Edward Christian	Old Etonians AFC & Cambridge University AFC 1 appearance, 0 goals P 1 W 1 D 0 L 0 F 5: A 4 100% successful 1879 captain: none minutes played: 90
Timeline
	Edward Christian Lord of the Manor of Otterbourne
Birth	Tuesday, 14 September 1858 in Malvern, Worcestershire
	no registration found
"At Malvern, on the 14th inst., the wife of George Christian, Esq., of a son." - Western Daily Press, Saturday, 18 September 1858.
	Not on the 1861 census, although he is the son of George and Sarah Mary (née Bainbridge). 'In 1851, George Christian is sent to Ceylon by Bates & Baring and returned to England 15 years later a rich man.' - ThePeerage
	According to the 1871 census, Edward is a pupil at Twyford School in Twyford, Winchester, Hampshire.
	According to the 1881 census, Edward is visiting the Tod's of Nascott Grange in Stratford Road, Watford. He is a clerk for Mercantile.
	Not on the 1891 census.
Marriage	to Helen Ringgold Thomas, on 22 June 1893 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where Helen was born.
	registered in Pennsylvania Marriages 1852-1968
	Despite reports that Edward is in Ceylon from 1881 to 1904, according to the 1901 census, Edward is now married to Helen R. with they have three servants, and are living at 1 Gloucester Mansions in Kensington, living on his own means. (His father died on 10 November 1903)
	According to the 1911 census, Edward and his wife are living at Otterbourne House in Winchester, now with seven servants.
	(His mother died on 20 April 1917) According to the 1921 census, Edward, a director, is still married (but she is not on this return), and are living at Otterbourne House, with seven servants.
	According to the Passenger Lists, Edward and his wife Helen, left England via Southampton on a ship, the Baloeran, bound for the Dutch East Indies, via Marseille, on 1 August 1931. Their address is stated as Otterbourne House.
Death	Tuesday, 3 April 1934 at 29 Wimpole Street in Marylebone, Middlesex
aged 75 years 201 days	registered in Marylebone April-June 1934
Probate	"CHRISTIAN Edward of Otterbourne House near Winchester died 3 April 1934 at 29 Wimpole-street Marylebone Middlesex Probate London 20 April to Barclays Bank Limited. Effects £223749 16s. 2d. [2019 equivalent: £16,134,002] Resworn £240665 17s. 9d." [2019 equivalent: £17,353,774]
	"FORTUNE FOR WIFE. "Mr. Edward Christian, of Otterbourne House, near Winchester (Hants), Lord of the Manor of Otterbourne, left £223,749. He gave £5,000 to his wife and, with the exception of a few small bequests, left the residue of the property on trust for her for life." - Daily Herald, Tuesday, 24 April 1934. "LORD OF THE MANOR LEAVES £223,749. "Mr. Edward Christian, of Otterbourne House, near Winchester, Lord of the Manor of Otterbourne, late a director of the Bengal and North Western Railway Company and the Pundaloya Tea Company, Ceylon, left estate of the gross value of £223,749, "so far as at present can be ascertained," net personalty £213,749." - Portsmouth Evening News/Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, Tuesday, 24 April 1934
With Vacant Possession. OTTERBOURNE, HANTS. 2½ miles from Eastleigh Station and 4 from Winchester. RICHARD AUSTIN AND WYATT are instructed by Mrs. Christian to SELL by AUCTION at THE GEORGE HOTEL, WINCHESTER, on MONDAY, 10th SEPTEMBER 1934 at 3 o'clock in one lot, the Attractive Freehold Property MANOR FARM with its historical Manor House containing 7 bed and dressing rooms, large drawing room, hall with massive old oak staircase, etc., a large moated Garden, two excellent cottages, MODEL DAIRY FARM well-equipped for a pedigree herd with an excellent homestead in first-class order, a plentiful water supply, about 89 ACRES of fertile arable, pasture and water meadow, and certain rights over 6½ acres of Common Land, formerly part of Otterbourne Manor. Particulars, Plans and Conditions of Sale from the Solicitors, Messrs. WALFORDS, 27, Bolton Street, Piccadilly, W.I.: Auctioneers: Richard Austin and Wyatt, Bishop's Waltham, Hants (and at Fareham and Southampton). - Hampshire Telegraph, Friday, 31 August 1934.
	Helen Christian died on 25 March 1951
source	Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990], ThePeerage.com&
Playing Career
Club(s)	Attended Eton College and Cambridge University, before turning out for Old Etonians AFC, appears to have retired in 1881.
Club honours	FA Cup winners 1878-79.
Individual honours	None
Height/Weight	not known
Source	Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].
England Career
Player number	One of eight who became the 62nd players (63) to appear for England.
Position(s)	Full-back
Only match	No. 9, 5 April 1879, England 5 Scotland 4, a friendly match at The Surrey Cricket Ground, The Oval, Kennington, London, aged 20 years 203 days.
Individual honours	None
Beyond England
Was in Ceylon from 1881 to 1904. He was a Mercantile Clerk in April 1881, before he left the country. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.65./FindMyPast.com

P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	FTS	CS	FAv	AAv	Pts%	W/L
1	1	0	0	5	4	+1	0	0	5	4	100	+1
His only match was a friendly match played at a home venue