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 Death Announcements 1845-1854
| Transcribed by | Steve van Dulken |
| | Surname | Bourne | | | First names | Richard | | | Rank / occupation | Director |  | Unit | Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company | | | Death date | 9 Oct 1851 | | | Place of death | London  | | | Source | Gentleman's Magazine | | | Date | Dec 1851 | | | Page number | 666 | | | Detail | At Blackheath-park, advanced in years, Capt. Richard Bourne, R.N. a Director of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. He entered the navy in 1787 as Captain's servant on board the Druid 32, Capt. Joseph Ellison, and, after serving as Midshipman in several other vessels, was made Lieutenant in the Sandfly. In 1804 he was appointed to command of the Felix schooner; and in 1806 was severely wounded in an attack on the town of Hea, in Spain. He was placed on half-pay the same year, and in 1840 accepted the rank of retired Commander. |
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