BETHUNE

Charles Ramsay Drink water ( 2 son of John Drink water of Thorn croft, Surrey, C.B., F.S.A. 1762–1844 ). b. 27 Dec. 1802; entered navy 2 Aug. 1815; captain 22 July 1830; served in Chinese war 1840–41; V.A. 10 Nov. 1862, admiral 2 April 1866; retired 1 April 1870; a umed additional name of Bethune 1837; C.B. 29 June 1841, F.R.G.S. 1842. d. 4, Queens bury place South Kensington 21 Feb. 1884. M. F. Conolly’s Biog. dict. of eminent men of Fife (1866) 56.