Edward Owen (Royal Navy officer)
Admiral Sir Edward William Campbell Rich Owen GCB GCH (1771 – 8 October 1849) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet.Owen joined the Royal Navy in 1786 under the patronage of his godfather Sir Thomas Rich.After being promoted to lieutenant in November 1793, he joined Hannibal and thereafter served with the blockading fleet off Cadiz.[2] He became Commander-in-Chief, West Indies in 1823[3] and, following promotion to rear admiral in 1825, he was appointed Surveyor-General of the Ordnance in 1827, made a member of the Lord High Admiral's Council in 1828 and was made Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station in 1829.[4] Promoted to vice admiral in 1837, he was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet on HMS Queen in 1841.