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| Herbert Holden Edwards R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Son of Richard Venn Edwards R.N. (c1796-1866) | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 9 September 1840 | Born (Bath, Somerset, England) | ||
| 6 July 1875 | Married Charlotte Sophia (1855-1937), daughter of Thomas Wood | ||
| 30 August 1896 | Died (Newbury, Berks) | ||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 21 March 1861 | Lieutenant | ||
| 2 November 1874 | Commander | ||
| 18 November 1882 | Captain1) | ||
| 9 September 1887 | Retired Captain | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 24 November 1860 | 3 July 1863 | Lieutenant in Renard, commanded by Commander James Graham Goodenough, East Indies and China (until Goodenough invalided) | |
| 24 November 1863 | 16 September 1864 | Lieutenant in Resistance, commanded by Captain William Charles Chamberlain, Channel squadron then (December 1863), Mediterranean | |
| 10 March 1865 | 3 November 1865 | Lieutenant in Maeander, commanded by Captain Joseph Grant Bickford, storeship, Ascension | |
| 4 November 1865 | 14 July 1866 | Lieutenant Commander in Lee (until paying off), west coast of Africa, tender to Bristol | |
| 1 October 1866 | 27 May 1867 | Lieutenant in Urgent, commanded by Captain Samuel Hood Henderson | |
| 28 May 1867 | 6 January 1868 | Lieutenant in Adventure, commanded by Captain Henry Dennis Hickley | |
| 7 January 1868 | 18 March 1869 | Lieutenant and commander in Insolent, China | |
| 19 March 1869 | 5 July 1870 | Lieutenant and commander in Leven, China | |
| 6 July 1870 | 23 August 1870 | Lieutenant in Duke of Wellington, commanded by Captain George Hancock, flagship of the port admiral, Portsmouth | |
| 6 July 1871 | 10 March 1872 | Lieutenant in Vanguard, commanded by Captain David Spain, Coast Guard, Kingstown | |
| 11 March 1872 | 10 December 1874 | Lieutenant and commander in Wizard, Mediterranean | |
| 18 January 1875 | 20 December 1876 | Commander (2ic) in Favorite, commanded by Captain Leveson Eliot Henry Somerset, Coast Guard, Queensferry | |
| 23 July 1878 | 3 November 1882 | Commander in Ready, East Indies, and the Suez Canal in 1882, where he had charge of the seizure of the section between Port Said and Ismailia | |
| 30 September 1884 | 19 March 1885 | Additional captain in President, commanded by Commander Stuart Hamilton Rickman, Drill ship for the Royal Naval Reserve, West India Docks, for study | |
| 17 August 1886 | 3 April 1887 | Captain in Pylades , North America and West Indies (until invalided) | |
| 1) | Specially promoted for operations in Egypt |
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