11 Facts About Edward Newdegate

Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Newdigate Newdegate, was a British Army officer.

Edward Newdegate was educated at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.

Edward Newdegate served as General Officer Commanding the 2nd Division during the Anglo-Zulu War in 1879.

Edward Newdegate was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath for his service in the war.

Edward Newdegate held the post until retirement in 1892, and was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath on 26 May 1894.

Edward Newdegate was a Deputy Lieutenant of Warwickshire from 27 August 1898.

Edward Newdegate was Colonel of the Devonshire Regiment from 1897 to 1902.

Edward Newdegate wrote historical works: Gossip from a Muniment Room on Anne and Mary Fitton; The Cheverels of Cheverel Manor, based on correspondence of Roger Newdigate and his wife, using the names under which they appear in George Eliot's Mr Gilfil's Love Story; and Cavalier and Puritan based on the papers of Sir Richard Newdigate, 2nd Baronet.

Edward Newdegate had both his legs amputated, first his left, and in July 1902 his right leg.

Edward Newdegate was succeeded in the estates by a nephew, Francis Newdigate Newdegate.

In late 1902 a memorial table to Edward Newdegate was placed in the church at Chilvers Coton, Warwickshire, of which he was patron.