Edward Berwick (1804-1877) was an Irish lawyer and educationalist, and served as President of Queen's College Galway from 1849 until 1877.
[3] The president, Joseph W. Kirwan, died in office in December 1849, and Berwick was appointed to succeed him in 1850.
[4] He did, however, play a considerable role in structuring the Bachelor of Arts degree, and in establishing history and English literature in the curriculum.
[6] He was the younger half-brother of Walter Berwick, the Irish Bankruptcy judge, who was killed in the Abergele rail disaster of 1868, along with their sister Elizabeth Mary and a young girl called Louisa Symes, probably a relative, who was travelling with them.
Edward gave evidence at the accident inquest (see The Times, Thursday, 27 August 1868; pg.