 He was also law professor at the East India Company College from 1806 to 1818.Christian was Chief Justice of the Isle of Ely and was one of the presiding judges at the Ely and Littleport riot Special Commission assizes at Ely in 1816.In 1794, Stephen Barney, counsel to the mutineer William Muspratt, at the urging of Edward Christian, published his version of the "Minutes of the Bounty Court-Martial", and included an "Appendix" written by Edward Christian.