Field Marshal Sir Edward Blakeney GCB GCH PC (Ire) (26 March 1778 – 2 August 1868) was a British Army officer.

After taking part in the British occupation of Dutch Guiana as a junior officer and being taken prisoner by privateers three times, he participated in the Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland in 1799.

[2] He took part in the expedition to Dutch Guiana in 1796 and was taken prisoner by privateers three times suffering great hardship.

[8] Although he did not take part in the Hundred Days, he joined the Duke of Wellington as he marched into Paris in 1815 and served with the Army of Occupation in France until 1819.

[13] He was advanced to Knight Grand Cross of the Bath on 7 May 1849[14] and, having been promoted to full general on 20 June 1854,[15] retired from active service in 1855.

[22] Promoted to field marshal on 9 November 1862,[23] he died at the Royal Hospital Chelsea on 2 August 1868 and was buried at Oak Lane Cemetery in Twickenham.