Sir Herbert Benjamin Edwardes

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Sir Herbert Benjamin Edwardes was a 19th-century British colonial administrator and soldier in India, noted for his role in consolidating British rule on the North-West Frontier.

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instanceOf British Army officer
British colonial administrator
diplomat
human
soldier
activeYearsEnd 1868
activeYearsStart 1840
awardReceived Companion of the Order of the Bath NERFINISHED
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath NERFINISHED
birthDate 1819-11-12
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
deathDate 1868-12-23
employer East India Company NERFINISHED
familyName Edwardes NERFINISHED
gender male
givenName Herbert
honorificPrefix Sir
knownFor consolidating British rule on the North-West Frontier of India
political and military service in the Punjab
languageUsed English
middleName Benjamin NERFINISHED
militaryBranch Bengal Army NERFINISHED
militaryConflict Indian Rebellion of 1857 NERFINISHED
Second Anglo-Sikh War NERFINISHED
militaryRank lieutenant-colonel
militaryUnit Bengal Native Infantry NERFINISHED
notableEvent early support for Sir Henry Lawrence’s Punjab administration
negotiations with Afghan and tribal leaders on the frontier
role in the annexation of the Punjab
service under Sir Henry Lawrence
service under Sir Hugh Gough
notableWork defence of the North-West Frontier during the Indian Rebellion of 1857
promotion of Christian missions in the Punjab
role in the Second Anglo-Sikh War
suppression of the Multan rebellion
occupation colonial administrator
political officer
soldier
placeOfBurial Highgate Cemetery NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath London, England
surface form: London
positionHeld commissioner in the Punjab
political agent in Bannu
religion Evangelical Anglicanism
spouse Emma Sidney Edwardes NERFINISHED

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Edwardes College Peshawar namedAfter Sir Herbert Benjamin Edwardes