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EDWARDS, GILBERT LAXTON, only son of Davy Edwards, Colville Villas, Canterbury Road, Brixton, Surrey, commercial traveller for manufacturing chemist, and Elizabeth ----; b. 9 Nov 1870; adm. (A) 31 May 1883; left Jul 1889; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. sub-sizar 5 Oct 1889, matr. Mich. 1889; BA 1892; a medical student at St. Thomas’s Hospital; d. 26 Dec 1894.

Edwards, Giles Bruce Dallas, son of William Bruce Dallas Edwards (qv); b. 20 Apr. 1912; adm. Sept. 1925 (A); left July 1928; RASC 1940-6; FHCIMA FCFA; a catering executive; m. 28 June 1947 Gladys Rosa, d. of William Charles Gardiner of Sidcup, Kent; d. 7 June 1995.

EDWARDS, HARRY DALLAS, brother of William Bruce Dallas Edwards (qv); b. 28 Mar 1871; adm. (H) 31 May 1883; left Dec 1886.

Edwards, Henry Passmore, only son of John Passmore Edwards, M. P., of Bloomsbury; by Eleanor, daughter of Henry Vickers Humphreys, artist; b. June 25, 1871; adm. Sept. 28, 1883 (H); left (with a Triplett gratuity) July 1890; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1890; B.A. 1893; Capt. 28th Batt. London Regt. (Artists' Rifles) May 31, 1909; Major June 1, 1916; T. D.; served in Great War I; m. June 20, 1895, Grace, daughter of F. C. Hill, of Henley-on-Thames, co. Oxon.; d. March 6, 1935

EDWARDS, HENRY THOMAS, third son of Rev. William Edwards, Vicar of Llangollen, Denbighshire; b. 6 Sep 1837; adm. as BB 14 Oct 1852; Christ Church, Oxford, servitor, matr. 15 Oct 1856; migrated to Jesus Coll. Oxford 1857, scholar; BA 1861; MA 1873; ordained deacon (St. Davids) 1861), priest (St. Asaph) 1861; Curate, Llangollen, Denbighshire 1861-6; Vicar of Aberdare, Glamorgan 1866-9; Vicar of Caernarvon, Caernarvonshire 9 Jan 1870-6; Proctor in Convocation for diocese of Bangor 1874-6; Dean of Bangor from Apr 1876; an able preacher in English and Welsh; made a vigorous protest against the tea-drinking habits of the society of his time; author, The Babel of Sects and the Unity of Pentecost, 1872, and other works; m. 1st, 20 Apr 1869 Mary, eldest dau. of David Davies, Maesyffynon, Aberdare, Glamorgan; m. 2nd, Anne Dora, dau. of John Jones, Tresanna, Anglesey; committed suicide 24 May 1884. DNB.

EDWARDS, HENRY WILSON, son of Rev. Allen Thomas Edwards, Vicar of St. Philip’s, Lambeth, Surrey, and Sarah Ann, dau. of Robert Salmon, Colchester, Essex; b. 22 Jul 1855; adm. (G) 12 Jun 1868; left Aug 1872; merchant’s clerk (1881 Census, as Henry Wilson Moore). [transfer to Moore, Henry Wilson ?]

EDWARDS, HENRY; b.; adm. (aged 15) Dec 1747; left 1748.

EDWARDS, HERBERT, brother of Henry Wilson Edwards (qv); b. 10 Sep 1856; adm. (G) 12 Jun 1868; left Mar 1873; a clerk in London and County Bank to retirement 1917; d. 5 Feb 1923.

EDWARDS, HOWEL HOLLAND, son of Rev. Edward Edwards, Caerhun, Caernarvonshire; b. 6 Nov 1762; adm. from Ruthin Sch. 7 Apr 1777; KS 1778; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1782, matr. 30 May 1782, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1782 - void 10 Apr 1795, expiry year of grace as R. Waddesdon; BA 1786; MA 1789; ordained; Librarian and Chaplain to Duke of Marlborough; Rector of Waddesdon, Bucks. (second portion) 31 May 1794-99; Prebendary of St. Asaph 19 Apr 1799; Rector of Pennant, Denbighshire, and of Llanrwst, Denbighshire 6 Apr 1799; Prebendary of Westminster from 31 May 1803; Proctor in Convocation 31 Jan 1807; Rector of St. John the Evangelist, Westminster, 21 Apr 1807-32; m. 12 May 1798 Caroline, sister of Richard Palmer (qv); d. 29 Sep 1846. Buried in North Ambulatory, Westminster Abbey.

Edwards, Hugh Robert Arthur, brother of Edward Cecil Theodore Edwards (qv); b. 17 Nov. 1906; adm. Sept. 1919 (A); left July 1925; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1925, rowed against Cambridge 1926 and 1930, BA; MA 1940; won (with L. Clive) the Pairs and rowed in the winning Four at the Olympic Games, Los Angeles, 1932; rowed in winning Eights and Fours at the Empire Games, Canada, 1930, Grand Challenge Cup and Stewards Cup Henley 1930-1, Silver Goblets 1931-2; PO RAF Oct. 1931, FO Apr. 1932, Flt Lieut. Apr. 1936, Sqdn Ldr Dec. 1938, Wing Cdr Oct. 1946, Group Capt. July 1947; retd Nov. 1956; despatches Jan. 1941, June 1945, Jan. 1946; AFC Jan. 1943, DFC March 1944; coached Oxford in the Boat Race 1959-62; m. 16 June 1934 Michele Lydia Rosemary, d. of Maj. John Frederick Williams of Southsea, Hants; d. 21 Dec. 1972; DNB 1971-80, pp 278-9.