Henry Folkes Edgell (1767-1846)

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Henry Folkes Edgell

NationalityBritish
RolesNaval Sailor
Date of Birth1767CSORN
First Known Service16.11.1790CSORN
Last Known Service1814CSORN
Date of Death1846

Date from	Date to	Event	Source
16.11.1790		Lieutenant	CSORN
22.11.1790	11.7.1791	Indefatigable (64) 1784-1816 British 64 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Fourth Lieutenant ADM 6/24/91	ADM 6/24
12.7.1791	19.2.1793	Salisbury (50) 1769-1796 British 50 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line , Fourth Lieutenant ADM 6/24/126	ADM 6/24
20.2.1793	17.5.1793	Cumberland (74) 1774-1804 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Fifth Lieutenant ADM 6/24/211	ADM 6/24
18.5.1793	31.1.1794	Cumberland (74) 1774-1804 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Sixth Lieutenant ADM 6/24/239	ADM 6/24
1.2.1794	17.3.1794	Minotaur (74) 1793-1810 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Sixth Lieutenant ADM 6/25/010	ADM 6/25
18.3.1794		Minotaur (74) 1793-1810 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Fifth Lieutenant ADM 6/25/21	ADM 6/25
5.3.1798		Commander	CSORN
5.3.1798	29.4.1802	Pluto (8) 1782-1817 British 8 Gun Unrated Fireship , Commander, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1714
1802	20.8.1802	Appointed Governor of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon
29.4.1802		Captain	CSORN
11.1808	8.1811	Cornelia (32) 1808-1814 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , Captain, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1793
9.1811	9.1812	Piedmontaise (38) 1808-1813 British 38 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , Captain, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1793
1813	1814	Cornwallis (74) 1813-1957 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line 1816 Renamed "Wildfire" , Captain, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1793

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