaby Greene, William
WILLIAM BURNABY GREENE, Esq.
[Captain of 1834.]
Son of Captain Pitt Burnaby Greene, R.N.
This officer entered the royal navy in 1810; and served as midshipman under Captain John Brett Purvis, in the Ganymede 26, on the Mediterranean station. He was made a lieutenant on the 9th Nov. 1818; appointed to the Rose sloop, Commander Thomas Ball Clowes, fitting out for foreign service, May 22d, 1821; removed to the William and Mary yacht, Captain (now Sir Charles) Malcolm, stationed at Dublin, July 18th, 1822; promoted to the command of the Medina sloop, Dec. 30th, 1826; appointed to the Kent 78, July 22d, 1830; paid off from that ship Dec. 13th, 1831; and advanced to the rank of captain June 6th, 1834.