Family and Education
b. 19 Feb. 1771 at Campobello, Nova Scotia, 1st illegit. s. of Capt. William Owen, RN, of Shrewsbury and Campobello and Sarah Haslam of Manchester. PROB 11/1053/213. educ. Chelsea. m. (1) 16 Dec. 1802, Elizabeth, da. of John Cannon of Middle Deal, s.p.; A.J. Willis, Canterbury Marriage Lics. 1781-1809, p. 262. This marriage is overlooked by Oxford DNB. (2) 28 Feb. 1829, Sarah Selina Elizabeth, da. of Capt. John Baker Hay, RN, s.p. suc. fa. 1778; KCB 2 Jan. 1815; Kntd. 14 May 1816; GCH 24 Oct. 1832; GCB 8 May 1845.
Offices Held
Midshipman RN 1786, lt. 1793, cdr. 1796, capt. 1798, r.-adm. 1825, v.-adm. 1837, adm. 1846.
Col. marines 1821; c.-in-c. W.I. 1822 – 24; surveyor-gen. of ordnance May 1827 – Mar. 1828; member, council of lord high admiral Mar. – Sept. 1828; c.-in-c. E.I. 1828 – 32; clerk of ordnance Dec. 1834 – Apr. 1835; c.-in-c. Mediterranean 1841 – 45.
Main residence: Deal, Kent.
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Commons 1820-1832
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OWEN, Sir Edward William Campbell Rich (1771-1849)
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