1622 Edward Dunne

Constituency : Walsall  1906-10

Edward  took  over  from  Arthur  Hayter  at  Walsall.

Edward  was  from  a  wealthy  military  family. He  was  educated  at  Wellington  College  and  Sandhurst. He  joined  the  army  in  1884 and  served  until  resigning  his  commission  in  1896  when  his  father  died. He  re-enlisted  for  the  Boer  War  and  became  a  brigade  major. In  1905  he  stood  in  a  by-election  at  Kingswinford.

Edward  supported  the  Land Tenure  Bill  of  1906. Despite  his  background,  he  also  supported  reductions  in  the  Army  Estimates.

In   January  1910  Edward  was defeated  by  545  votes. In  December  he  stood  at  Melton  but  was  unsuccessful.

Edward  re-enlisted  for  the  First  World  War  and  became  a  lieutenant-colonel. However  he  mainly  served  in  the UK.

After  the  war  Edward  became  a  country  gentleman  and  chaired  the  education  committee  on  Herefordshire  County  Council.

He  died  in  1944  aged  79. His  son  Philip  was  a  Conservative  MP  in  the  1930s.