About Sampson Edwards
Lived 1744 – 1840 (aged 95–96). Sampson Edwards was a naval officer.
Admiral Sampson Edwards (c. 1744 – 14 September 1840) was a British naval officer.
Career Edwards commanded the Canada schooner at Newfoundland station, where she was wrecked in a gale of wind.
Edwards was promoted to Post-Captain on 16 October 1781.
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Who was Sampson Edwards?
British admiral (d. 1840)
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Sampson Edwards was born in 1744.
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Sampson Edwards died on 14 September 1840.
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Sampson Edwards was a naval officer.
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