George Frederick Edmonstone

Sir George Frederick Edmonstone, KCB (11 April 1813 – 24 September 1864)[1][2] was an administrator in India.[3]

Life

Edmonstone was born in Calcutta, the fourth son of Neil Benjamin Edmonstone (1765–1841), a member of the supreme council in India and a director of the East India Company.[3]

In 1829 Edmonstone went to the East India College at Haileybury, the precursor of Haileybury and Imperial Service College, before proceeding to Bengal in 1831.[3]

He held various positions in the Indian civil service before being appointed as Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces from 19 January 1859 to 27 February 1863.[3][4][5]

Retiring in 1963, Edmonstone was made a knight commander of the Order of the Bath (civil division) in December 1863.[6] He died in Effingham, Surrey on 24 September 1824. There is a plaque dedicated to him in St Lawrence's Church, Effingham.[7]

One of the houses at Haileybury and Imperial Service College was named after Edmonstone, along with other distinguished Indian civil servants.[3]

Time line

Government offices
Vacant
Title last held by
Sir Charles Theophilus Metcalfe 		Lieutenant Governor of the North-Western Provinces
19 January 1859 – 27 February 1863 		Succeeded by
R. Money
(acting)

References

  1. ^ "Main Account - Stirnet". stirnet.com.
  2. ^ "Edmonstone, Sir George Frederick (1813-1864) Knight Indian Civilian". nationalarchives.gov.uk.
  3. ^ a b c d e "George Edmonstone". oxforddnb.com.
  4. ^ "Provinces of British India". worldstatesmen.org.
  5. ^ India Office, Great Britain (1819). "The India List and India Office List for ..." google.co.in.
  6. ^ "No. 22796". The London Gazette. 11 December 1863. p. 6486.
  7. ^ Plaque remains in church, Effingham. See: Photo - Plaque to Edmonstone in St Lawrence's Church, Effingham, Surrey