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EDWARDS, RICHARD; b.; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1679; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1682, adm. pens. 28 Jun 1682, matr. 1682/3, scholar 9 May 1683; adm. Inner Temple 24 Jan 1684/5. [Perhaps second son of John Edwards, Heath House, Shropshire; ? Bencher, Inner Temple 1712; ? d. 15 Jan 1747. ]

EDWARDS, RICHARD; b.; adm. 2 Apr 1770; left Christmas 1774.

Edwards, Roger Nicholas, Baron Crickhowell, brother of David William Wood Edwards (qv); b. 25 Feb. 1934; adm. Sept. 1947 (B); left July 1952; 2nd Lieut. 1st Batt. Welch Fusileers 1952-4; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1954, BA 1957, MA 1968; Wm Brandts Sons & Co. Ltd., bankers, 1957-76, dir. 1972-6; member of Lloyd’s 1976, dir. A. L. Sturge 1970-6, PA Internat. & Sturge 1977-9; MP (Cons. ) Pembroke 1970-87; Sec. of State for Wales 1979-87; PC 1979; Hon. Fellow Univ. Coll. Cardiff 1985; created Baron Crickhowell 1987; pres. Univ. of Wales at Cardiff 1988-98; chmn. Nat. Rivers Authority 1989-96, Cameron May 1992-4, ITNET 1995-2004; dir. Welsh National Opera 1988-92; pres. Contemporary Art Soc. for Wales 1988-93; pres. SE Wales Arts Assn. and Contemporary Art Soc. for Wales; Hon. LLD Univ. of Glamorgan 2001; member House of Lords EU Sub-Committees 2000-10, Science and Tech. Committee 2007-10, Constitution Committee 2010-5; m. 26 Jan. 1963 Ankaret, d. of William James Healing, co. dir., of Tewkesbury, Gloucs.; d. 17 Mar. 2018.

EDWARDS, SAMUEL BEDFORD, son of William Edwards (formerly Bedford), Newnham, Gloucs., Capt. EICS [presidency ?], and Mary Crowther; b. 27 Jan 1799; adm. 15 Sep 1812; in school list Oct 1814; Magdalen Coll. Oxford, matr. 2 Feb 1818; of Arlesey, Bedfordshire; JP Bedfordshire, High Sheriff 1825; m. 12 May 1823 Sophia, eldest dau. of John Hubbard, Stratford, Essex; d. 8 Jan 1857.

EDWARDS, SAMUEL, son of Samuel Edwards, London; b.; adm.; probably Edwards in under school lists 1715, 1716; KS (aged 15) 1718; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1722, adm. pens. 25 May 1722, scholar 3 May 1723; 10th in “ordo” 1725/6; BA 1725/6; MA 1729. [note wills of Rev. Samuel Edwards, Water Newton, Hunts., proved PCC 21 Jan 1745, and Rev. Samuel Edwards, Bozeat, Northants, proved PCC 2 Mar 1767 (father of William Gutteridge Edwards (qv)]

EDWARDS, THOMAS, son of Henry Edwards, Sutton, Suffolk, and Hannah Vertue; b. 25 Dec 1810; adm. (G) 16 Oct 1822; at Addiscombe Coll. 1826-8; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1828; 2nd Lieut., Bengal Artillery 12 Jun 1828; Lieut., 17 Jan 1836; retired in England 10 Mar 1836; living in Ipswich, Suffolk 1881 (1881 Census); d. unm. Jun 1891.

Edwards, Trevor Hope Martin, son of Rev. Trevor Hubert Edwards, Vicar of Wangford, Suffolk, and Mildred Hope Osborn; b. 7 June 1912; adm. Sept. 1925 (A); left July 1929; Coldstream Guards 1939-45; man. dir. Black & Edgington Hire Ltd 1967-76; MBE 1969, MVO 1976; agent for Ightham Mote 1977-84; m. 1st 16 May 1936 Sylvia Maud, d. of Maj. Ernst Olaf Henrici RE; 2nd 5 July 1974 Joan Ellen, d. of James Lough of Shanghai; d. 1 June 2002.

Edwards, Walter Maurice Dallas, brother of William Bruce Dallas Edwards (q.v.); b. June 23, 1874; adm. from the City of London School Jan. 16, 1890 (H); left April 1892; a member of the London Stock Exchange; m. Dec. 11, 1920, Helen Marjorie, only daughter of Hanworth Edmond Burr Rackham, of Newmarket Road, Norwich.

EDWARDS, WILBRAHAM TOLLEMACHE, son of Maj. Thomas Edwards, 6th Foot, and Judith, dau. of Hon. Col. Andrew Leslie [check]; b.; adm. 23 Mar 1779; Ensign, 6th Foot 5 Jun 1783; Lieut., 2 Dec 1789; Capt., 2 Sep 1795; Maj., 9th Garrison Battalion 28 May 1807; 86th Foot 12 May 1808; Lieut. -Col., 64th Foot 8 Dec 1810; Bourbon Regt. 25 Jan 1812; 73rd Foot 5 Dec 1816; half-pay 1818; 17th Foot 12 Aug 1819; Brevet Col. 12 Aug 1819; Lieut. -Col., 14th Foot 2 Nov 1822; served in India; m. 1st, 1797 Henrietta, second dau. of Alexander Burrowes, Cavan; m. 2nd, at Bombay, India, 30 Dec 1819 Rose Jane, dau. of Lieut. -Col. John Riddell, EICS [check Presidency]; d. 20 Jan 1826, from wounds received in attack on Bhurtpoor 18 Jan 1826.

EDWARDS, WILLIAM BRUCE DALLAS, son of Rev. William Walter Edwards, Rector of St. Olave’s, Southwark, Surrey, and Flora Grace, dau. of John Philip Grant Dallas, Inverness Terrace, Hyde Park, London; b. 8 May 1867; at Shrewsbury Sch. 1881-2; adm. (H) 22 Sep 1882; left Dec 1883; Associate, Royal Coll. Science, London; Demonstrator in Science at the School Jan 1890 - Jul 1891; Assistant Superintendent, Geological Survey of India 1891-4; HM Inspector of Secondary Schools 1894-1927; m. 1 Jun 1911 Edith May, dau. of Frank William Trayler, Spalding, Lincs.; d. Sep 1944.