The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Chapman, General Sir Edward Francis
Chapman, General Sir Edward Francis; K.C.B. (1905) R.A.;C.B. F.R.G.S. Col. Commandant R.A; b. 1840; s. of Henry Chapman; entered the Bengal Artillery, 1858; served in the Abyssinian War, 1867-8; accompanied Sir Douglas Forsyth as Secretary to Yarkand, 1873-4; in the Afghan War of 1878-80, being Chief of the Staff in Sir F. Roberts march from Kabul to Kandahar; in Burma campaign, 1885-6; Military Secretary to Sir Donald Stewart, when C. in C. in India; Q.M.G. in India; Director of Military Intelligence, 1891-6; commanded the Scottish District, 1896-190,; A.D.C. to Queen Victoria, 1891; Esquire of the Order of St John of Jerusalem. Address: Beechurst, Lingfield, Sussest; Club; Atheneum.