Captain Edward Henry Columbine (2 July 1763 – 18 June 1811) was an English naval officer and hydrographer who served as Governor of Sierra Leone from 12 February 1810 – May 1811.
Columbine was given command of HMS Resolution in 1792–1796 and participated in the Battle of Genoa, 14 March 1795.
[1] Columbine had already been appointed alongside William Dawes and Thomas Ludlam to carry out a review of the forts and Settlements in British West Africa when Lord Castlereagh asked him to take over a governor of Sierra Leone from Thomas Perronet Thompson.
[2] Whilst Dawes and Ludlam proceeded to inspect settlements along the West African Coast, Columbine stayed in Sierra Leone to deal with the colonies affairs.
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