A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Sotheby, Edward Southwell
SOTHEBY. (Commander, 1841.)
Edward Southwell Sotheby entered the Navy 3 Aug. 1826; passed his examination in 1832; and was made Lieutenant, 3 Oct. 1835, into the Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir Josias Rowley, in the Mediterranean; where he served, from 5 April, 1837, until 1841, part of the time as Senior, in the Dido 18, Capt. Lewis Davies. His next appointment was, 21 Aug, 1841, in the capacity last mentioned, to the Madagascar 44, Capt. John Foote, fitting at Portsmouth. He acquired his present rank 30 Oct. in the same year; and commanded the Racehorse sloop in the East Indies from 26 June, 1846, until paid off in 1848.