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Edwardes, Herbert Benjamin. Hon. LL.D. 1860. Second s. of Benjamin, R. of Frodesley, Salop. B. there Nov. 12, 1819. School, Richmond. At King's College, London, 1837-40. Cadet, Bengal Infantry, 1841. A.D.C. to Sir H. Gough, Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army, at the battles of Moodkee, 1845, and Sobraon, 1846. Brevet-Major. C.B., K.C.B., 1860. Major-Gen., Indian Army, and K.C.S.I., 1868. Henry Lawrence declared that 'since the days of Clive no man has done as Edwardes. A born ruler of men.' Latterly threw himself into the evangelical opposition to ritualism in the Anglican Church. Vice-President of the Church Missionary Society. Hon. D.C.L., Oxford, 1850. Married, July, 1850, Emma, dau. of James Sidney, of Richmond. Author, A Year on the Punjab Frontier, 1850. Died Dec. 23, 1868, in London. M.I. in Westminster Abbey. (D.N.B.; Al. Oxon. For this family of Edwardes see E. P. Shirley, Noble and Gentle Men of England, 199.) | Herbert Benjamin EDWARDES Approx. lifespan: 18191868 Hon.LLD 1860 Second s. of Benjami EDWARDES n, R.: Frodesley, Shropshire b. there 1819:11:12 Sch: Richmond School [Richmond], [ Surrey ???] At Sch: King's College London 1837-40 Cadet, Bengal , India Infantry 1841 A.D.C.: Sir H. Gough, Commander-in-Chief of Indian Army,at the battles of Moodkee, [ India ] 1845, and Sobraon, [ India ] 1846 Brevet-Major: . C.B., K.C.B. 1860 Major-General: Indian Army, and K. CSI 1868 Henry Lawrence declared that 'since the days of Clive no man has done as Edwardes. A born ruler of men.' Latterly threw himself into the evangelical opposition to ritualism in the Anglican Church. Vice-President of the Church Missionary: Society Hon. DCL Oxford: 1850 m. 1850:07,Emma dau. of James SIDNEY of Richmond, [ Surrey ???] Publ.: A Year on the Punjab Frontier 1850 d. 1868:12:23 in London MI Westminster Abbey [ London ] ( D.N.B.; Al. Oxon. For this family of Edwardes see E. P. Shirley, Noble and Gentle Men of England, 199.) |