Major-General Sir Herbert Benjamin Edwardes DCL was a British administrator, soldier, and statesman active in the Punjab region of British India. He is best known as the "Hero of Multan" for his pivot
Major Herbert Benjamin Edwardes, CB, DCL (1819–1868), The Hero of Multan, dressed as an Indian nobleman, by Henry Moseley, c.1850. National Portrait Gallery, London, (NPG 1391)
Sir Herbert Benjamin Edwardes by Alfred Crowquill, c.1850. Etching, National Portrait Gallery, London (NPG D36073)
Sir Herbert Benjamin Edwardes by William Edward Kilburn. Carte-de-Visite, 1860s. National Portrait Gallery, London (NPG x45342)
Grave of Herbert Benjamin Edwardes in Highgate Cemetery
Highgate Cemetery is a place of burial in North London, England, designed by architect Stephen Geary. There are approximately 170,000 people buried in around 53,000 graves across the West and East sid
Herbert Benjamin Edwardes
…however relapsed and he died in London on 23 December 1868, aged 49, after a severe haemorrhage. He was buried in the Meadow on the western side of Highgate Cemetery and is commemorated by a mural tablet in Westminster Abbey and a stained glass window in the chapel of King's College London. He was survived by his…
Highgate Cemetery (East) (c. 2010)
Tombs near the Circle of Lebanon crypts at Highgate Cemetery West, London.
Entrance to the Egyptian Avenue, Highgate Cemetery West
Circle of Lebanon, Highgate Cemetery West