Early Service in India
On 9 July 1873, he passed the Civil Service exam and was 'Appointed by the said Secretary of State to be a member of the Civil Service at the Presidency of Fort William in Bengal, in the East Indies'. On 28 July 1873 he married Mary Lister at St Mary Abbots, the Parish Church of Kensington, London. Mary's father, Tom Lister was the Estate Manager for the Earl of Stamford.
In September 1873 Edward Henry set sail for India. He arrived in Bombay and travelled across India arriving at Allahabad on 22 October 1873 to take up the position of Assistant Magistrate Collector within the Bengal Taxation Service.
He became fluent in Urdu and Hindi. In 1888, he was promoted to Magistrate-Collector. In 1890, he became aide-de-camp and secretary to the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal and Joint Secretary to the Board of Revenue of Bengal.
On 24 November 1890, he married Louisa Langrishe Moore. His marriage certificate states his 'status' as being a widow.
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