A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Edye, Adolphus George
EDYE. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Adolphus George Edye is nephew of John Edye, Esq., F.R.S., Chief Assistant and Draughtsman to the Surveyor of the Navy. This officer entered the Navy 29 May, 1829; passed his examination 2 June, 1835; and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant while serving, off the coast of Ireland, in the Lucifer surveying-steamer, Capt. Fred. Wm. Beechey, 30 Aug. 1841. He continued in that vessel until 1843; and, from 4 April, 1845, until the close of 1846, was similarly employed in the Tartarus, Capt. Jas. Wolfe. He married, 30 July, 1844, Elizabeth, daughter of the late Thos. Edye, Esq., Lieut. R.N.