Royal Naval Biography/Smith, Edward (a)
EDWARD SMITH (a), Esq.
[Commander.]
Passed his examination at Plymouth, in July 1810; obtained his first commission on the 26th Feb. 1812; and subsequently served under Captain Charles M. Fabian, in the Diomede troop-ship. He was advanced to his present rank on the 30th Aug. 1828.
This officer married, in 1816, Miss White, of Bingham Town, near Gosport, co. Southampton.