Edward Griffith Colpoys
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Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Griffith Colpoys KCB was a senior officer of the British Royal Navy during the early nineteenth century. The nephew of a prominent admiral, John Colpoys, Edward Griffith was ab
Crew of HMS Winchester, Royal Navy Burying Ground (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Colpoys' Residence while Commander-in-Chief, North American Station
John Colpoys
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Admiral Sir John Colpoys, was a Royal Navy officer who served in three wars but is most notable for being one of the catalysts of the Spithead Mutiny in 1797 after ordering his marines to fire on a de
Edward Griffith Colpoys
…KCB (c. 1767 – 8 October 1832) was a senior officer of the British Royal Navy during the early nineteenth century. The nephew of a prominent admiral, John Colpoys, Edward Griffith was able to rapidly advance in the Navy, until his involvement at his uncle's side in a violent confrontation aboard his ship HMS…
Portrait by W. Savage, 1871
The Officers Monument, Greenwich Hospital Cemetery