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Mathew Barton Bradby


NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
First Known Service14.7.1796CSORN
Father
James BradbyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1758-1799
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Last Known Service5.1812CSORN
Date of Death5.5.1831TGM

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
14.7.1796 LieutenantCSORN
29.4.1802 CommanderCSORN
22.1.180628.6.1810
Calypso (16) 1805-1821
British 16 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Commander, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1793
28.6.1810 CaptainNL1814
28.6.18107.1810
Ruby (64) 1776-1821
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1714
3.18125.1812
Coquette (18) 1807-1817
British 18 Gun
Unrated Sloop
1807 Renamed "Coquette"
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1793

Notes on Officer


BiographyRNB1823

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.



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