George Warren Edwardes
George Warren Edwardes (1802-1879) was the third son of William Edwardes, Lord Kensington, born in London in 1802.[1]
London and Edinburgh Gazette entries record his early career: he joined the 17th Dragoons as a Cornet by purchase in 1824, transferred to be a Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant in 2nd Life Guards in the same year, and had risen to Captain in 32nd Foot by 1828. In 1836 he went on half-pay in the 14th Foot until transferring to the 72nd Foot in 1840.
He was appointed Colonial Auditor at St Helena in 1845[2] and was still there in 1852.[3]
He was appointed Governor of Labuan in 1856[4] to 1861, and has been described as "another bitter enemy of the Brookes...deeply jealous of Sarawak". [5] He was relieved of his position as Consul-General to Brunei and his Governorship terminated in 1861 after incurring British government displeasure for his use of the HEIC steamer Victoria to travel to Muka and threaten to fire a broadside at Sarawak forces unless they ceased their activities against Sherip Masahor.[6]
He never married. He died at Chandos House London on 21 February, 1879[7] and was buried in Kent.[8]
References
- ↑ Wikidata
- ↑ Sun, 1 April, p.11, The London Gazette (this evening)
- ↑ Obituary of his father, Lord Kensington, Gentleman's Magazine (1852)
- ↑ London Gazette announcement
- ↑ Pringle, Robert (1970), Rajahs and Rebels: The Ibans of Sarawak Under Brooke Rule, 1841-1941
- ↑ Baring-Gould,S. and Bampfylde,C.A., A History of Sarawak (1909), pp.246-262
- ↑ Sporting Gazette, 1 March 1879, p.7
- ↑ Find a Grave
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