Captain Edward Falkingham (c. 1683 – 18 September 1757) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

[1] On 26 February 1713 he was promoted to the rank of captain in command of HMS Weymouth.

Falkingham in charge of HMS Gibraltar, along with Commodore Thomas Kempthorne aboard of HMS Worcester, was charged with overseeing the enforcement of Treaty of Utrecht when it came to the fishing grounds of Newfoundland in 1715.

In 1718 he commanded HMS Orford with distinction at the Battle of Cape Passaro, off the coast of Sicily.

When his health began to fail him at the end 1755 he retired from the Navy altogether.