b. 1832
d. 1902-10
Edward Howard Sanders was born in Hampshire, England, but had been educated in Belgium
and Germany. He had a commission in the Imperial Austrian Army from 1849 to 1855,
serving in the Crimean War.
Sanders did come to
Victoria in Spring 1859, receiving an appointment as justice of the peace and later as assistant
gold commissioner at
Yale; he was later also responsible for the district of
Hope. Sanders served on the Legislative Council of
British Columbia as representative for
Yale and
Hope from 1864 until Confederation.
He was made a county court judge in 1867, serving in that post until he retired in
1881. He died at Bath, England, in October 1902.
British Colonist, 30 October 1902, p. 2, and Prince Rupert Daily News, 1 March 1971, p. 4, Colonial Office List, 1864, p. 204. BCCOR 252.1.