See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• HERBERT (FAMILY)
• HERBERT, GEORGE (1593-1633)
• HERBERT, HENRY WILLIAM
• HERBERT, SIR THOMAS (1606-1682)

HERBERT See also:

• BENJAMIN
• BENJAMIN, JUDAHPHILIP (1811-1884)

BENJAMIN See also:

• SIR HERBERT BENJAMIN EDWARDES (1819-1868)

EDWARDES (1819-1868)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English soldier-statesman in See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Frodesley in See also:

• SHROPSHIRE (SALOP)

Shropshire on the 12th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1819 . His See also:

• FATHER

father was See also:

• BENJAMIN
• BENJAMIN, JUDAHPHILIP (1811-1884)

Benjamin See also:

• EDWARDES, SIR HERBERT BENJAMIN (1819-1868)

Edwardes, See also:

• RECTOR (Lat. for " ruler," " guide," &c., from regere, " rule ")

rector of Frodesley, and his grandfather See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John Edwardes, See also:

• BARONET

baronet, eighth holder of a See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title conferred on one of his ancestors by See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles I. in 1644 . He was educated at a private school and at See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King's See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• LONDON

London . Through the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of his See also:

• UNCLE

uncle, Sir See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry Edwardes, he was nominated in 184o to a cadetship in the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East India See also:

• COMPANY

Company; and on his arrival in India, at the beginning of 1841, he was posted as See also:

• ENSIGN (through the Fr. enseigne from the Latin plural insignia)

ensign in the 1st See also:

• BENGAL
• BENGAL, BAY OF

Bengal Fusiliers . He remained with this See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment about five years, during which See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time he mastered the lessons of his profession, obtained a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good knowledge of Hindustani, See also:

• HINDI, EASTERN
• HINDI, WESTERN

Hindi and See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian, and attracted See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention by the See also:

• POLITICAL

political and See also:

• LITERARY

literary ability displayed in a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of letters which appeared in the See also:

• DELHI, DEHLI

Delhi See also:

• GAZETTE

Gazette . In November 1845, on the breaking out of the first See also:

• SIKH

Sikh See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War, Edwardes was appointed aide-de-See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp to Sir See also:

• HUGH
• HUGH, ST

Hugh (afterwards See also:

• VISCOUNT (through O. Fr. viscomte, mod. vicomte, from Low Lat. vice-comes, cf. Portug. visconde, Ital. visconte)

Viscount) See also:

• GOUGH, HUGH GOUGH, VISCOUNT (1779-1869)
• GOUGH, JOHN BARTHOLOMEW (1817-1886)
• GOUGH, RICHARD (1735-1809)

Gough, then See also:

• COMMANDER

commander-in-See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief in India . On the 18th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December he was severely wounded at the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of Mudki . He soon recovered, however, and fought by the See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of his chief at the decisive battle of See also:

• SOBRAON

Sobraon (See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 10, 1846) . He was soon afterwards appointed third assistant to the commissioners of the trans-See also:

• SUTLEJ

Sutlej territory; and in See also:

• JANUARY

January 1847 was named first assistant to Sir Henry See also:

• LAWRENCE
• LAWRENCE (LAURENTIUS, LORENZO), ST
• LAWRENCE, AMOS (1786—1852)
• LAWRENCE, AMOS ADAMS (1814–1886)
• LAWRENCE, GEORGE ALFRED (1827–1876)
• LAWRENCE, JOHN LAIRD MAIR LAWRENCE, 1ST BARON (1811-1879)
• LAWRENCE, SIR HENRY MONTGOMERY (1806–1857)
• LAWRENCE, SIR THOMAS (1769–1830)
• LAWRENCE, STRINGER (1697–1775)

Lawrence, the See also:

• RESIDENT

resident at See also:

• LAHORE

Lahore . Lawrence became his See also:

• GREAT

great exemplar and in later years he was accustomed to attribute to the influence of this " father of his public See also:

• LIFE

life " whatever of great or good he had himself achieved . He took See also:

• PART

part with Lawrence in the suppression of a religious disturbance at Lahore in the See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring of 1846, and soon afterwards assisted him in reducing, by a rapid See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement to See also:

• JAMMU

Jammu, the conspirator See also:

• IMAM

Imam-ud-din . In the following See also:

• YEAR

year a more difficult task was assigned him—the conduct of an expedition to See also:

• BANNU

Bannu, a See also:

• DISTRICT

district on the Waziri frontier, in which the See also:

• PEOPLE

people would not tolerate the presence of a See also:

• COLLECTOR

collector, and the See also:

• REVENUE
• REVENUE (0. Fr. revenu, from revenir, to return)

revenue had consequently fallen into arrear .

By his rare tact and fertility of resource, Edwardes succeeded in completely conquering the See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild tribes of the valley without firing a shot, a victory which he afterwards looked back upon with more See also:

• SATISFACTION (Lat. salisfacerc, to satisfy)

satisfaction than upon others which brought him more renown . His fiscal arrangements were such as to obviate all difficulty of rx.rcollection for the future . In the spring of 1848, in consequence of the See also:

• MURDER

murder of Mr vans See also:

• AGNEW, DAVID HAYES (1818–1892)

Agnew and See also:

• LIEUTENANT

Lieutenant See also:

• ANDERSON
• ANDERSON, ADAM (1692—1765)
• ANDERSON, ALEXANDER (c. 1582-1620?)
• ANDERSON, ELIZABETH GARRETT (1836— )
• ANDERSON, JAMES (1662—1728)
• ANDERSON, JAMES (1739-1808)
• ANDERSON, JOHN (1726-1796)
• ANDERSON, MARY (1859– )
• ANDERSON, RICHARD HENRY (1821–1879)
• ANDERSON, ROBERT (1750–1830)
• ANDERSON, SIR EDMUND (1530-1605)

Anderson at Mu:tan, by See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order of the diwan Mulraj, and of the raising of the See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

standard of revolt by the latter, Lieutenant Edwardes was authorized to See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

march against him . He set out immediately with a small force, occupied Leiah on the See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• INDUS

Indus, was joined by See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

Colonel See also:

• VAN

van Cortlandt, and, although he could not attack See also:

• MULTAN, or MOOLTAN

Multan, held the enemy at See also:

• BAY

bay and gave a check at the See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical moment to their projects . He won a great victory over a greatly See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior Sikh force at Kinyeri (See also:

• JUNE

June 18), and received in See also:

• ACKNOWLEDGMENT (from the old acknow, a compound of on- and know, to know by the senses, which passed through the forms oknow, aknow and acknow; acknowledge is formed on analogy of " knowledge ")

acknowledgment of his services the See also:

• LOCAL

local See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major . In the course of the operations which followed near Multan, Edwardes lost his right See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand by the See also:

• EXPLOSION

explosion of a See also:

• PISTOL

pistol in his See also:

• BELT (a word common to Teutonic languages, the Old Ger. form being bale, from which the Lat. balteus probably derived)
• BELT, THOMAS (1832-1878)

belt . On the arrival of a large force under See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General Whish the See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of Multan was begun, but was suspended for several months in consequence of the See also:

• DESERTION

desertion of Shere Singh with his See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army and See also:

• ARTILLERY (the O. Fr. artiller, to equip with engines of war, probably comes from Late Lat. articulum, dim. of ars, art, cf. " engine " from ingenium, or of artus, joint)

artillery . Edwardes distinguished himself by the part he took in the final operations, begun in December, which ended with the See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture of the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city on the 4th of January 1849 . For his services he received the thanks of both houses of See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament, was promoted major by See also:

• BREVET (a diminutive of the Fr. bref)

brevet, and created C.B. by See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

• STATUTE

statute of the order . The See also:

• DIRECTORS

directors of the East India Company conferred on him a See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold See also:

• MEDAL (Fr. medaille, from Lat. metallum)

medal and a good service See also:

• PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension of See also:

• LOO (formerly called " Lanterloo," Fr. lanturlu, the refrain of a popular 17th-century song)

loo per annum . After the conclusion of See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace Major Edwardes returned to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England for the benefit of his See also:

• HEALTH

health, married during his stay there, and wrote and published his fascinating See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the scenes in which he had been engaged, under the title of A Year on the See also:

• PUNJAB

Punjab Frontier in 1848-r849 . His countrymen gave him fitting welcome, and the university of See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford conferred on him the degree of D.C.L .

In 1851 he returned to India and resumed his See also:

• CIVIL

civil duties in the Punjab under Sir Henry Lawrence . In November 1853 he was entrusted with the responsible See also:

• POST

post of See also:

• COMMISSIONER

commissioner of the See also:

• PESHAWAR

Peshawar frontier, and this he held when the See also:

• MUTINY
• MUTINY (from an old verb " mutine," O. Fr. mutin, meutin, a sedition; cf. mod. Fr. emeute; the original is the Late Lat. mota, commotion, from movere, to move)

Mutiny of 1857 See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke out . It was a position of enormous difficulty, and momentous consequences were involved in the way the crisis might be met . Edwardes See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose to the height of the occasion . He saw as if by See also:

• INSPIRATION (Lat. inspirare, breathe upon or into)

inspiration the facts and the needs, and by the prompt See also:

• MEASURES

measures which he adopted he rendered a service of incalculable importance, by effecting a reconciliation with See also:

• AFGHANISTAN

Afghanistan, and securing the See also:

• NEUTRALITY

neutrality of the See also:

• AMIR, or AMEER (an Arabic word meaning " commander," from the root amr, " commanding ")

amir and z; the frontier tribes during the war . So effective was his See also:

• PROCEDURE (Fr. procedure, from Lat. procedere, to go for-ward)

procedure for the safety of the border that he was able to raise a large force in the Punjab and send it to co-operate in the siege and capture of Delhi . In 1859 Edwardes once more went to England, his health so greatly impaired by the continual See also:

• STRAIN (through O. Fr. straindre, estraindre, mod. i treindre, from Lat. stringere, to draw tight, related to stress, stretch, string, &c.)

strain of arduous See also:

• WORK

work that it was doubtful whether he could ever return to India . During his stay he was created K.C.B., with the rank of brevet colonel; and the degree of LL.D. was conferred upon him by the university of See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge . See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

Early in 1862 he again sailed for India, and was appointed commissioner of See also:

• UMBALLA

Umballa and See also:

• AGENT (from Lat. agere, to act)

agent for the Cis-Sutlej states . He had been offered the See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor-See also:

• SHIP

ship of the Punjab, but on the ground of failing health had declined it . In February 1865 he was compelled to finally resign his post and return to England . A second good service pension was at once conferred on him; in May 1866 he was created K.C. of the See also:

• STAR

Star of India; and early in 1868 was promoted major-general in the East See also:

• INDIAN

Indian Army .

He had been for some time engaged on a life of Sir Henry Lawrence, and high expecta tions were formed of the work; but he did not live to' See also:

• COMPLETE

complete it, and after his See also:

• DEATH

death it was put into the hands of Mr Herman See also:

• MERIVALE, CHARLES (1808-1893)
• MERIVALE, HERMAN (1806-1874)

Merivale . He died in London on the 23rd of December 1868 . Great in See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council and great in war, he was singularly beloved by his See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends, generous and unselfish to a high degree, and a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of deep religious convictions . See Memorials of the Life and Letters of Sir See also:

• HERBERT (FAMILY)
• HERBERT, GEORGE (1593-1633)
• HERBERT, HENRY WILLIAM
• HERBERT, SIR THOMAS (1606-1682)

Herbert Benjamin Edwardes, by his wife (2 vols., London, 1886) ; T . R . E . See also:

• HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL (18o9-1894)

Holmes, Four Soldiers (London, 1889) ; J . See also:

• RUSKIN, JOHN (1819-1goo)

Ruskin, Bibl. pastorum, iv . "A See also:

• KNIGHT, CHARLES (1791-1873)
• KNIGHT, DANIEL RIDGWAY (1845– )
• KNIGHT, JOHN BUXTON (1843–1908)

Knight's Faith " (1885), passages from the life, of Edwardes .