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See also:EDWARDES, See also:SIR See also:HERBERT See also:BENJAMIN (1819-1868) , See also:English soldier-statesman in See also:India, was See also:born at Frodesley in See also:Shropshire on the 12th of See also:November 1819. His See also:father was Benjamin Edwardes, See also:rector of Frodesley, and his grandfather Sir See also:John Edwardes, See also:baronet, eighth holder of a See also:title conferred on one of his ancestors by See also: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, See also:London. Through the See also:influence of his See also: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 India See also:Company; and on his arrival in India, at the beginning of 1841, he was posted as See also:ensign in the 1st See also:Bengal Fusiliers. He remained with this See also: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 knowledge of Hindustani, See also:Hindi and See also:Persian, and attracted See also:attention by the See also:political and See also:literary ability displayed in a See also:series of letters which appeared in the See also:Delhi See also:Gazette.
In November 1845, on the breaking out of the first See also:Sikh See also:War, Edwardes was appointed aide-de-See also:camp to Sir See also:Hugh (afterwards See also:Viscount) See also:Gough, then See also:commander-in-See also:chief in India. On the 18th of See also:December he was severely wounded at the See also:battle of Mudki. He soon recovered, however, and fought by the See also:side of his chief at the decisive battle of See also:Sobraon (See also:February 10, 1846). He was soon afterwards appointed third assistant to the commissioners of the trans-See also:Sutlej territory; and in See also: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 at See also:Lahore. Lawrence became his See also:great exemplar and in later years he was accustomed to attribute to the influence of this " father of his public See also:life " whatever of great or good he had himself achieved. He took See also:part with Lawrence in the suppression of a religious disturbance at Lahore in the See also:spring of 1846, and soon afterwards assisted him in reducing, by a rapid See also:movement to See also:Jammu, the conspirator See also:Imam-ud-din. In the following See also:year a more difficult task was assigned him—the conduct of an expedition to See also:Bannu, a See also:district on the Waziri frontier, in which the See also:people would not tolerate the presence of a See also:collector, and the See also:revenue had consequently fallen into arrear. By his rare tact and fertility of resource, Edwardes succeeded in completely conquering the See also:wild tribes of the valley without firing a shot, a victory which he afterwards looked back upon with more See also: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 of Mr vans See also:Agnew and See also: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 of revolt by the latter, Lieutenant Edwardes was authorized to See also:march against him. He set out immediately with a small force, occupied Leiah on the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:Indus, was joined by See also:Colonel See also:van Cortlandt, and, although he could not attack See also:Multan, held the enemy at See also:bay and gave a check at the See also:critical moment to their projects. He won a great victory over a greatly See also:superior Sikh force at Kinyeri (See also:June 18), and received in See also:acknowledgment of his services the See also:local See also:rank of See also:major. In the course of the operations which followed near Multan, Edwardes lost his right See also:hand by the See also:explosion of a See also:pistol in his See also:belt. On the arrival of a large force under See also:General Whish the See also:siege of Multan was begun, but was suspended for several months in consequence of the See also:desertion of Shere Singh with his See also:army and See also:artillery. Edwardes distinguished himself by the part he took in the final operations, begun in December, which ended with the See also:capture of the See also:city on the 4th of January 1849. For his services he received the thanks of both houses of See also:parliament, was promoted major by See also:brevet, and created C.B. by See also:special See also:statute of the order. The See also:directors of the East India Company conferred on him a See also:gold See also:medal and a good service See also:pension of See also:loo per annum.
After the conclusion of See also:peace Major Edwardes returned to See also:England for the benefit of his See also:health, married during his stay there, and wrote and published his fascinating See also:account of the scenes in which he had been engaged, under the title of A Year on the See also: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 duties in the Punjab under Sir Henry Lawrence. In November 1853 he was entrusted with the responsible See also:post of See also:commissioner of the See also:Peshawar frontier, and this he held when the See also:Mutiny of 1857 See also: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 to the height of the occasion. He saw as if by See also:inspiration the facts and the needs, and by the prompt See also:measures which he adopted he rendered a service of incalculable importance, by effecting a reconciliation with See also:Afghanistan, and securing the See also:neutrality of the See also:amir and
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the frontier tribes during the war. So effective was his See also: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 of arduous See also: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. See also:Early in 1862 he again sailed for India, and was appointed commissioner of See also:Umballa and See also:agent for the Cis-Sutlej states. He had been offered the See also:governor-See also: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 of India; and early in 1868 was promoted major-general in the East See also: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 it, and after his See also:death it was put into the hands of Mr Herman See also:Merivale. He died in London on the 23rd of December 1868. Great in See also:council and great in war, he was singularly beloved by his See also:friends, generous and unselfish to a high degree, and a See also:man of deep religious convictions.
See Memorials of the Life and Letters of Sir Herbert Benjamin Edwardes, by his wife (2 vols., London, 1886) ; T. R. E. See also:Holmes, Four Soldiers (London, 1889) ; J. See also:Ruskin, Bibl. pastorum, iv. "A See also:Knight's Faith " (1885), passages from the life, of Edwardes.
End of Article: EDWARDES, SIR HERBERT BENJAMIN (1819-1868)
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