Sir Herbert Benjamin Edwardes, an English soldier and author, born at Frodesley, Shropshire, Nov. 12, 1819, died Dec. 23, 1868. He studied at King's college, London, entered the East Indian service, was wounded in the battle of Moodkee, December, 1845, and participated in the victory of Sobraon, February, 1846. When Moolraj, in April, 1848, stirred up a rebellion of the Sikhs, it was the courage and skill of Lieut. Edwardes that saved the British power in the Punjaub. With Col. Cort-landt he moved down the W. bank of the Indus at the head of 7,000 men, and crossed the stream with a small body of infantry to attack the enemy. He was confronted by a force of 12,000 men, and after a hard-fought battle, memorable for a gallant charge of the mounted British officers upon the Sikh front, the insurgents were routed by the opportune arrival of Col. Cortlandt, and made their way to Mooltan. In the subsequent siege of that city and its assault he gained new laurels, but lost his right hand by the accidental discharge of a pistol. He finally reached the rank of major general.

After the war he visited England, married, and published "A Year on the Punjaub Frontier" (2 vols. 8vo, London, 1851). He afterward returned to India, and in 1864 was appointed lieutenant governor of the Punjaub. His "Life of Sir Henry Lawrence" was completed by Herman Merivale (London, 1872).