A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Franklin, Edward
FRANKLIN. (Commander, 1846.)
Edward Franklin entered the Navy 26 March, 1810; passed his examination in 1817; and obtained his first commission 14 Sept. 1825. His appointments, as Lieutenant, were – 10 Nov. 1830, to the Coast Blockade as Supernumerary of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye – 5 April, 1831, to the Coast Guard – 15 July, 1843, as First-Lieutenant to the Conway 26, Capt. Robt. Fair, on the Cape of Good Hope station – and, 12 Feb. 1845, in a similar capacity, to the Vindictive 60, bearing the flag in North America and the West Indies of Sir Fras. Wm. Austen. He was superseded from the last-mentioned ship on promotion to the rank of Commander 9 Nov. 1846; and is now on half-pay.
He married, in May, 1829, Charlotte, eldest daughter of Capt. White, of the 80th Regt. Agents – Messrs. Chard.