About Edgar Galbraith
Lived 1853 – 1899 (aged 46). Edgar Galbraith was a rugby union player.
Edgar Galbraith (16 June 1853 — 16 June 1899) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Born in Dublin, Galbraith was a forward with Dublin University Football Club and gained his solitary Ireland cap in the team's first ever international, against England at The Oval in 1875.
Galbraith worked in British India for the Indian Civil Service and was only a few months into his appointment as Commissioner of Agra when he died of an inflamed liver in 1899.
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Edgar Galbraith was born on 16 June 1853.
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Edgar Galbraith died on 16 June 1899.
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Edgar Galbraith was a rugby union player.
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