Admiral
Edward
Edwards
Born in Water Newton, Huntingdonshire, England
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Son of Richard Edwards
and Mary (Fuller) Edwards
Died
at about age 73
in Water Newton, Huntingdonshire, England [uncertain]
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Biography
Admiral Edward Edwards (1742–1815) was a British naval officer best known as the captain of HMS Pandora, the frigate which the Admiralty sent to the South Pacific in pursuit of the Bounty mutineers.[1]
Captain Edwards is among the historic tales of the sea. Mention of Timor and South China seas mutiny and capture. His Naval career began at approximately seventeen years of age when he spent six years on half pay. He was commissioned as a Lieutenant in 1759. He assumed command of the 24-gun frigate Pandora in the summer of 1790. He was well noted for accepting orders to journey after mutineers of the Bounty travelling with over one hundred strong crew. The prisoners were captured and placed on deck in a wooden cell. On the journey through Timor and Jakarta and ship wrecked on Great Barrier Reef in 1791 on the passage of South Pacific.
Whilst fourteen mutineers were captured at Tahiti, the leader of the mutiny Fletcher Christian and the remaining eight mutineers, escaped capture on Pitcairn Island.
In 1792, he was court-martialled for the sinking of the Pandora but it wasn't the end of his career.
He died on 13th April 1815 at his brother's home in Water Newton and is buried in St Remigius's church there.[2]
Sources
- ↑ Edward Edwards at Wikipedia
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 07 May 2020), memorial page for Edward Edwards (1742–13 Apr 1815), Find a Grave Memorial no. 13066857, citing St Remigius Churchyard, Water Newton, Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, England ; Maintained by Find A Grave .
- Books to be cited. Personal notes detail the journey.
<1. The Pandora 2. Alexander, Caroline. The Bounty 3. The true story of mutiny on the Bounty. Penguin books: ISBN9780142004692 4. Pandora FAQ EXTERNAL !LINKS Captain Edwards reports
Wikipedia>
- http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/bounty/bountyaccount.html
- http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-BucExpl-t1-body-d15-d7.html
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The Pandora is remembered today in a fine public house on Restronguet Creek in Cornwall, supposedly once owned by Admiral Edwards