Edward Stanton (British Army officer)

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Sir Edward Stanton
KCMG
British Ambassador to Bavaria
In office
1876–1882
Preceded byRobert Morier
Succeeded byHugh MacDonell
Personal details
Born19 February 1827
Stroud, Gloucestershire
NationalityBritish
Spouse
Margarette Constance Starkey
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(m. 1862)​
Alma materRoyal Military Academy, Woolwich
OccupationDiplomat
Military service
Allegiance United Kingdom
Branch/service British Army
Years of service1844–1907
RankGeneral
UnitRoyal Engineers
Battles/warsCrimean War

KCMG (19 February 1827 – 24 June 1907) was a British Army officer and diplomat.[3][4][5][6]

Early life

Edward Stanton was born in

Stroud, Gloucestershire, and his wife, Jane. He was educated at Woolwich Academy.[7]

Career

Stanton was commissioned as

second lieutenant in the Royal Engineers on 19 December 1844.[5] He served in the Crimean War.[3] From 1856 to 1857, he served on the boundary commission that determined the Russo-Turkish borders.[8]

He was appointed

Chargé d'Affaires to the King of Bavaria on 10 May 1876.[11] During his visit to Egypt, English author and poet Edward Lear described Sir Edward Stanton as "very good-natured".[12] Sir Edward Stanton retired as a general in 1881.[13]

Family

In 1862, Edward Stanton married Margarette Constance Starkey. He was a relative on her mother's side of the family.[13] His son Colonel Edward Alexander Stanton (1867–1947) served in Egypt at Omdurman, was Governor of Khartoum from 1900 to 1908, and military governor of Haifa (the Phoenicia Division of Palestine) from 1918 to 1920.[14]

Honours

Stanton was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in 1857 and upgraded to a Knight Commander of the order (KCB) in 1905. He was knighted as a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in 1882.[2]

In addition to his British honours, Sir Edward Stanton was a Knight of the French

Legion of Honour.[4]

References

  1. ^ 1901 England Census
  2. ^ a b "Obituary". The Times. 25 June 1907. p. 10.
  3. ^
    Annual Register
    (6 ed.). Printed for J. Dodsley. p. 128.
  4. ^ a b Burke, Bernard; Burke, John (1972). Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry. Vol. 2 (18 ed.). Burke's Peerage. p. 583.
  5. ^ a b Royal Engineers; Whitworth Porter (1915). History of the Corps of Royal Engineers. Longmans, Green. p. 309.
  6. ^ "Stanton, Sir Edward (1827–1907) Knight General Diplomat". National Register of Archives. The National Archives. Retrieved 10 June 2009.
  7. OCLC 506864
    .
  8. ^ Fenwick, SC. "Boundary Commissions – 1832–1911". Corps History – Part 12: Engineers in a Civic role (1820–1911). Royal Engineers Museum. Retrieved 10 June 2009.
  9. ^ "No. 22457". The London Gazette. 7 December 1860. p. 4959.
  10. ^ "No. 22974". The London Gazette. 30 May 1865. p. 2806.
  11. ^ "No. 24334". The London Gazette. 9 June 1876. p. 3407.
  12. ISBN 978-0-8369-6617-6
    .
  13. ^ a b Law, Edward. "Huddersfield Titled Classes". Retrieved 5 July 2009.
  14. ISBN 978-0-419-20230-1
    .
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
British Consul-General at Warsaw

1860 – 1865 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
British Agent and Consul-General in Egypt

1865 – 1876 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
British Chargé d'Affaires to the King of Bavaria

1876 – 1882 		Succeeded by
Notes and references
1. "No. 22102". The London Gazette. 26 February 1858. p. 970.
2."No. 22984". The London Gazette. 27 June 1865. p. 3203.
3."No. 22219". The London Gazette. 14 January 1859. p. 128.
4."No. 24342". The London Gazette. 4 July 1876. p. 3820.
5."No. 23824". The London Gazette. 2 February 1872. p. 357.
6."No. 25080". The London Gazette. 3 March 1882. p. 949.
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