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Admiral Sir Henry William Bruce KCB (2 February 1792 – 14 December 1863) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth. ==Military career== Born the son of Sir Henry Hervey Aston Bruce, 1st Baronet, Bruce joined the Royal Navy in 1803.〔(Admiral Sir Henry William Bruce ) Naval & Military Museum〕 He took part in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.〔 He also took part in the War of 1812.〔 He became Captain of HMS ''Britannia'' in 1823, of HMS ''Imogene'' in 1836, of HMS ''Agincourt'' in 1842 and of HMS ''Queen'' in 1847.〔(William Loney RN )〕 In 1851 he was appointed Commodore of the West Coast of Africa Station.〔 He negotiated and signed the Treaty Between Great Britain and Lagos of 1 January 1852. Then in 1854, as Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station, he founded a military hospital at Esquimalt.〔 He was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth in 1860.〔(History in Portsmouth )〕 He lived at Ballyscullion in Northern Ireland.〔(The Peerage.com )〕 He died in Liverpool while still serving as a naval officer and was interred in the family vault at Downhill in Northern Ireland.〔(Scottish War Graves Project )〕
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