Family
On 27 March 1811, Bremer married Harriet, daughter of Thomas Wheeler (a Royal Marines officer) and widow of Reverend George-Henry Glasse. They had two sons and four daughters:
- Edward-Gordon (18 September 1819 – 7 April 1847); Royal Navy officer
- John de Courcy (born 1822, died 6 January 1891 at Rose Bay, Sydney, New South Wales)
- Emma-Margaret; married Royal Navy officer Augustus Kuper on 20 June 1837
- Isabel-Harriet-Ann; married British Army officer Henry-Sabine Browne on 26 February 1840
- Emily
- Ellen-Susan
After Harriet's death in 1846, Bremer married Jemima Mary Harriet, the eldest daughter of Royal Navy officer James Brisbane, on 8 February 1848 at Tunbridge Wells.
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