A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Ward, Edward Willis
WARD. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 24; h-p., 18.)
Edward Willis Ward entered the Navy, 1 Dec. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Calypso 18, Capts. Matthew Barton Bradby and Henry Weir. In that vessel, of which he was rated Midshipman in Feb. 1807, he was employed until Sept. 1810, in the Channel, North Sea, and Baltic. He then joined in succession the Monmouth, Roebuck, Podargus, and Kangaroo; in the two latter of which, commanded by Capt. John Lloyd, he served for a year and 10 months in the Channel and on the coast of Africa, part of the time as Master’s Mate. He was next, in Dec. 1812 and March, 1813, received on board the Andromeda 24, Capt. Rich. Arthur, and Doris 36, Capt. Robt. O’Brien. In the former ship he escorted convoy to Gibraltar. After visiting China in the Doris, he assumed command, 1 April 1814, of a government brig, in which we find him conveying intelligence of the peace from Ceylon to Sumatra and Java. He returned to England in the following Dec.; and on 18 March, 1815, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. He was employed subsequently – from 5 March. 1825, until we beheve, the early part of 1827, in the Coast Blockade, as a Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye – from 4 Jan 1828 until 1834, in the Coast Guard-and (with a brief interval in 1845), from 5 Nov. 1840 until 1848 in the Transport service, as an agent afloat. Agents Hallett and Robinson.