Sir Edward Boscawen Frederick, 9th Baronet CVO (29 June 1880 – 26 October 1956) was an English first-class cricketer, British Army officer, and a Royal courtier.
[4] Serving in the Transvaal in 1900, he stayed in South Africa throughout the war which ended with the Peace of Vereeniging in June 1902.
[5] Being garrisoned in Aldershot allowed Frederick to play first-class cricket for Hampshire, making his debut in the 1903 County Championship against Leicestershire at Leicester.
[6] He returned to Sandhurst as an instructor from 1912 to 1914,[10] but returned to active duty at the beginning of the First World War, being appointed a temporary major in the fourth month of the war;[11] he gained the rank in full in September 1915,[12] prior to his appointment to the staff the following month.
[14] In 1925, he was appointed an exon in the King's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard, replacing the deceased Colonel Bulmer de Sales La Terriere;[15] prior to his appointment, he had been promoted to lieutenant colonel in the Royal Fusiliers in February 1924.