Edward Henry Columbine
Born2 July 1763
Westminster
Died18 June 1811
HMS Crocodile, at sea
AllegianceKingdom of Great Britain
Service/branchRoyal Navy
Years of service1778–1811
RankCaptain
Commands heldHMS Resolution
HMS Ulysses
West Africa Squadron
HMS Solebay
HMS Crocodile
Known forHydrography
Anti-slavery operations
Battles/wars
Alma materThe King's School, Canterbury
Spouse(s)
Anna Maria Starr
(m. 1787)

Anne Curry
(m. 18011810)

Captain Edward Henry Columbine (2 July 1763 – 18 June 1811) was an English naval officer and hydrographer who served as Governor of Sierra Leone from 12 February 1810 – May 1811.

Columbine was given command of HMS Resolution in 1792–1796 and participated in the Battle of Genoa, 14 March 1795.[1]

Columbine had already been appointed alongside William Dawes and Thomas Ludlam to carry out a review of the forts and Settlements in British West Africa when Lord Castlereagh asked him to take over a governor of Sierra Leone from Thomas Perronet Thompson.[2] Whilst Dawes and Ludlam proceeded to inspect settlements along the West African Coast, Columbine stayed in Sierra Leone to deal with the colonies affairs.[2]

References

  1. Winfield, Rif (2014). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793 - 1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing.
  2. 1 2 Lowther, Kevin G. (2011). The African American Odyssey of John Kizell: A South Carolina Slave Returns to Fight the Slave Trade in his African Homeland. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press.
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