Constituency : Truro 1857-9, Cornwall East 1868-74, Truro 1880-85
Edward was one of the two Liberal victors in East Cornwall in 1868 replacing Thomas Agar-Robartes and a Tory.
Edward was the son of a banker and landowner. He was educated at Oxford.
Edward stood down in 1874 after being cited in a divorce case by the Tory MP for Wells.
Edward ceased representing Truro when it became a single member constituency. He contested St Austell in an 1877 by-election as a Liberal Unionist but was defeated.
Edward was keen on hurling and owned several race horses. He was heavily reliant on mineral royalties for his income. He also had interests in smelting
In 1910 Edward's daughter-in-law was sent to prison for trying to obtain money from him by forgery.
He died in 1917 aged 80.
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