EDWARDS, Edwin (son of Charles Edwards of Bridgham hall, Norfolk). b. Framlingham 6 Jany. 1823; admitted solicitor 1845; practised as a proctor first in Bennett’s hill, then in Knightrider st. London 1845–60; exhibited 54 pictures chiefly sea pieces at R.A. 1861–79, his etchings number about 371; author of Cases in prerogative court with respect to wills 1847; Treatise on jurisdiction of high court of Admiralty 1847; Ecclesiastical jurisdiction, succession to personal property 1853. d. 26 Golden sq. London 15 Sep. 1879.
EDWARDS, George Nelson (eld. son of George Edwards of Eye, Suffolk, surgeon). b. Eye 1830; ed. at Gonville and Caius coll. Cam., M.B. 1851, M.D. 1859; assistant phys. St. Bartholomew’s hospital 1860, phys. 23 Jany. 1867; lecturer on forensic medicine 1866; edited St. Bartholomew’s hospital reports vols. 1–3 (1865–7); author of The examination of the chest, in a series of tables 1862. d. 20 Finsbury sq. London 6 Dec. 1868.
EDWARDS, Henry. Entered navy 19 Nov. 1796; captain 2 Aug. 1826; admiral on half pay 9 Feb. 1864. d. Huntingdon 22 Oct. 1864 aged 80.
EDWARDS, Sir Henry, 1 Baronet (3 son of Henry Lees Edwards of Pye Nest near Halifax 1775–1848). b. Pye Nest 20 July 1812; M.P. for Halifax 1847–52, for Beverley 1857–69; contested Halifax 1852, 1853 and 1857; lieut. col. commandant 2 West Yorkshire yeomanry cavalry 1863 to death; created baronet 3 Aug. 1866; sheriff of Yorkshire 1871; C.B. 1881. d. Pye Nest 23 April 1886. I.L.N. xxiii, 203 (1853), portrait, lxxxvii, 37 (1885), portrait.
EDWARDS, Very Rev. Henry Thomas (son of Rev. William Edwards, V. of Llangollen, who d. 1868). b. Llangmawddwy, co. Merioneth 6 Sep. 1837; ed. at Westminster and Jesus coll. Ox., B.A. 1860; C. of Llangollen 1861; V. of Aberdare 1866–69; V. of Carnarvon 1869; dean of Bangor, March 1876 to death; author of The church of the Cymry, a letter to the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone 1870 and other small books; hanged himself at Ruabon vicarage 24 May 1884. bur. Glenadda cemetery, Bangor 28 May. Church portrait journal, Aug. 1879 pp. 71–3, portrait; C. Mackeson’s Church congress handbook (1877) 76–7; I.L.N. 31 May 1884 pp. 520, 523, portrait.
EDWARDS, John. b. Llanuwch-y-lynn near Bala 15 April 1806; a farmer near Utica, New York 1828–34, 1840–66, and near Rome, New York 1866 to death; a successful competitor for the prizes awarded at the Eisteddfodan in Wales; known as Eos Glan Twrch (the nightingale of the Twrch river); edited a Welsh periodical published at Utica called Amserai; his published poems include The Crucifixion 1853 and The Omnipresence of God 1859. d. near Rome, New York 20 Jany. 1887.
EDWARDS, John (eld. son of John Edwards of Lower Broughton near Manchester). b. 1836; ed. at Owen’s coll. Manchester; barrister G.I. 26 Jany. 1860, bencher 7 July 1874; practised as a conveyancer in Manchester; Q.C. 6 July 1874. d. The Rosary, Aston-on-Mersey, Cheshire 15 Sep. 1885.
EDWARDS, Rev. Joseph. Educ. at Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1824, M.A. 1835; second master of King’s college school, London 1833–55; chaplain to Fishmongers’ Co. 1841–55; V. of Barrow-on-Trent 1855–70; author of Introduction to English composition, 5 ed. 1847, and many other school books. d. Weybridge, Surrey 1 July 1875.
EDWARDS, Rev. Lewis. b. Pwllcenavon, Cardiganshire 27 Oct. 1809; studied at Univ. of Edin., M.A. 1836, D.D. 1865; ordained in Welsh Calvinistic church 1837; principal of a school at Bala (which became Bala college) 1837 to death; started Y Traethodydd (The Essayist) a quarterly mag. Jany. 1845, edited it 10 years; started the Geiniogwerth (Pennyworth) 1847; most of his essays were published as Traethodau llenyddol a Duwinyddol (Essays literary and theological) 2 vols. 1867. d. Bala college 19 July 1887. Rev. L. Edwards’s Athrawiaeth yr Iawn (Atonement), 2 ed. 1887 with memoir by his son.
EDWARDS, Peter. Second lieut. 3 Ceylon regiment 1 Oct. 1807; captain 75 foot 30 April 1818 to 11 May 1826 when placed on h.p.; general 19 Nov. 1871. d. London 14 Dec. 1874 aged 83.