Edmund is a masculine given name or surname in the English language. The name is derived from the Old English elements ēad, meaning "prosperity" or "riches", and mund, meaning "protector". Persons named Edmund include: People Kings and nobles Edmund the Martyr (died 869 or 870), king of East Anglia Edmund I (922–946), King of England from 939 to 946 Edmund Ironside (989–1016), also known as Edmund II, King of England in 1016 Edmund of Scotland (after 1070 – after 1097) Edmund Crouchback (1245–1296), son of King Henry III of England and claimant to the Sicilian throne Edmund, 2nd Earl of Cornwall (1249–1300), earl of Cornwall; English nobleman of royal descent Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York (1341–1402), son of King Edward III of England Edmund Tudor, earl of Richmond (1430–1456), English and Welsh nobleman Edmund, Prince of Schwarzenberg (1803–1873), the last created Austrian field marshal of the 19th century In religion Saint Edmund (disambiguation), religious title given to several persons Eadmund of Winchester (died between 833 and 838), once thought to have been a Bishop of Winchester Edmund of Durham (died 1041), Bishop of Durham Edmund Arrowsmith (1585–1628), Jesuit, one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales Edmund Campion (1540–1581), English Jesuit priest and martyr Edmund Gennings (1567–1591), English priest and martyr Edmund Kalau (1928–2014), German missionary and minister Edmund Peiris (1897–1989), Sri Lankan Roman Catholic priest, Bishop of Chilaw from 1940-1972 Edmund Rich (1175–1240), also called Edmund of Abingdon; Archbishop of Canterbury Edmund Ignatius Rice (1762–1844), founder of the Congregation of Christian Brothers In politics Edmund Burke (1729–1797), Irish statesman, political theorist, and philosopher Edmund Barton (1849−1920), Australian prime minister Edmund Joseph Cooray, Sri Lankan Senator, Minister of Justice of Sri Lanka from March 1960 to July 1960 Edmund Bernard Dimbulane, Sri Lankan Member of Parliament for Alutnuwara Edmund Rowland Gooneratna (1845–1914), Sri Lankan Gate Mudaliyar, scholar, planter, Buddhist revivalist Edmund L. Oldfield (1863–1938), American politician Edmund Walter Jayawardena, Sri Lankan lawyer and diplomat Edmund Muskie (1914–1996), American Secretary of State Edmund G. Brown, Sr. (1905–1996), commonly known as Pat Brown; governor of California, 1959–1967 Edmund G. Brown, Jr. (born 1938), commonly known as Jerry Brown; governor of California Edmund Peiris, Sri Lankan Muhandiram Edmund Samarakkody (1912–1992), Sri Lankan Trotskyist, trade unionist Edmund Stoiber (born 1941), German politician, former minister-president of the state of Bayern Edmund Tsaturyan (1937–2010), Armenian politician, member of the National Assembly of Armenia