Constituency : East Surrey 1841-7, Wilton 1855-77
Edmund was a baronet's son from Wiltshire who was educated at Cambridge. His lands included Stonehenge and he resisted the idea that a government agency should take responsibility for preserving it.
Edmund resigned his seat in 1877 in protest at Gladstone's Eastern campaign complaining that he was encouraging Russia to threaten war with Turkey and putting the Liberal party in "active and warlike cooperation" with Russia. The Tories captured the seat.
He died in 1899 aged 80.
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