A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Edwards, Richard Venn
EDWARDS. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 9; h-p., 32.)
Richard Venn Edwards entered the Navy, 8 Aug. 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Canopus 84, Capt. Thos. Geo. Shortland, bearing the flag of Sir Thos. Louis, in which ship he witnessed the capture, 27 Sept. following, of Le Président, French frigate, of 44 guns and 330 men, and was present at the passage of the Dardanells in Feb. 1807. In Aug. ot the latter year, he removed, as Midshipman, to the Hind 28, Capt. Fras. Wm. Fane; and on afterwards accompanying that officer into the Cambrian 40, he warmly co-operated with the patriots on the coast of Catalonia. Mr. Edwards, who subsequently served in the Tigre 80, Capts. Benj. Hallowell and John Halliday, and Pomone 38, Capts. Fras. Wm. Fane and Philip Carteret, on the Mediterranean, Home, and Lisbon stations, was confirmed to a Lieutenancy, 15 Sept. 1814, in the Philomel 18, Capt. Jas. Hanway Plumridge. We also find him attached, for a few months in 1815, to the San Josef 110, flag-ship at Plymouth of Sir Rich. John Strachan; since Aug. in which year, however, he has been on half-pay.