A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Maxey, Edward
MAXEY. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 12; h-p., 31.)
Edward Maxey, born 5 Feb. 1790, is second son of the Rev. Lewis Maxey, of Byford Rectory, co. Hereford.
This officer entered the Navy, 2 Nov. 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Utrecht 64, Capt. John Holloway, lying in the Downs; and in the following year joined the Intrepid 64, Capt. Hon. Philip Wodehouse, on the Mediterranean station; where, on removing, after the capture of Capri and the siege of Gaeta, to the Amphion 32, Capt. Wm. Hoste, he came into daily collision, either in that ship or her boats, with the enemy on the coast of Calabria. After serving for short periods in the Bergère sloop, Capt. Thos. Whinyates, Atlas 74, Capt. Sam. Pym, and Glory 98, Capt. Wm. Albany Otway, he was received, about 1808, on board the Norge 74, Capt. John Sprat Rainier. Continuing in that ship until 1 May, 1814, he assisted, as Master’s Mate, at the embarkation of the army after the battle of Corunna, co-operated in the defence of Cadiz, aided in fitting out a Spanish fleet at Friedland and in escorting it to Minorca, and visited the latitude of Greenland in pursuit of the American frigate President, Commodore Rodgers. He was promoted (having passed his examination in 1809) to the rank of Lieutenant while serving with the Duke of Clarence in the Royal Charlotte yacht, 27 May, 1814; and was next appointed, on the American, Home, and West India stations, to the Jaseur 16, Capt. Nicholas Pateshall, Forth 40, Capt. Sir Wm. Bolton, Désirée 36, Capt. Wm. Woolridge, Active 38, Capt. Philip Carteret, and Royalist 18, Capt. Geo. Bennett Allen. He has been on half-pay since Oct. 1816.
Lieut. Maxey married, 2 Oct. 1829, Eliza, daughter of Joseph Edye, Esq., Alderman of the city of Bristol.