A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Barnett, Edward
BARNETT. (Commander, 1838.)
Edward Barnett entered the Navy 14 Feb. 1811; passed his examination in 1819; and obtained his first commission 1 June, 1826. He was afterwards appointed to the command, on surveying service – 12 Feb. 1812, of the Linnet tender, off the coast of Jersey – 20 Feb. 1833, of the Jackdaw schooner, which vessel he had the misfortune to lose, 11 March, 1835, on a reef off Old Providence, not then laid down in the Admiralty charts – and, 22 Sept. 1835, and 30 Nov. 1837, of the Lark 4, and Thunder 6, stationed in North America and the West Indies. He was promoted to his present rank, 28 June, 1838, and still continues to command the Thunder. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
BARNETT. (Captain, 1846.)
Edward Barnett entered the Navy on board the Sybille 44, Capts. Clotworthy Upton, Jas. Sanders, and Thos. Forrest. He was a Midshipman of the Malta 80, Capt. Wm. Chas. Fahie, at the siege of Gaeta in 1815; and of the Superb 74, Capt. Chas. Ekins, at the battle of Algiers 27 Aug. 1816. He received a vote of thanks from the Bahama Legislature for services rendered, in the Thunder, to that colony. His post commission bears date 20 June, 1846.