Sir Edward W. C. R. Owen 3 Assignment to Canada and the Change in Task Commodore Owen boarded HMS Niobe on 17 December 1814 for the trip across the Atlantic to Halifax. Midshipman Alexander Thomas Emeric Vidal joined him as secretary.8 They travelled with Major General Sir George Murray, 8 Details of the crossing and trip to Kingston come from: "Commodore Owens, Lakes" 17 December 1814 to 31 January 1815, National Archives of the United Kingdom [NAUK], ADM 50/111, 209-22; "Passengers on the Niobe" Quebec Gazette 2612 (2 March 1815), 2; "Arrived in Quebec", Quebec Gazette 2613 (9 March 1815), 2; & "Montreal March 11" Quebec Gazette 2614 Admiral Sir Edward W. C. R. Owen, from a portrait by H. W. Pickersgill, c 1849