William Samuel Brown obituary

Royal Navy obituary in the Times newspaper

The following obituary for William Samuel Brown appeared in the Times newspaper.

*Obituary in the Times* newspaper**
Date	Obituary
31 October 1891	The death of Vice-Admiral William Samuel Grieve, of Holland-house, Southsea, and Orde-hall, Northumberland, occurred at Southsea on Thursday. He was born on January 2,1831, and entered the Navy in 1845. He attained the rank of lieutenant in 1854, and was promoted to be commander in 1860, to be captain in 1866, and rear-admiral in 1884. He became vice-admiral on the retired list in 1889. As lieutenant in the Penelope, Admiral Grieve served in the Baltic during the Russian war, including the bombardment of Bomarsund. He was granted a captain's good service pension, which he held from March, 1881, to February, 1884, and was last employed as commodore on the West India Station.