Sir Edwin Pears (18 March 1835 – 27 November 1919) was a British barrister, author and historian.

He was educated privately and at the University of London where he took first-class honours in Roman law and jurisprudence.

In 1876, as correspondent of The Daily News, he sent letters home describing Ottoman atrocities and the April Uprising in Bulgaria.

[7][8][9] The letters aroused popular demonstrations in England led by William Ewart Gladstone.

[6][10][11] At the time, the reports of these atrocities were generally disbelieved and Pears' letters placed all the incontrovertible facts before the English people.