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THE BROME FAMILY. 
other arms and in the scientific world, interest will mainly centre in 
the founders of this family who were gunners. 
The artillery Bromes were :—■ 
Sire .Charles Brome, ... 1698 to 1760 = 62 years’ service. 1 
Stepson .Joseph Brome (Walton) 1721 to 1796 = 75 „ ,, 
Sons of 1 Joseph Walton ... 1753 to 1808 = 55 ,, ,, 
Joseph... ) Thomas Walton ... 1768 to 1830 = 62 ,, ,, 
Adopted 5 
son of > Joseph Brome (2nd) 1794 to 1825 = 31 „ „ 
Joseph ) 
Charles joined the Artillery as a boy Matross— i.e. } apprentice 
gunner, in 1698, 2 to learn the “art and mysterie '' of gun¬ 
nery; 3 was enlisted as Matross on 2nd February, 1709; 
promoted (sworn) Gunner in 1718 ; and retired on full pay in 
November, 1760, as Captain commanding a company—hav¬ 
ing previously been the first Commandant of the Royal 
Artillery in Nova Scotia. 
Joseph (1st), as the first drummer of the Royal Artillery in 
Minorca, 1721, died in 1 796, a Lieutenant-General, Master- 
Gunner of St. James's Park and Whitehall (also lord of the 
Manor of Charfield) ; 4 having been aide-de-camp to three 
Commanders-in-Chief and Master-Generals of the Ordnance, 
thrice Commandant of Woolwich Garrison, and with a dis¬ 
tinguished service reward of £182 per annum. 
Joseph Walton entered the Royal Military Academy as Gentleman 
Cadet on 1st June, 1753, and died in 1808, a Lieut.-General, 
first Colonel-Commandant of the Invalid battalion, and Master- 
Gunner of Whitehall and St. James's Park. 
Thomas Walton , from 1768 to 1830, served as an Officer of the 
Ordnance (civil department), and was distinguished for his 
artillery inventions and scientific attainments. 
Joseph Brome (2nd) received a direct commission from the Crown, 
as Second Lieutenant of Artillery in August 1794; and died 
while in command of the Royal Artillery in Jamaica,, as Lieut.- 
Colonel, in 1825. 
Thus, each worthily represents a type of four out of the six former 
1 Sixty-three years, according to Eoyal Warrant of 13lli July, 1761 ; but this is reckoning to 
date of the Warrant. 
2 “Woolwich in 1698” is the subject of a fine engraving, plate 20 in Vol. VI. of “ The Eecords 
of Woolwich” (Vincent), which is herein reproduced by kind permission of Mr. Vincent, Wool¬ 
wich. 
In 1698, each gun had its gunner, and each gunner was assisted by two matrosses, of whom 
one was a boy. . . “and their boies shall diligently watch upon their masters, and abide by 
them, to see what they have need of, or any thinge should lacke as in powder, stones, pellets, 
&c.”—Grose’s Military Antiquities, Vol. I., pp. 203, 226. Cleaveland MSS., p. 102 (Note 2). 
3 “ Kane’s List,” p. 3 gives only the date of appointment to Matross in 1709. 
4 See also “ Succession List of Master-Gunners of England, p. 27, in “Proceedings” E.A.I., 
Vol. XIX., Nos. 5 and 6. 
