Edward James Montagu-Stuart-Wortley

Edward James Montagu-Stuart-Wortley
"Eddie". Caricature by Spy published in Vanity Fair in 1899.
Nickname(s)	Eddie
Born	(1857-07-31)31 July 1857
Died	19 March 1934(1934-03-19) (aged 76)
Allegiance	United Kingdom / British Empire
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1877–1919
Rank	Major General
Unit	King's Royal Rifle Corps
Battles/wars	Second Anglo–Afghan War, First Boer War, Anglo-Egyptian War (1882), Mahdist War, Second Boer War, World War I
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order Second Class Order of the Red Eagle Member of the Royal Victorian Order

Major General The Honourable Edward James Montagu-Stuart-Wortley, CB, CMG, DSO, MVO (31 July 1857 – 19 March 1934) was a senior British Army officer. He saw extensive active service in many parts of world, including Afghanistan, South Africa, Egypt, Turkey, Malta, Sudan, France and Ireland. During the First World War he was controversially dismissed after the Battle of the Somme due to the failure of his division's diversionary attack.

Wortley was born on 31 July 1857, the second son of Francis Dudley Montagu-Stuart-Wortley, grandson of John Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 2nd Baron Wharncliffe, and nephew of Edward Montagu-Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Wharncliffe. He attended Eton College from 1866 and gained a commission in the King's Royal Rifle Corps (60th Foot) on 13 October 1877.

In 1879 during the Second Anglo–Afghan War (1878–80) he was the Superintendent of Army Signalling for the Kurram Field Force.