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Edward Osborne Hewett
CMG
Born25 September 1835
Llantrisant, Wales
Died3 June 1897(1897-06-03) (aged 61)
Woolwich, Kent, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchBritish Army
Years of service1854–1897
Royal EngineersGeneral
AwardsCompanion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Alma materRoyal Military Academy, Woolwich
RelationsSir Arthur Edward Grasett (grandson)

Major-General Edward Osborne Hewett CMG (25 September 1835 – 3 June 1897) was a British Army officer and member of the Royal Engineers who was the first Commandant of the Royal Military College of Canada. He chose the Royal Military College's motto, "Truth, Duty, Valour".

Early life and education

Hewett was born at Llantrisant in Wales, son of to John Hewett, JP, DL, of Glamorgan, a militia colonel who had served with the Royal Navy and Royal Marines during the Napoleonic Wars, and Frances, daughter of Thomas Thornewell, DL, of Staffordshire. He was raised at Southsea, Hampshire, and educated at Cheltenham College and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.

Career

Hewett was Commandant of the Royal Military College of Canada from 1875 to 1886. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 1883 Birthday Honours.

Personal life

Hewett married Catherine Mary Biscoe in Toronto in 1864. They had at least three sons and eight daughters. His daughter Catherine Frances married Arthur Wanton Grasett and was mother of Sir Arthur Edward Grasett; another daughter, Gwendolen Elizabeth, married William Garnett Braithwaite. At age 61, Hewett died at Royal Military Academy Woolwich after breaking his leg playing tennis.

References

  1. ^ "Hewett, Edward Osborne". Dictionary of Canadian Biography Volume XII (1891–1900). University of Toronto. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  2. Madsen, Chris (2000). Another Kind of Justice: Canadian Military Law from Confederation to Somalia. UBC Press. p. 19. ISBN 978-0-7748-0719-7. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  3. Rose, George Maclean (1886). A Cyclopedia of Canadian Biography: Being Chiefly Men of the Time. Rose Publishing Company. pp. 638–639. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  4. "No. 25233". The London Gazette. 24 May 1883. p. 2731.
  5. Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, Kelly's Directories Ltd, 1920, p. 1254
Academic offices
Preceded byNew position Commandant of the Royal Military College of Canada
1875–1886 		Succeeded byMajor General John Ryder Oliver
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