ptain, and had the good fortune to serve as
flag-captain to Sir James (afterwards Lord) Saumarez in the action at
Algeciras, and in the Straits in 1801. During the peace of Amiens he
married Miss Stewart, a lady belonging to a loyalist family of Nova
Scotia. After the renewal of the war he commanded a succession of
frigates. In 1803 he had the misfortune to be wrecked on the coast of
France, and remained for a time in prison, where his wife joined him.
Having been exchanged he was named to another ship. His most brilliant
action was fought with a flotilla of Franco-Neapolitan vessels outside
of Naples in May 1801. He was severely wounded, and Murat, then king of
Naples, praised him effusively. He was made a baronet in 1812 and K.C.B.
in 1815. After his recovery from his wound he was unable to bear sea
service, but was made commissioner of the dockyard at Port Mahon, and
then at the Cape, and was afterwards lieutenant-governor of Greenwich
hospital till 1840. He reached flag rank in 1830. In his later years he
took an active part in philanthropic work, in association with his
brother, Captain E.P. Brenton, who had seen much service but is best
remembered by his writings on naval and military history,--_Naval
History of Great Britain from the Year 1783 to 1822_ (1823), and _The
Life and Correspondence of John, Earl of St Vincent_ (1838).

A _Memoir of the Life and Services of Vice-Admiral Sir Jahleel
Brenton_, based on his own papers, was published in 1846 by the Rev.
Henry Raikes, and reissued by the admiral's son, Sir L.C.L. Brenton,
in 1855. (D. H.)

BRENTWOOD, a market town in the mid or Chelmsford parliamentary division
of Essex, England; 18 m. E.N.E. of London by the Great Eastern railway
(Brentwood and Worley station). Pop. of urban district (1901) 4932. The
neighbouring country is pleasantly undulating and well wooded. The
church of St Thomas the Martyr, with several chapels, is modern. The old
assize house, an Elizabethan structure, remains. A free grammar school
was founded in 1557. The county asylum is in the vicinity. There are
breweries and brick works. To the south lies the fine upland of Worley
Common, with large barracks. Adjoining Brentwood to the north-east is
Shenfield, with the church of St Mary the Virgin, Early English and
later. Brentwood was formerly an important posting station on the main
road to the eastern counties, which follows the line of the railway to
Colchester. The nam