Later Career
On 30 April 1846, under Admiral Francis Augustus Collier, Bremer was appointed second-in-command of the Channel Fleet, with his broad pennant on board HMS Queen. On 24 November, he became superintendent of Woolwich Dockyard, where he held command of the William and Mary yacht. He retired from the dockyard on 13 November 1848. Bremer was promoted to rear-admiral on 15 September 1849. He served as a magistrate in Devonshire. He died of diabetes mellitus on 14 February 1850 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England.
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