Edward Osborne Hewett
# Edward Osborne Hewett

Major-General Edward Osborne Hewett CMG (25 September 1835 – 3 June 1897) was a British Army officer and member of the Royal Engineers who was the first Commandant of the Royal Military College of Canada. He chose the Royal Military College's motto, "Truth, Duty, Valour".

Hewett was born in Hampshire to John Hewett, deputy lieutenant of Glamorgan and Frances Thornewell, daughter of Thomas Thornewell, deputy lieutenant of Staffordshire. He was educated at Cheltenham College and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.

He was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 1883 Birthday Honours.

## Personal life

Hewett married Catherine Mary Biscoe in Toronto in 1864. They had four sons and eight daughters. Sir Arthur Edward Grasett was his grandson.

* Catherine Frances Hewett (1866–1941), married Arthur Wanton Grasell, mother of Sir Arthur Grasett
* Lt Col. Edward Vincent Osborne Hewett CMG DSO OBE (1867–1953)
* Mary Louisa Hewett (1868–1911)
* Eleanor Clare Hewett (1870–1950)
* Edith Cecilia Hewett (1871–1925)
* Capt. Henry Meyrick Hewett (1874 – 30 April 1916), killed in Dublin during the Easter Rising
* Margaret Agnata Hewett (1876–1971)
* Gwendolen Elizabeth Hewett (1877–1964), married William Garnett Braithwaite
* Rhoda Sophia Hewett (1878–1962), married Rear-Admiral Arthur David Ricardo
* Constance Thornewill Hewett (1880–1956)
* Cmdr George Osborne Hewett (1884–1964)

At age 61, Hewett died at Royal Military Academy Woolwich after breaking his leg playing tennis.

