title: Sampson Edwards
text: # 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.
  
  