887 Edward Waugh

Constituency : Cockermouth  1880-5

Edward  took  over  from  William  Fletcher  at  Cockermouth.

Edward  was  a  solicitor  and  one  time  Registrar  of  the  County  Court. He  often  acted  for  the  Cockermouth, Keswick  and  Penrith  Railway  Company.

Edward's  particular  interest  was  the  abolition  of  copyhold  tenure  and  he  made  a  number  of  parliamentary  speeches  on  the  subject.

Edward  stood  down  in  1885.

In  1886  Edward  bought  a  field  for  the  erection  of  the  town's  Drill  Hall.

He  died  in  1891  aged  74.  A  clock  erected  in  his  memory  in  the  town  was  demolished  in  1932  for  causing  too  many  traffic  accidents.