Edmund Bannerman (1832 – 17 April 1903) was a journalist, newspaper proprietor, solicitor and man of public affairs in the British colony of the Gold Coast.
[1][2] Bannerman was sent at the age of six to public school in his grandfather's native United Kingdom, where his older brothers Charles and James were also being educated.
[1] Bannerman returned from Britain in 1847 and served for about nine years as secretary to several Gold Coast governors.
"[3] In March 1858, Bannerman was appointed as Civil Commandant of Keta by the Secretary of State for the Colonies, and was made a Justice of the Peace.
[4] After the death of his brother Charles, he succeeded him as the proprietor and editor of the West African Herald.