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Browse officers in command: A - B; C - E; F - G; H - K; L - O; P - R; S - T; U - Z; ??
| Edward Southwell Sotheby R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 14 May 1813 | Born | ||
| 29 June 1858 | C.B. (Companion of the Bath) | ||
| 24 June 1864 | Married Lucy Elizabeth, daughter of Henry John Adeane | ||
| 6 January 1902 | Died | ||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 3 October 1835 | Lieutenant | ||
| 30 October 1841 | Commander | ||
| 6 September 1852 | Captain | ||
| 1 September 1867 | Rear-Admiral | ||
| 1 April 1870 | Retired Rear-Admiral | ||
| 25 August 1873 | Retired Vice-Admiral | ||
| 15 June 1879 | Retired Admiral | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 3 October 1835 | Lieutenant in Caledonia, commanded by George Bohun Martin, flagship of Josias Rowley, Mediterranean | ||
| 5 April 1837 | 1841 | Lieutenant in Dido, commanded by Lewis Davies, Mediterranean | |
| 21 August 1841 | 30 October 1841 | Lieutenant in Madagascar, commanded by John Foote, Portsmouth (for the west coast of Africa) | |
| 26 June 1846 | 1848 | Commander in Racehorse, East Indies | |
| 6 June 1850 | Commander in Sealark, west coast of Africa | ||
| 1 January 1856 | 16 June 1859 | Captain in Pearl (from commissioning at Woolwich until paying off at Portsmouth), Pacific, and in command of Pearl's Naval Brigade during the Indian Mutiny | |
| 2 January 1860 | 29 December 1861 | Captain in Conqueror, Channel squadron, then (November 1861) transporting troops to Mexico, together with Sans Pareil and Donegal (until wrecked off Rum Key, Bahamas, due to navigation error) | |
| 13 April 1863 | 3 January 1864 | Captain in Colossus, Coast Guard, Portland | |
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