Rear-Admiral Sir Edward Thomas Troubridge, 2nd Baronet, CB, DL (c. 1787 – 7 October 1852) was an officer of the British Royal Navy who served in the French Revolutionary, Napoleonic and War of 1812.

He followed Murray into the Edgar, seeing action at the battle of Copenhagen on 2 April 1801, and subsequently into London, until transferred in May 1802 to Leander, Captain James Oughton, for a short time.

In July 1803, he joined the Victory, flagship of Lord Nelson in the Mediterranean, and in August 1804, moved into the frigate Narcissus, Captain Ross Donnelly, serving until February 1805.

[1] On 22 February 1806 he was promoted to lieutenant aboard the Blenheim, his father's flagship in the East Indies, and in March was appointed acting-commander of the 18-gun brig-sloop Harrier.

On 4 July 1806 Harrier and the frigate Greyhound, Captain Charles Elphinstone, destroyed the Dutch East India Company brig Christian Elizabeth under the fort of Manado.

On 26 July they fought a Dutch squadron off Sulawesi, consisting of the 40-gun frigate Pallas, the 20-gun corvette William, and the armed Indiamen Vittoria and Batavia, both richly laden.

[2] In a letter to John Markham at the Admiralty following the action his father commented: "Elphinstone says Tom in the Harrier behaved like a brave, good fellow; had he done otherwise I would with great composure put a pistol ball through his nob..."[2] In August 1806 Troubridge was appointed acting-captain of the frigate Macassar (formerly the Dutch Pallas), moving to the Greyhound in October.

[1] After the war Troubridge bought the estate "Rockville" near North Berwick, but he and his family spent most of the next 15 years living in Italy, France and Belgium.

[2][5] He spent much of the rest of the year on leave of absence from his ship in order to attend Parliament and vote in favour of the Great Reform Act.