Samuel Rathbone Edge
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Samuel Rathbone Edge (22 May 1848 – 27 September 1936)[1] JP was a Liberal Party politician.[2][3]
Preceded byWilliam Shepherd Allen
Edmund Buckley
Edmund Buckley
Succeeded byWilliam Shepherd Allen
Charles Donaldson-Hudson
Charles Donaldson-Hudson
Born22 May 1848
Died27 September 1936 (aged 88)
Samuel Rathbone Edge | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Newcastle-under-Lyme | |
| In office 26 August 1878 – 31 March 1880 | |
| Preceded by | William Shepherd Allen Edmund Buckley |
| Succeeded by | William Shepherd Allen Charles Donaldson-Hudson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 May 1848 |
| Died | 27 September 1936 (aged 88) |
| Party | Liberal |
| Spouse |
Eliza Marion Holden (m. 1888) |
| Alma mater | Queen's College, Oxford |
Edge was elected MP for the Newcastle-under-Lyme at a by-election in 1878. However, he lost the seat two years later at the 1880 general election.[4]
