John Cox Cox-EdwardsRootsweb (1839–1926) was a Church of England priest and chaplain in the Royal Navy who rose to be Chaplain of the FleetNLS from 1888'Multiple News Items' The Standard (London, England), Saturday, 5 May 1888; pg. 3; Issue 19912. British Library Newspapers, Part II: 1800–1900 to 1899.‘COX-EDWARDS, Rev. John Cox’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 28 May 2017
Harbord was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge*Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900 Part II Vol. ii. Chalmers – Fytche p395, 1944. He was ordained deacon in 1863; and priest in 1864. After curacies in Hinckley,Crockford's Clerical Directory 1908 p326 London: Herbert Cox, 1908 ColmworthBeds Archives and BolnhurstCurious Fox he was with the Royal Navy from 1871'NAVAL AND MILITARY NEWS' Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle etc (Portsmouth, England), Wednesday, 6 September 1871; Issue 4075. British Library Newspapers, Part I: 1800–1900 to 1899.London Gazette 31 January 1899 He served in China, Ireland,'Multiple News Items' The Standard (London, England), Saturday, 15 August 1874; pg. 3; Issue 15616. British Library Newspapers, Part II: 1800–1900 AustraliaNational Library of New Zealand and Egypt before coming back to England as Head of the Royal Navy Chaplaincy Service and inspector of Naval Schools.Court Circular.The Times (London, England), Tuesday, 26 May 1891; pg. 9; Issue 33334 He was an Honorary Chaplain to the QueenAberdeen Press & Journal Aberdeenshire, Scotland 9 March 1896 from 1896London Gazette 10 March 1896 until'MARRIAGE OF CAPTAIN THE HON. E. DAWSON AND LADY ELIZABETH MEADE' The Morning Post (London, England), Thursday, 28 April 1898; pg. 7; Issue 39280. British Library Newspapers, Part II: 1800–1900 1901. He was then Rector"The Genealogical Magazine" Volume IV p272 (May 1900 to April 1901) London Elliot Stock, 1901 of EctonEcton Village from 1900'Crown Office' The Standard (London, England), Wednesday, 12 September 1900; pg. 8; Issue 23779. British Library Newspapers, Part II: 1800–1900 to 1908.London Gazette 1 September 1908
In retirement he lived in Southsea14 St David's Road . Kelly's Directory Portsmouth/Southsea: 1922 and died there on 25 March 1926.The Rev. J. C. Cox-Edwards. The Times (London, England), Tuesday, 30 March 1926; pg. 19; Issue 44233
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