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Edward Henry Columbine


NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
Date of Birth2.7.1763 - Westminster ODNB
First Known Service12.4.1782ODNB
Father
Edward ColumbineBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1757-1774
CCSU
WifeAnna Maria Starr - Married 5.2.1787ODNB
WifeAnne Curry (d 1810) - Married 7.1801ODNB
SonEdwardODNB
DaughterCharlotteODNB
Last Known Service1798ODNB
Date of Death18.6.1811 - On board the CrocodileODNB
Cause of DeathYellow FeverODNB
Will Probated23.8.1811, PROB 11/1525/242

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
12.4.1782 LieutenantCSORN
12.4.1782 
Rotterdam (50) 1781-1806
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
1799 Renamed "Princess Caroline"
, Third Lieutenant ADM 6/22/554
Issued by
Robert DigbyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1752-1805
, North America
Confirmed 12.12.1782
ADM 6/22
5.1.178710.1790
Sibyl (28) 1779-1798
British 28 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
1795 Renamed "Garland"
, Second Lieutenant ADM 6/23/372
ADM 6/23
16.10.1790 A commission as 5th lieutenant of the Canada was issued. The commission was cancelledADM 6/24
2.3.1791 Sentence of Divorce in the Confistory Court of London, against Anna Maria Columbine for Adultery with William Paris Sweeting.ADM 6/24
10.17921796
Resolution (14) 1779-1797
British 14 Gun
Unrated Cutter
, Lieutenant, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1714
13.7.1795 Battle of Hyeres 
22.12.1796 CommanderCSORN
1798 Appointed to command the Sea FenciblesE-WIKI
4.1800 The divorce bill had it's second reading in the House of Lord's.E-WIKI
29.4.1802 CaptainCSORN
6.18029.1804
Ulysses (20) 1779-1816
British 20 Gun
5th Rate Ship
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1714
21.6.18031.7.1803Capture of St. Lucia and Tobago 
10.180817.7.1809
Solebay (32) 1785-1809
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1714
4.7.180913.7.1809Commanded the British Flotilla at the Capture of Senegal 
9.180918.6.1811
Crocodile (22) 1806-1816
British 22 Gun
6th Rate Post Ship
, Commodore, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1793
2.1810 Arrived at Freetown to begin his Governorship.ODNB
12.2.181018.6.1811Appointed Governor of Sierra LeoneODNB

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Posted by MRS S M JACKETT on Thursday 12th of March 2026 20:08

A James Higgins I study, signed Edward's Will at sea. Likewise James named Edward as a legasee should all of James' kin perish, Edward's surviving orphaned son would receive James' legacy? a He was aboard Crocodile, and witnessed Edward's death at sea off The Azores

James was a surgeon/physik who married x2, 1st wife unknown 2nd marriage to Miss Sophia Vergette. his son by Sophia was James Robert Higgins surgeon/ Medical Officer in Somerset, Sophia died in 1860 Margate, James died in 1816 Charlotte Street, St Pancras.


Posted by MRS S M JACKETT on Thursday 12th of March 2026 19:58

A James Higgins I study, signed Edward's Will at sea. Likewise James named Edward as a legasee should all of James' kin perish, Edward's surviving orphaned son would receive James' legacy? James was a surgeon/physik who married x2, 2nd marriage to Sophia Vergette. He was aboard Crocodile and winessed Edward's death at sea off The Azores


Posted by MRS S M JACKETT on Thursday 12th of March 2026 19:40

A James Higgins I study, signed Edwards Will at sea. Likewise James named Edward as a legasee should all of James' kin perish, Edward's surviving orphaned son would receive James' legacy? James was a surgeon/physik who married x2, 2nd marriage to Sophia Vergette.


Posted by Anthony Sullivan on Friday 3rd of February 2017 13:26

According to the Journals of the House of Lords, Vol.42 (p.416) from January 1787 to October 1790 Edward Henry Columbine served as lieutenant aboard the 32 gun Sybille, (previously the French ship Sibylle, captured by Hussar in 1783)


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