A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Westbrook, Edmund Barford
WESTBROOK. (Commander, 1839. f-p., 34; h-p., 10.)
Edmund Barford Westbrook entered the Navy, 27 March, 1803, as a Volunteer, on board the Puissant 74, Capts. John Irwin, Robt. Hall, and Chas. Wm. Paterson; in which ship and her tenders he was for eight years and nine months employed at Spithead and off Guernsey. He served next, from Dec. 1811 until Sept. 1815, as Midshipman (a rating he had attained in Nov. 1804) and as Master’s Mate and Acting-Master in the Doterel sloop, Capts. Wm. Westcott Daniel and John Knatchbull, on the Home, Lisbon, African, West India, and North American stations; and in Nov. 1815, at which period he had been for a few weeks Admiralty-Midshipman of the Rifleman 18, Capts. Henry Edw. Napier and Geo. Bennet Allen, he was presented with a commission bearing date 6 July preceding. His succeeding appointments were – 20 March, 1822, to the Coast Blockade, in which service he continued as a Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Severn 50 and Ramillies 74, Capts. Wm. M‘Culloch and Hugh Pigot, until 1827 – 21 July, 1828, to the Windsor Castle 76, Capt. Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie, employed on the Home, Mediterranean, Cork, and Lisbon stations – and 20 July, 1831, to the charge, which he retained until advanced to his present rank 1 Jan. 1839, of a station in the Coast Guard. He served again in the Coast Guard, as an Inspecting-Commander, from 5 Nov. 1839 until the early part of 1845.
Commander Westbrook is Senior of 1839. Agent – Fred. Dufaur.