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.