Samuel Rathbone Edge Explained

Samuel Rathbone Edge
Office:Member of Parliament
for Newcastle-under-Lyme
Term Start:26 August 1878
Term End:31 March 1880
Alongside:William Shepherd Allen
Successor:William Shepherd Allen
Charles Donaldson-Hudson
Birth Date:22 May 1848
Birth Place:Tunstall, Staffordshire
Nationality:British
Party:Liberal
Alma Mater:Queen's College, Oxford

Samuel Rathbone Edge (22 May 1848 – 27 September 1936) was a Liberal Party politician.[1] [2]

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.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Samuel Rathbone, Edge. People of Stoke-on-Trent. 11 January 2018.
  2. Web site: Samuel Rathbone Edge. The Peerage. 11 January 2018.
  3. Book: Craig. F. W. S.. F. W. S. Craig. British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885. 1977. Macmillan Press. London. 978-1-349-02349-3. 1st. e-book.