George Edwards

(1787 c.-1843)

NAME AUTHORITIES: DNB: Edwards, George [alias George Parker, G. E. Parker, Mr Wards] (1787?–1843), modeller and spy LBT ID: GeEdwar1843	B/BAP: 1787 DIED: 1843-11-30
SOURCES: DNB
English sculptor at Eton and London; he was the government spy who betrayed Arthur Thistlewood and broke up the Cato Street Conspiracy.
REFERENCES TO George Edwards: Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century: with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences 3 vols (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-1865) Chapter V Found 1: ¶ 19