Tuesday 1 August 2017

1634 Edward Beauchamp


Constituency : Lowestoft  1906-10, 1910-22

Edward  took  Lowestoft  from  the  Tories.

Edward  was  a  vicar's  son. He  was  educated  at  Highgate  School. He  was  chairman  of  Lloyd's  of  London.

Edward's  parliamentary  contributions  were  mainly  on  naval  matters.

Edward  was  defeated  in  January  1910  but  regained  the  seat  in  December.

Edward  was  created  a  baronet  in  1911.

Edward  voted  against  the  disestablishment  of  the  Welsh  Church.

Edward  was  issued  with  the  coupon in  1918  and  returned  unopposed.

Edward  stood  down  in favour  of  his  son  Brograve  in  1922  but  he  was  easily  defeated  by  the Tories. He  later  became  a  Conservative  MP.

Edward  founded  and  ran  a  vegan-only  restaurant.

He  died  in  1925  aged  75.


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