Person Festing; Edward Robert (1839 - 1912) Festing Edward Robert 1839 - 1912 Male 10 August 1839 16/05/1912 19120516 Burial: Highgate Cemetery, London

South Kensington Museum, London (1885)

Education: Royal Military Academy, Woolwich Career: Joined the Army; Lieutenant, Royal Engineers; Officer in a company of Sappers and Miners sent to India (1857); returned to England (1859); Colonel (by 1885); Assistant Director, later Director, South Kensington Museum; died of heart failure Honours: CB 1900 Lectures: Bakerian 1886 Fellow 04/06/1886 Sources: Bulloch's Roll International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 10 Aug 1839 - 16 May 1912 NA6775 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 49c1d454-687e-47b3-9cf3-32730db2dcd3