Sir George Frederick Edmonstone, KCB (11 April 1813 – 24 September 1864)[1][2] was an administrator in India.
[3] Edmonstone was born in Calcutta, the fourth son of Neil Benjamin Edmonstone (1765–1841), a member of the supreme council in India and a director of the East India Company.
[3] He held various positions in the Indian civil service before being appointed as Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces from 19 January 1859 to 27 February 1863.
[3][4][5] Retiring in 1863, Edmonstone was made a knight commander of the Order of the Bath (civil division) in December 1863.
[7] One of the houses at Haileybury and Imperial Service College was named after Edmonstone, along with other distinguished Indian civil servants.