Sampson Edwards
# Sampson Edwards

Admiral Sampson Edwards (c. 1744 – 14 September 1840) was a British naval officer.

## Career

Edwards commanded the Canada schooner at Newfoundland station, where she was wrecked in a gale of wind.

Edwards was promoted to Post-Captain on 16 October 1781.

Edwards was promoted to Rear-Admiral on 1 January 1801.

Edwards was promoted to Vice-Admiral on 13 December 1806.

Edwards was promoted to Admiral on 4 June 1814.

Edwards contributed £50 toward the building of the Royal Naval School, a boarding school for the sons of officers in the Royal Navy and Royal Marines from 1833 to 1910.

## Death

Edwards died on 14 September 1840 in Ringwood, Hampshire, at the age of 95.

