Edward Bulwer (British Army officer)
Sir Edward Bulwer | |
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| Born | 22 December 1829 Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath |
General Sir Edward Earle Gascoyne Bulwer GCB (22 December 1829 – 8 December 1910) was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey.
Military career
Educated at
Battle of Alma in 1854.[2] He then took part in the Relief of Lucknow during the Indian Mutiny.[2] He was appointed Assistant Inspector of Reserve Forces in Scotland in 1865, Assistant Adjutant-General for Recruiting in Scotland in 1870 and Assistant Adjutant-General for Auxiliary Forces at Army Headquarters in 1873.[2] He went on to be General Officer Commanding Chatham District in 1879, Inspector-General of Recruiting at Army Headquarters in 1880 and Deputy Adjutant-General to the Forces in 1886.[2][3]
He was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey in 1889.[4] He retired in 1896.[2] In retirement he was Colonel of the Royal Welch Fusiliers.[2]
Family
In 1863, he married Isabella Buxton; they had one son and four daughters.Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton and brother of Henry Ernest Gascoyne Bulwer.[2]
References
- ^ "Bulwer, Edward (Earle) Gascoyne (BLWR848E)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/32168. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ Lee-Warner, William (1912). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ World Statesmen