Edward Wynne-Pendarves Explained

Edward William Wynne Pendarves
Birth Date:6 April 1775
Birth Place:Pendarves, Cornwall, England
Occupation:Politician
Spouse:Tryphena Browne Trist
Alma Mater:All Souls College, Oxford
Parents:John Stackhouse and Susanna Acton

Edward William Wynne Pendarves (6 April 1775 – 26 June 1853) was an English politician.

Born Edward William Stackhouse, he was son of John Stackhouse and his wife Susanna Acton.[1] He served as Member of Parliament (MP) for West Cornwall from the creation of the Constituency on 19 December 1832 until the year of his death.[2]

He was on the Committee of Management of the South Western Railway in 1836.[3] He was one of the proprietors of the University of London, who requisitioned a special general meeting in 1831, to appoint a Select Committee to investigate the lack of progress with the project.[4] He was appointed Deputy-Warden of the Stannaries in 1852.

His memorial is in St Martin and St Meriadoc’s Church, Camborne designed by Edward Hodges Baily.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wynne Pendarves, Edward William (1775–1853), of Pendarves, nr. Camborne, Cornw. and 36 Eaton Place, Belgrave Square, Mdx., History of Parliament Online. 7 September 2017.
  2. Web site: House of Commons constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6) . Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages . 2008-03-08 . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20180730180447/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Ccommons6.htm . 30 July 2018 .
  3. The Times, Wednesday, 11 May 1836; page 2; Issue 16100; col A, Advertisement for prospectus for the South Western Railway.
  4. The Times, Saturday, 18 June 1831; page 3; Issue 14568; col E: Advertisement for the meeting of Proprietors of the University of London on 2 July 1831