Edwin Corbett graduated from
Trinity College, Cambridge in 1843, joined the
Diplomatic Service in 1847 and was
attaché at
Paris,
Washington, D.C.,
Madrid and
Copenhagen. He was Secretary of
Legation at
Florence in 1858, at
Stockholm in 1860, at
Frankfurt in 1862, and at Munich in 1865. In 1866 he was promoted to be ''
chargé d'affaires'' and
Consul-General to the Central American Republics (Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Honduras and Salvador), based in
Guatemala City, and in 1873 he was promoted to
Minister Resident and Consul-General for the same countries. He was Minister Resident to Switzerland 1874–78 and
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to
Greece 1878–81, to
Brazil 1881–84 and to
Sweden and Norway 1884–1888. ==Family==