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  • Herbert Benjamin Edwardes
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  • Major-General Sir Herbert Benjamin Edwardes KCB KCSI DCL (1819–1868) was an English administrator, soldier, and statesman active in the Punjab, India. He is best known as the "Hero of Multan" for his pivotal role in securing the British victory in the Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848–49).
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  • 1
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serviceyears
  • 1842
Birth Date
  • 1819-11-12
Branch
Last
  • Moreman
death place
  • London, England
Name
  • (KCB KCSI DCL)
  • (Major-General)
  • Sir Herbert Benjamin Edwardes
Caption
  • Major Herbert Benjamin Edwardes, CB,DCL , The Hero of Multan, dressed as an Indian nobleman, by Henry Moseley, c.1850. National Portrait Gallery, London,
First
  • T. R.
Birth Place
  • Frodesley, Shropshire, England
Title
  • Edwardes, Sir Herbert Benjamin
Awards
death date
  • 1868-12-23
Rank
Allegiance
  • 25
Battles
laterwork
  • Commissioner of Ambala
ID
  • 8528
abstract
  • Major-General Sir Herbert Benjamin Edwardes KCB KCSI DCL (1819–1868) was an English administrator, soldier, and statesman active in the Punjab, India. He is best known as the "Hero of Multan" for his pivotal role in securing the British victory in the Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848–49).