Edward Stanton (British Army officer)

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

For other people named Edward Stanton, see Edward Stanton.

Sir Edward Stanton
KCB KCMG
British Ambassador to Bavaria
In office
1876–1882
Preceded byRobert Morier
Succeeded byHugh MacDonell
Personal details
Born19 February 1827
Painswick, Gloucestershire[1]
Died24 June 1907(1907-06-24) (aged 80)[2]
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

Early life

Edward Stanton was born in Painswick, Gloucestershire, the son of William Henry Stanton, of 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 Consul-General in Warsaw, Poland on 7 December 1860,[9] Agent and Consul-General in Egypt on 15 May 1865,[10] and 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. "Obituary". The Times. 25 June 1907. p. 10.
  3. Burke, Edmund; Dodsley, James (1908). Annual Register (6 ed.). Printed for J. Dodsley. p. 128.
  4. Burke, Bernard; Burke, John (1972). Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry. Vol. 2 (18 ed.). Burke's Peerage. p. 583.
  5. 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. Dawson, Warren Royal (1951). Who Was Who in Egyptology (2nd ed.). Egypt Exploration Society. p. 152. 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. Lear, Edward; Strachey Strachie; Constance Braham (1911). "Chapter I: England, Nice, Malta, Egypt, Cannes". Later Letters of Edward Lear: to Chichester Fortescue (Lord Carlingford), Lady Waldegrave and Others. Ayer Publishing. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-8369-6617-6.
  13. Law, Edward. "Huddersfield Titled Classes". Retrieved 5 July 2009.
  14. Home, Robert K. (1997). Of Planting and Planning: The Making of British Colonial Cities. Taylor & Francis. p. 168. ISBN 978-0-419-20230-1.
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