Edwin Lester Arnold KCIE CSI (1831 - 1902)

Born 1831 in Gravesend, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Katharine Elizabeth (Biddulph) Arnold — married 1855 in Taunton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

Husband of Frances Maria Adelaide (Channing) Arnold — married 13 Aug 1868 in Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom

Husband of Tama (Kurokawa) Arnold — married 1897 in Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom

Died 20 May 1902 at about age 71 in London, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Edwin was born in 1831 and christened at St Georges, Gravesend Kent, England. He was the son of Robert Arnold and Sarah Pissey. He married three times, losing his first two wives to early deaths. He died in 1902, in London, England, at the age of 71. He earned his two held titles, KCIE, Knight Grand Commander, Order of the Indian Empire, and CSI, Knight Grand Commander, Order of the Star of India, for service to the Royalty of England and the United Kingdom.

Sources

Thames & Medway Baptisms Gravesend, St. George, Kent, England.

Taken From (http://landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2015/10/186-arnold-of-milt-on-hall-gravesend.html) Sir Edwin Lester Arnold (1832-1904), KCIE CSI, of Jacques Hall, Bradfield (Essex), born 10 June 1832; educated at Rochester Grammar School, Kings College, London and University College, Oxford (admitted 1851, BA 1854; MA 1856); principal of Deccan Sanskrit College, Poona (India), 1857-61; journalist on The Daily Telegraph from 1861 (chief editor 1873-89), poet, journalist and orientalist; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society; author of The Light of Asia and many other poetical and literary works; married 1st, 4 January 1855 at Taunton (Somerset), Catherine Elizabeth (d. 1864), daughter of Rev. Theophilus Biddulph of Bristol, and had issue three sons and two daughters; married 2nd, 3 August 1868, Fanny Maria Adelaide (d. 1889), daughter of Rev. W.H. Channing, and 3rd, 1893, Tama Kurokawa of Japan; died in London, 24 March 1904; will proved 21 April 1904 (estate £6,417)