Edward H. Columbine

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Edward H. Columbine 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 , 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. ^ a b 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.
Preceded by Governor of Sierra Leone
12 February 1810 – May 1811. 		Succeeded by
Robert Bones (acting)
Retrieved from ""