Edward Robert Festing ( 1839 - 1912 )

Birth: 10 August 1839 Death: 16 May 1912 Burial: Highgate Cemetery, London 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 Membership: Fellow Election Date: 4/06/1886 Lectures: Bakerian 1886.