Edmund Byam Mathew-Lannowe

Edmund Byam Mathew-Lannowe was born on 29 June 1875 in the Presidency of Bombay in India to Major-General Brownlow Hugh Mathew-Lannowe, formerly of the Royal Engineers. His grandfather was Sir George Buckley-Mathew CB, who had served with Coldstream Guards and was at one point British Ambassador to Argentina. == Military service ==

Edmund attended Oxford Military College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. From there he was gazetted as a second lieutenant in the Royal Regiment (West Surrey) on 28 September 1895, having passed his examination with "Honours". India Mathew-Lannowe was promoted to lieutenant on 18 May 1897, and travelled with the regiment to India where he fought on the North West Frontier in 1897–98 as part of the Malakand Field Force and the Tirah campaign. stationed in Peshawar. He served as adjutant until November 1905. He was a Reader in Military Studies at London University. == Personal life ==

He married Mary Mackenzie (maiden name, Deane), widow of Archibald Thomas Mackenzie, in 1919 with whom he had one daughter. Edmund was a member of the Old Contemptibles Association and commanded a column during their march from Finsbury Square to St. Paul's Cathedral in 1939. Edmund died at his London nursing home of bronchial pneumonia at the age of 64. == References ==