John Brett Purvis
1787–1857
Officer in the Royal Navy. Commodore on the South American coast, 1841–5. Vice-admiral, 1853.
Sources
Modern English biography
O’Byrne 1849.
Bibliography
Modern English biography: Modern English biography, containing many thousand concise memoirs of persons who have died since the year 1850. By Frederick Boase. 3 vols. and supplement (3 vols.). Truro, Cornwall: the author. 1892–1921.
O’Byrne, William R. 1849. A naval biographical dictionary: comprising the life and services of every living officer in Her Majesty’s Navy, from the rank of admiral of the fleet to that of lieutenant, inclusive. London: John Murray.
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