Edward Stedman

General Sir Edward Stedman GCB KCIE (1842–1925) was a senior British Indian Army officer who went on to be Military Secretary to the India Office.

Military career
Stedman was commissioned into the Bengal Staff Corps in 1860. By 1887 he was appointed Commanding Officer of the 3 Gorkha Rifles and was strongly commended for his leadership in Upper Burma by Major-General Sir George Stuart White, Commanding the Upper Burma Field Force. Later that year Stedman was made Inspector-General of Police in Upper Burma.

He joined the Chitral Expedition in 1895 as Second-in-command and General of Communications.

He was appointed Military Secretary to the India Office in 1899.

He was also Colonel of the 23rd Sikh Pioneers.