Edward Pelham Brenton | |
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Born | 20 July 1774 Rhode Island |
Died | 13 April 1839 York Street, London | (aged 64)
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | Royal Navy |
Years of service | 1788 to 1815 |
Rank | Royal Navy Captain |
Battles/wars | French Revolutionary Wars Napoleonic Wars |
Other work | author of Naval History of Great Britain from the Year 1783 to 1822 |
Captain Edward Pelham Brenton CB (20 July 1774 – 13 April 1839) was an officer of the British Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars whose military career was relatively quiet, apart from involvement in the capture of Martinique in 1809. Brenton became famous in the aftermath of the war, when he published the Naval History of Great Britain from the Year 1783 to 1822 in 1823. The book was popular, but Brenton was criticised at the time and since for his failure to distinguish between fact and rumour as well as his partisan political leanings. In Brenton's later life, he was heavily involved in charitable enterprises in the poorer areas of London with mixed success.