George Frederick Edmonstone
Indian civil servant
About George Frederick Edmonstone
Lived 1813 – 1864 (aged 51).
Sir George Frederick Edmonstone, KCB (11 April 1813 – 24 September 1864) was an administrator in India.
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.
Retiring in 1863, Edmonstone was made a knight commander of the Order of the Bath (civil division) in December 1863. He died in Effingham, Surrey on 24 September 1924. There is a plaque dedicated to him in St Lawrence's Church, Effingham.
One of the houses at Haileybury and Imperial Service College was named after Edmonstone, along with other distinguished Indian civil servants.
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George Frederick Edmonstone was born on 11 April 1813.
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George Frederick Edmonstone died on 24 September 1864.
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