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Ebrahim, Sir Currimbhoy, Bart., (U.K.); y.s. of late Mr. Ebrahim Pabaney; b., 1839: began life by opening a firm at Hong Kong; opened branches at Shanghai, Kobe, Singapore, and Calcutta, and agencies in many important business centres in the East; established his reputation as a trader in Cotton, silk, tea, opium, yarn, etc.; founded Currimbhoy, Ebrahim Pabaney. Crescent and Fazilbhai Mills, where about 220,000 spindles and 3,500 looms are at work every day giving employment to about 80,00 men; established ginning factories at Yeotmal, Katol, the Berars, Indore, and other places; is the owner of the Indian blacking, dyeing and printing works; Presdt, the Anjuman-i-Islam and of the Mahommedan Educational Conference, Bombay; Trustee of the Port of Bombay; has established a girls’ school, a Madrassa at Mandvi, the Currimbhoy Ebrahim Khoja Orphonage in Bombay, a Dharmsala at Mandvi and Bhuj,; has given a liberal donation to the New Museum Fund, Bombay. Address: 13, Esplanade Road, Bombay, India.

Edge, Right Hon: Sir John. Kt. (1886), B.A., L.L.B., P.C. (1908), Member, Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, London; s. of Benjamin Cooker Edge, J.P. of Clonbrook; b, 1841; educ, Trinity College, Dublin; joined the Bar in Ireland, 1864; Called to Bar (Middle Temple), 1866; Chief Justice, High Court of N.W.P., 1886-98; Bencher of Middle Temple, 1889; Member of the Council of India, 1908; Hony. A.D.C. to Viceroy of India, 1895; Commissioner to enquire into preparations for War in South Africa, 1902; Member, Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, 1909. Address: The Banks, Mountfield, Roberts bridge, Sussex. Club: Junior Carlton

Edwards, General Sir Stanley De Burg, K.C.B. (1898); s. of Captain George Harris Edwards of the Bengal Army; b. 1840; educ: Mount Radford School; entered Army in Bombay, 1857; became Colonel, 1875; Lieutenant General, 1886; Major-General, 1896; served in Mahi Kanta Field Force, 1858; served Indian Mutiny as D.A.Q.M.G.; Abyssinnian Expedition, 1868; Chief Director of Transport in the Afghan War, 1879-80; Commanded Quetta District, 1881-4; Northern Division, Bombay Army, 1880-89. Address: Sponden, Sandhurst, Hawkhurst, Kent. Club: East India United Service.

Edwards, Stephen Meredyth, C.V.O., I.C.S., Commissioner of Police, Bombay; s. of late Rev Stephen Edwards, Oxford; educ; at Eton and at Christ Church, Oxford; b. 1873; entered I.C.S. as Assistant Collector and Magistrate, 1895; was Assistant Secy to Government; Assistant Collector of Customs; Municipal Commissioner, Bombay; Deputy Secy to Government; Compiler and editor, Bombay City Gazetteer: became Commissioner of Police, Bombay; is an Ex-President of the Bombay Anthropological Society, and Fellow of the Bombay University. Publications: The Rise of Bombay, a Retrospect,; the Ruling Princes of India; Gazetteer of Bombay City and island; By-ways of Bombay. Recreation: riding. Address. The Ridge, Malabar Hill, Bombay. Clubs: Byculla, and the Royal Yacht, Bombay.

Edwards, Lt-Genl Sir James Beven K.C.M.G. (1891); C.B. (1877); b; 1834; s. of late S. Price Edwards; educ; at R.M.A. Woolwich; entered the Royal Engineers, 1852; became General, 1891; served in Crimean war, and Indian Mutiny; China, 1864; Suakim expedition, 1885; Commandant of School of Military Engineering, 1885-8; commanded the troops in China, 1889-90; retired, 1893; M.P. for Hytho, 1895-9; Chairman, Royal Colonial Institute, 1909. Address: 9, Wilbraham Place, S.W. Clubs: United Service and Travellers.

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