Sir Charles Edwards | |
Term Start: | 1918 |
Term End: | 1950 |
Predecessor: | Constituency established |
Birth Date: | 19 February 1867 |
Children: | One son and one daughter |
Mother: | Catherine Edwards |
Father: | John Edwards |
Education: | National School, Llangunllo, Radnorshire |
Mawards: | is not set --> |
Sir Charles Edwards (19 February 1867 – 15 June 1954) was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.
Edwards was elected at the 1918 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for the newly created Bedwellty constituency in Monmouthshire. He held the seat until he retired from Parliament at the 1950 general election.
He was made a Privy Councillor in 1940, and from 1940 to 1942 he was government chief whip in the war-time Coalition Government.[1]