General Sir Edwin Beaumont Johnson GCB CIE (4 July 1825 – 18 June 1893) was a British Army officer who served as Adjutant-General in India.
Sir Edwin Beaumont Johnson | |
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 Portrait miniature by Charles Foot Tayler | |
| Born | 4 July 1825 Bath, Somerset, England |
| Died | 18 June 1893 (aged 67) Kensington, London |
| Buried | |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service |  British Army |
| Years of service | 1842–1891 |
| Rank | General |
| Battles / wars | First Anglo-Sikh War Second Anglo-Sikh War Indian Rebellion |
| Awards | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire |
Military career
editEducated at Addiscombe Military Seminary, Johnson was commissioned into the Bengal artillery on 10 June 1842.[1] He fought at the Battle of Ferozeshah in December 1845 and the Battle of Sobraon in February 1846 during the First Anglo-Sikh War as well as the Battle of Chillianwala in January 1849 and the Battle of Gujrat in February 1849 during the Second Anglo-Sikh War.[1] He served as assistant adjutant-general at the Siege of Lucknow in Autumn 1857 during the Indian Rebellion.[1] He became Quartermaster-General in India in July 1873, Adjutant-General in India in March 1874 and a member of the Council of India in October 1874. He went on to be Military Member of the Governor-General of India's Council in March 1877[2] and Director-General of Military Education at the War Office in December 1884 before retiring in January 1891.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Johnson, Sir Edwin Beaumont". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
- ^ a b "Army Commands" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2015.