Edward Jekyll Canes (d.1801)

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Edward Jekyll Canes

NationalityBritish
RolesNaval Sailor
First Known Service1780CSORN
WifeCharlotteADM 6/339
Last Known Service19.2.1793CSORN
Date of Death6.11.1801ADM 6/339
Cause of DeathShipwreckCSORN
Will Probated12.6.1802, PROB 11/1376/87

Event History

Date from	Date to	Event	Source
1780		Passed the Lieutenant's Examination ADM 107/8/16	RNLPC
24.8.1780		Lieutenant	CSORN
8.1797	1.1798	Calcutta (26) 1795-1805 British 26 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line , Lieutenant, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1793
20.5.1799	9.1799	Theseus (74) 1786-1814 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Acting Captain, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1714
22.10.1799		Commander	CSORN
1800	9.1801	Tigre (74) 1795-1817 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Commander, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1793
9.1801	11.1801	Utile (16) 1799-1801 British 16 Gun Unrated Sloop , Commander, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1793

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 6/339 Archive

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

CSORNDavid Bonner-Smith, Robert L. DiNardo, David Syrett, Web Site

RNLPCBruno Pappalardo, Book

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Posted by Jon Miller on Saturday 25th of July 2026 07:11

Portsmouth, 2 November 1799: Edward Jekyll Canes, Esq, first lieutenant of His Majesty’s ship Tigre, with Sir Sydney Smith, is promoted to the rank of Master and Commander. [Hampshire Telegraph, 4 November 1799]

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