John Edwards (1751–1832)

John Edwards (1751–1832) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and poet.

Edwards was the eldest son of James Edwards of Old Court, County Wicklow, by Anne, second daughter of Thomas Tenison, a son of Archbishop Thomas Tenison. He became an officer of light dragoons in the volunteer army of Ireland, and rose to the rank of lieutenant-colonel. Edwards died owner of Old Court in 1832. He married Charlotte, fifth daughter of John Wright of Nottingham, who bore him three sons and two daughters.

In honour of the force to which he belonged he wrote The Patriot Soldier: a Poem, Nottingham, 1784, 38 pp. He also published Kathleen: a Ballad from Ancient Irish Tradition, 1808; Abradates and Panthea; a Tragedy, 1808; Interests of Ireland, London, 1815, and an essay on the improvement of bank-notes, Liverpool, 1820.