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Edey, Anthony Russell, son of George Russell Edey LDS, of Bromley, Kent, and Audrey Vivian, d. of Alfred Blandford Hutchings of Edenbridge, Kent; b. 29 May 1913; adm. Jan. 1927 (B), (G) May 1927; left Apr. 1931; a stockbroker in Calcutta until 1940; Hodson's Horse, 31 Indian Armoured Divn, 1940-5 (Lieut.-Col. IA); military sec. to Lord Louis Mountbatten 1945-6; subsequently a stockbroker in Johannesburg; m. 6 Sept. 1941 Barbara Stephanie Anne, d. of Reginald Philip Rees-Jones of Machynlleth, Montgomery; d. 11 Oct. 1994.

EDGAR, ---; b.; in school lists 1785; left Whitsun 1785.

EDGAR, ALEXANDER, brother of John Foy Edgar (qv); bapt. 29 Aug 1768; adm. 15 Jan 1776; Commissary of Stores, Royal Engineers’ Department; d. St. Domingo, West Indies 22 Jun 1796, “aged 27 years” (M. I. St. Philip and St. Jacob, Bristol).

Edgar, Arthur Conway, brother of Stanley Clarence Edgar (q.v.); b. Sept. 21, 1892; adm. as K.S. Sept. 28, 1905; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1911, matric. Michaelmas 1911; B.A. 1919; M.A. 1919; 2nd Lieut. 5th Batt. East Surrey Regt. Sept. 21, 1914; Lieut. June 1, 1916; served in France, Belgium, Italy, and Germany; M.C. Feb. 1, 1919; called to the bar at Lincolns Inn Nov. 17, 1924; m. April 10, 1917, Dorothy May Chilton, daughter of the Rev. Herbert Chilton Tompkins, Rector of East Woodhay, Berks; d. July 8, 1962.

EDGAR, JOHN FOY, son of Alexander Foy Edgar, Mayor of Bristol, and Ann Cann, dau. of John Foy, Alderman of Bristol; bapt. 9 Mar 1767; adm. 15 Jan 1776 (as John Foy (sic), also appearing as Foy in school lists to 1780); KS (aged 13) 1780; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1785, matr. 26 May 1785, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1785 - void 29 Jun 1797; BA 1789; MA 1793; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 14 Nov 1782; member, Common Council, Bristol 1796-1818, Sheriff of Bristol 1796-7, 1802-3, Sword Bearer from 1818; an early patron of Flaxman; FSA 1805; m. 10 Nov 1803 Harriet Ball (IGI); d. 5 Nov 1850.

EDGAR, R.; b.; adm. 15 Oct 1810; a “chum” of Lord William Pitt Lennox (qv), with whom he visited “Gentleman” Jackson’s sparring rooms in Old Bond Street, and was introduced to Lord Byron, who had a “set to” with Jackson (Lord W. P. Lennox, Drafts on my Memory, 1866, 46-7).

EDGAR, ROBERT CANN, brother of John Foy Edgar (qv); bapt. 11 Oct 1769; adm. 13 Jan 1777 (shown in previous edition as Cann, Edgar Robert); left Whitsun 1780; living in Bristol 1793; Lieut., 57th Foot 26 Sep 1795; d. in West Indies 7 Aug 1796, aged 26 (M. I. St. Philip and St. Jacob, Bristol).

Edgar, Robert Warwick, son of Stanley Clarence Edgar (qv); b. 21 June 1915; adm. Sept. 1928 (G); left July 1933; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1933, BA 1936; HM Colonial Service Nigeria 1936; d. of yellow fever at Port Harcourt 15 Oct. 1938.

Edgar, Stanley Clarence, son of Clifford Blackburn Edgar, Mus. B., B.Sc., M. P., of Richmond, Surrey, sometime Mayor of Richmond, by Mary, only daughter of George Fowden, of Whalley Range, Lancs; b. Jan. 16, 1889; adm. as K.S. Sept. 25, 1902; elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1907, matric. Michaelmas 1907; B.A. 1911; M.A. 1920; played football against Cambridge 1911; 2nd Lieut. 5th Batt. East Surrey Regt. Aug. 29, 1915; Lieut. July 1, 1917; 2nd Lieut. General List Sept. 19, 1939; Lieut.-Col.; served in India; manager of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 1928-32; m. July 1, 1914, Elizabeth Ruth, daughter of Robert Maddison Warwick, of Ponteland, Northumberland; d. Nov. 22, 1961.

EDGE, CHARLES; b.; at school Christmas 1796; in school list 1797.