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A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Burdon, Richard Mathews

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1642659A Naval Biographical Dictionary — Burdon, Richard MathewsWilliam Richard O'Byrne

BURDON. (Lieutenant, 1832.)

Richard Mathews Burdon entered the Navy 19 May, 1823; passed his examination in 1829; obtained his commission 11 Aug. 1832; joined, 20 Jan. 1834, the Thunderer 84, Capt. Wm. Furlong Wise, on the Mediterranean station; was superseded in the following July; and has since been on half-pay.