Edwardes, Herbert B. (Herbert Benjamin), Sir, 1819-1868

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British officer in the Indian service.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : West Farm, East Barnet, Herts., to T. Oliver Whitelock, 1860 Mar. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270743049

1841 Bengal infantry; 1842 second lieutenant, 1st European/Bengal fusiliers; 1845 interpreter, Bengal fusiliers; 1845-1846 aide-de-camp to Sir Hugh Gough, commander-in-chief of the Indian army; 1846 assistant resident, Lahore; 1846 served in Kashmir, court of Jammu; 1847-59 political agent, Punjab; 1848 brevet-major; 1849 CB; 1853-1859 commissioner of Peshawar; 1860 KCB; 1862-1865 commissioner of Ambala and agent for the Cis-Sutlej states; 1866 KCSI; 1868 major-general.

Epithet: army and political officer

Title: Knight

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001477.0x000155
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referencedIn Ruskin, John 1819-1900. Letter to Mrs. [Henry Thoby] Prinsep. [s.l.] [18--]. University of Iowa Libraries
referencedIn BROUGHTON PAPERS. Correspondence of the same with Henry Hardinge, Viscount Hardinge, as Governor General of India; May, 1846-Feb. 1848. This period covers the first Sikh war. Paper; ff. 503. Folio.Sir John Cam Hobhouse, 2nd Baronet; Baron Broughton: ..., 1846-1848 British Library
creatorOf Edwardes, Herbert Benjamin, Sir. Papers, 1852. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
creatorOf Papers and Correspondence of Sir Herbert Edwardes, Bengal Army 1841-68, Commissioner of Peshawar 1853-59, 1847-1858 British Library
referencedIn Papers of Sir Henry Lawrence, Bengal Artillery 1823-57; and of his wife Honoria Lawrence, 1830-1857 British Library
creatorOf Sir Herbert Benjamin Edwardes papers., 1864-1866 British Library
referencedIn John Cave Browne papers., 1851-1870 British Library
referencedIn Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence papers., 1857 British Library
referencedIn Papers of Lord George Hamilton as Secretary of State for India 1895-1903, 1895-1903 British Library
creatorOf Edwardes, Herbert B. (Herbert Benjamin), Sir, 1819-1868. Autograph letter signed : West Farm, East Barnet, Herts., to T. Oliver Whitelock, 1860 Mar. 8. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. A knight's faith : manuscript, 1885. Princeton University Library
referencedIn Pearse Collection, 1844-1947 British Library
creatorOf Otter, C. Letters, 1848 Aug. 29 and 1849 Feb. 16. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
referencedIn Vol. II. 1860.includes:f. 1 John Eadie, DD: Biographical notice of: 1860. f. 2 Sir Charles Lock Eastlake, President of the Royal Academy (1850-1865): Letter to R. Griffin and Co.: 1860. ff. 4, 6 Sir Herbert Benjamin Edwardes, K C B: Autobiographica..., 1860 British Library
referencedIn Papers of Brig-Gen John Nicholson, Bengal Army 1839-57, General Sir James Abbott, Bengal Artillery 1823-53; and of their biographer Evelyn Werge Thomas (1891-1975), and other members of the Thomas family, 1746-1972 British Library
referencedIn Papers of Arthur Herbert Cocks, Indian Civil Service 1837-63, 1837-1881 British Library
referencedIn Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. A knight's faith : manuscript, 1885. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Sir Herbert Benjamin Edwardes papers., 1861 British Library
referencedIn Papers of Sir Robert Montgomery, Bengal Civil Service, 1827-65; Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab 1859-65, 1849-1865 British Library
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