Royal Naval Biography/Stephens, Edward

by John Marshall

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EDWARD STEPHENS, Esq.
[Commander.]

Was made a lieutenant in Mar. 1796; and commander on the 11th April, 1817. He married, in 1815, Miss Jane Comben, of West Cowes, Isle of Wight.

This officer is the author of “A Plan for Renovating the Navy, by removing the Aversion of Seamen, and establishing a System that would insure its future Prosperity,” – published in 1819, pp. 33, price 2s.

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