A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Edye, Adolphus George

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EDYE. (Lieutenant, 1841.)

Adolphus George Edye is nephew of John Edye, Esq., F.R.S., Chief Assistant and Draughtsman to the Surveyor of the Navy. This officer entered the Navy 29 May, 1829; passed his examination 2 June, 1835; and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant while serving, off the coast of Ireland, in the Lucifer surveying-steamer, Capt. Fred. Wm. Beechey, 30 Aug. 1841. He continued in that vessel until 1843; and, from 4 April, 1845, until the close of 1846, was similarly employed in the Tartarus, Capt. Jas. Wolfe. He married, 30 July, 1844, Elizabeth, daughter of the late Thos. Edye, Esq., Lieut. R.N.

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