PYM

Edward Lawes . b. 23 March 1824; 2 lieut. R.M. 21 Aug. 1843, lieut. col. 24 Jany. 1873, col. commandant 25 Dec. 1877; M.G. 4 June 1879, general 22 June 1887; placed on retired list 23 March 1889; served in China 1858–60, at capture of Canton 5 Jany. 1858, and subsequently commanded the English constabulary in Canton. d. 44 Nevern sq. Earl’s Court, London 6 April 1892. bur. Brompton cemet. 9 April. Note. —He was tried at Hampshire a izes 6 March 1846 for being acce ory to the murder of James Alexander Seaton, late of the 11th Hu ars, who fought a duel with lieut. H. C. M. Hawkey of the R.M. on the shore near Gosport 21 May 1845 and died on 2 June. Pym was found not guilty.