Edward Forestier-Walker

General Sir Edward Walter Forestier-Walker KCB (born Walker; 18 February 1812 – 27 July 1881) was a British Army officer who became Commander-in-Chief, Scotland.

Sir Edward was born in Dublin, the eldest son of Gen. Frederick Nathaniel Walker and Annabella Cane.

His father was the younger brother of Gen. Sir George Townshend Walker, 1st Baronet.

[4] He commanded the Scots Fusilier Guards at the Battle of Balaclava in October 1854, at the Battle of Inkerman in November 1854 and at the Siege of Sebastopol in Winter 1854 during the Crimean War.

[6] He was also colonel of the 50th Regiment of Foot from 1871 to 1881, when they became part of the new Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment),[7] after which he was briefly Colonel of the first battalion of the latter before his death later that year.