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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.

EDGE, E.; b.; in school list 1795.

EDGE, HENRY; b.; in school lists 1795, 1797.

EDGE, JOHN WEBB, third son of Thomas Webb Edge, Strelley Hall, near Nottingham, and Elizabeth, dau. of Francis Hurt, Alderwasley, Derbs.; b. 24 Nov 1790; in school list May 1803; left Christmas 1803; Exeter Coll. Oxford, matr. 10 Apr 1810; migrated to St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, 2 Feb 1812, matr. Easter 1812; BA 1814; MA 1817; ordained deacon 7 Aug 1814, priest 6 Aug 1815 (both York); Curate, Strelley, Notts., 1815; Perpetual Curate of Sherbourne, Warwicks., 8 Jul 1819-22; Rector of Strelley and Bilborough, Notts., from 16 Jul 1819; m. 11 Feb 1824 Anne Neville, dau. of Ichabod Wright, Mapperley, Notts.; d. 30 Apr 1842.