Edward Witherden Curteis (17 April 1853 – 25 February 1902) was an English soldier who played first-class cricket.
[1][2][3] After leaving school, Curteis enrolled at the Royal Military College Sandhurst where he also played cricket during 1870.
Whilst posted to Brecon he played for the South Wales Cricket Club, including in a match against the touring Australians in 1878.
His eldest brother, Reginald, went up to Trinity College, Cambridge before becoming a Church of England clergyman after briefly serving in the Kent Militia.
He rose to the rank of lieutenant-colonel and was on active service in the Second Boer War before being awarded the Order of the Bath in 1901 before dying later the same year.