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Edward Edwards


NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor, Privateer 
Date of Birthc.1728ADM 107/4
First Known Service24.11.1744TRN3
FatherRichard Edwardsref:676
MotherMary Fullerref:676
BrotherSamuelPROB11
Last Known Service4.6.1814TRN3
Date of Death13.4.1815 - Stamfordref:676
Will Probated13.6.1815, PROB 11/1569/306

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
24.11.174414.8.1746
Leopard (50) 1741-1761
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Able Seaman ADM 107/4/295
ADM 107/4
15.8.174619.12.1748
Leopard (50) 1741-1761
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Clerk ADM 107/4/295
ADM 107/4
25.5.175030.3.1751
Deptford (60) 1732-1767
British 60 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Midshipman ADM 107/4/295
ADM 107/4
31.3.175114.3.1755
Tavistock (28) 1745-1760
British 28 Gun
Merchant East Indiaman
, Midshipman ADM 107/4/295
ADM 107/4
14.3.1755 Passed the Lieutenant's Examination ADM 107/4/295RNLPC
31.8.1757 
Viscount Falmouth (24) 1757-1757
British 24 Gun
Privateer Unknown
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
HCA26
7.9.1759 LieutenantCSORN
7.9.175916.1.1761
Nassau (64) 1740-1770
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Fourth Lieutenant ADM 6/19/185
ADM 6/19
17.6.176125.4.1763
Lowestoffe (32) 1761-1801
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Second Lieutenant ADM 6/19/323
ADM 6/19
1.11.17637.1.1764
Zephyr (10) 1757-1778
British 10 Gun
Unrated Sloop
1757 Renamed "Zephyr"
, Lieutenant ADM 6/19/547
ADM 6/19
7.1.176416.1.1768
Ferret (14) 1760-1776
British 14 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Lieutenant ADM 6/20/1
ADM 6/20
16.3.17678.6.1767
Active (28) 1758-1778
British 28 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
, Second Lieutenant
ADM/L
16.3.176919.1.1771
Pembroke (60) 1757-1793
British 60 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Third Lieutenant ADM 6/20/232
ADM 6/20
19.1.17713.12.1771
Pembroke (60) 1757-1793
British 60 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Second Lieutenant ADM 6/20/341
ADM 6/20
15.11.177623.10.1777
Augusta (64) 1763-1777
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, First Lieutenant ADM 6/21/232
ADM 6/21
22.4.1778 CommanderCSORN
22.4.177817.6.1780
Carcass (14) 1759-1784
British 14 Gun
Unrated Bomb Vessel
, Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/22/109
Issued by
Lord Richard Howe (4th Viscount Howe)British
Naval Sailor
Marine
Service 1736-1799
, North America
Confirmed 4.4.1780
BWAS-1714
14.12.177815.12.1778Battle of St. Lucia 
17.6.178025.4.1781
Hornet (14) 1776-1791
British 14 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Commander, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1714
25.4.1781 CaptainCSORN
25.4.178127.3.1784
Narcissus (20) 1781-1796
British 20 Gun
6th Rate Ship
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/22/278
BWAS-1714
6.8.179028.8.1791
Pandora (24) 1779-1791
British 24 Gun
6th Rate Post Ship
, Captain, and Commanding Officer: On board from 10.8.1790 ADM 6/24/58
BWAS-1714
17.9.1792 Tried for the loss of the Pandora, fully exonerated but did not return to active service..ref:676
c.1793 Appointed Regulating Officer at ArgyllshireE-WIKI
3.1798 Appointed to the Impress Service at Kingston upon Hull

Captain in the Impress Service

ref:2000
14.2.1799 Rear-Admiral of the BlueCSORN
1.1.1801 Rear-Admiral of the WhiteCSORN
23.4.1804 Rear-Admiral of the RedCSORN
9.11.1805 Vice-Admiral of the BlueCSORN
28.4.1808 Vice-Admiral of the WhiteCSORN
31.7.1810 Admiral of the BlueCSORN
4.6.1814 Admiral of the WhiteCSORN

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