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Sir James John Gordon Bremer

NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
Date of Birth26.9.1786 - Portsea, England, Portsea NBD1849
First Known Service1794NBD1849
Father
James BremerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1779-1784
ODNB
WifeHarriet Glasse, nee WheelerNBD1849
Uncle
Thomas ElphinstoneBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1780-1814
NBD1849
Last Known Service15.9.1849NBD1849
Date of Death14.2.1850 - Tunbridge Wells, KentE-WIKI
Cause of DeathDiabetes mellitusNBD1849

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
1794 Entered the NavyNBD1849
17946.1795
Sandwich (90) 1759-1810
British 90 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, 1st Class Volunteer		NBD1849
8.10.1797 Entered the Royal Naval CollegeNBD1849
2.4.18021803
Endymion (44) 1797-1868
British 44 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Midshipman		NBD1849
25.6.1803 Capture of the Bacchante 
3.8.1805 Passed the Lieutenant's Examination ADM 107/4/303RNLPC
3.8.1805 LieutenantCSORN
3.8.18059.5.1806
Captain (74) 1787-1813
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Lieutenant		NBD1849
9.5.18066.10.1806
Diana (38) 1794-1815
British 38 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Lieutenant		NBD1849
6.10.180628.5.1807
Imogen (16) 1805-1817
British 16 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Lieutenant		NBD1849
28.5.180713.10.1807
Psyche (36) 1805-1812
British 36 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Lieutenant		NBD1849
13.10.1807 CommanderCSORN
13.8.181231.12.1812
Bermuda (10) 1808-1816
British 10 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Commander, and Commanding Officer		NBD1849
1.1.18137.6.1814
Royalist (16) 1807-1819
British 16 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Commander, and Commanding Officer		NBD1849
5.181322.6.1813Defence of Castro Urdiales 
10.7.18138.9.1813Reduction of San Sebastien 
21.10.1813 Capture of the Weser 
7.6.1814 CaptainCSORN
1.18158.1815
Lee (20) 1814-1822
British 20 Gun
6th Rate Post Ship
, Captain, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1793
4.6.1815 Appointed Companion of the Order of the BathNBD1849
30.5.181624.10.1816
Comus (22) 1806-1816
British 22 Gun
6th Rate Post Ship
, Captain, and Commanding Officer		NBD1849
18.9.18231827
Tamar (28) 1814-1837
British 28 Gun
6th Rate Post Ship
, Captain, and Commanding Officer		NBD1849
25.1.1836 Appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Guelphic Orderref:1059
23.2.1836 Appointed Knight BachelorNBD1849
30.11.18397.1840Appointed Commander-in-Chief — East IndiesE-WIKI
18417.10.1841
Wellesley (72) 1815-1940
British 72 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1868 Renamed "Cornwall"
, Commodore, and Commanding Officer		NBD1849
29.7.1841 Appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the BathE-WIKI
10.1841 Placed on Half-PayNBD1849
24.11.18461848Appointed Superintendent at Woolwich DockyardNBD1849
15.9.1849 Rear-AdmiralE-WIKI
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