Edward Lancaster Fawcett Squire (25 September 1837 – 7 October 1893) was Deputy Postmaster General and Superintendent of Telegraphs, in the colony of South Australia.
He was educated at Christ's Hospital (the original Bluecoat School), and the family moved to Victoria around 1850.
In 1859 he moved to South Australia, joined the Telegraph Department, and was posted at Robe.
In 1875, he was promoted to the General Post Office as Deputy Postmaster-General and Secretary.
His son Tristram and daughters Emily and Fanny and a female relative escaped serious injury, and their maid servant, Miss Chew, sustained a broken arm.