Edwin Corbett

Edwin Corbett (4 December 1819 – 22 February 1888) was a British diplomat who was envoy to several countries.

Edwin Corbett graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge in 1843, joined the Diplomatic Service in 1847 and was attaché at Paris, Washington, D.C., Madrid and Copenhagen.

He was Secretary of Legation at Florence in 1858,[1] at Stockholm in 1860,[2] at Frankfurt in 1862,[3] and at Munich in 1865.

[4] In 1866 he was promoted to be chargé d'affaires and Consul-General to the Central American Republics (Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Honduras and Salvador), based in Guatemala City,[5] and in 1873 he was promoted to Minister Resident and Consul-General for the same countries.

[11] Edwin Corbett married Emily Isabella Dutton, daughter of James Dutton, 3rd Baron Sherborne.