Edward Hawke Locker ( 1777 - 1849 )

Birth: East Malling, Kent, England (09 October 1777) Death: Uxbridge, Middlesex (16 October 1849) Education: Eton Career: Entered Royal Navy Pay Office (1795); 2nd Secretary to the Board of Control; Civil Secretary to Admiral Sir Edward Pellew (1804) and served with him in the East Indies (1804-1809), in the North Sea (1810), and in the Mediterranean (1810-1814); made money as a prize agent; Secretary, Greenwich Hospital (1819); Civil Commissioner (1824-1844); retired on special pension; was a watercolour painter; wrote "Memoirs of celebrated Naval Commanders" (1832) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 5/12/1811.