George Nathaniel Broke Middleton (George Nathaniel Broke) R.N.
George Nathaniel Broke Middleton (George Nathaniel Broke) R.N.
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George Nathaniel Broke Middleton (George Nathaniel Broke) R.N. | Explanation |
Younger son of Rear-Admiral Sir Philip Bowes Vere Broke, Bart. (1776-1841), captor of USS Chesapeake |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
26 April 1812 | | Born (Stoke Damerel, Plymouth, Devon, England) |
27 August 1853 | | Married Albinia Maria (1821-1905), daughter of Thomas Evans, at Ghent, Belgium, after she had been divorced by her husband, Major Robert Frederick Brownlow Rushbrooke, on the grounds of her adultry with George Nathaniel Broke |
25 February 1855 | | Succeeeded as 3rd Baronet Broke of Broke Hall, Suffolk on the death of his brother, Philip Broke (1804-1855), 2nd Baronet |
1860 | | Assumed name of Middleton after inheriting the estate of his cousin Sir William Fowle Middleton (1784-1860), 2nd Baronet Middleton of Crowfield |
14 January 1887 | | Died (Shrubland Park, Suffolk, England) |
Entry in O'Byrnes 1849 'Naval Biographical Dictionary' |
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Date | Rank |
16 August 1825 | Entered Navy |
29 June 1833 | Lieutenant |
4 November 1840 | Commander |
18 December 1845 | Captain |
3 December 1863 | Retired Rear-Admiral |
1 April 1870 | Retired Vice-Admiral |
22 January 1877 | Retired Admiral |
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Date from | Date to | Service |
8 December 1833 | 29 April 1836 | Lieutenant in Belvidera, commanded by Captain Charles Borough Strong, North America and West Indies |
30 April 1836 | 28 July 1837 | Lieutenant in Cruizer, commanded by Commander William Alexander Willis (uncertain), North America and West Indies |
21 October 1837 | 5 January 1841 | Lieutenant in Wasp, commanded by Commander Dudley Worsley Anthony Pelham then Commander George Pelham, Mediterranean |
28 November 1842 | 25 May 1846 | Commander in Thunderbolt, Cape of Good Hope |
3 April 1854 | 5 June 1855 | Captain in Gladiator, Mediterranean, and (1855) the Black Sea during the Russian War |
28 June 1858 | 9 April 1859 | Captain in Centurion, Mediterranean |
10 April 1859 | 29 April 1859 | Captain in Hero (from commissioning at Sheerness), Sheerness (until invalided) |