Plaque at St Peter’s Church, Sandwich, Kent commemorating Admiral Sir Edward William Campbell Rich Owen RN d. 1849
Location
St Peter's Church, Sandwich, Kent, England
Details
People
Owen, Edward William Campbell Rich
Age: c. 77 - 78 years
Date of Death: 1849
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy
Age: c. 77 - 78 years
Date of Death: 1849
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: 1771-1849 Admiral Sir Edward William Campbell Rich Owen was Commander-in-Chief West Indies in 1823, Commander-in-Chief, East Indies, 1829 and Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet in 1841. He became Admiral in 1846. MP for Sandwich, buried at Windlesham, Surrey.
St Peter’s Church is now redundant in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
Recorder: David Saunders 1991
St Peter’s Church is now redundant in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
Recorder: David Saunders 1991