A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Harries, Edward Thornborough
HARRIES. (Lieutenant, 1833.)
Edward Thornborough Harries was born 5 June, 1804, and died towards the close of 1845.
This officer entered the Navy 15 June, 1815, and, between that period and his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 11 March, 1833, nine years after he had passed his examination, served on board the Ferret 12, Phaeton 36, Ramillies 74, Tamar 24, Queen Charlotte 100, Starling cutter, and Hyperion 42. He was appointed, 9 Nov. following, to the Sparrowhawk 16, Capt. Chas. Pearson, under whom he was employed for nearly three years on the South American station; and he lastly, from 23 June, 1837, until the period of his death, commanded a station in the Coast Guard.
Lieut. Harries married, first, Anna Maria, youngest daughter of Hercules Jenkings, Esq., of Braganza Lodge, co. Cornwall; and, secondly, 17 Nov. 1840, Elizabeth Ann, only daughter of John Hill, Esq., of the same county. He has left issue two children.