William Garstin

{{Short description|British civil engineer (1849–1925)}}

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| office = Under-Secretary of State for Public Works, Egypt

| term_start = 1892

| term_end = 1908

| birth_name = William Edmund Garstin

| birth_date = 29 January 1849

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Sir William Edmund Garstin {{postnominals|country=GBR|GCMG|GBE}} (29 January 1849 – 8 January 1925) was a British civil engineer. He was responsible for a number of important hydrological and public works in Egypt.

Garstin was Under Secretary of State for Public Works in Egypt. He held this position during the construction of the Aswan Low Dam across the Nile 1898–1902. For his services to this project he was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) in December 1902,{{London Gazette |issue=27503 |date=12 December 1902 |page=8589}} and received the First class of the Ottoman Order of Osmanieh from the Khedive of Egypt.{{London Gazette|issue=27517|page=386|date=20 January 1903}} In early 1903 Garstin and a surveyor travelled the Lake Edward, the Semliki River and the Lake Albert, and visited Mombasa, Uganda, Gondokoro and Khartoum.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Intelligence - Sir W. Garstin|date=24 December 1902 |page=3 |issue=36959}}

File:William Edmund Garstin - Golders Green Crematorium.jpg

After his death Garstin was cremated at Golders Green Crematorium.

The extinct giant snake Gigantophis garstini was named in his honour.