821 Edward Howard

Constituency  : East  Cumberland  1876-85, Thornbury  1885-6

Edward  took  back  the  second  seat  at  East  Cumberland, lost  in  1868.

Edward  was  a  cousin  of  the  Duke  of  Norfolk. He  was  educated  at  Harrow  and  Cambridge  and  became  a  barrister.

Edward  was  a  temperance  supporter. In  1878  he  tried  to  stop  the  Manchester  Corporation  Water  Bill  for  converting  Thirlmere  into  a  reservoir. He  was  a  trustee  of  the  Nationasl  Gal

Edward  was  briefly  Under-Secretary  of  State  for  India  in  1886. He  was  defeated  in  the  election  that  year.

Edward  kept  himself  busy  after  his  parliamentary  career , serving  as  an  ecclesiastical  and  forestry  commissioner  and  as  mayor  of  Llanelly  from  1913  to  1916.

He  died  in  1916  aged  64.