873 Edward Carbutt

Constituency : Monmouth Boroughs  1880-86

Edward  re-took  the  bellweather  seat  of  Monmouth  Boroughs  from  the  Tories.

Edward  was  the  son  of  a  linen  merchant  and  former  Lord  Mayor  of  Leeds.  He  was  a  Baptist  .He  trained  as  a  mechanical  engineer  and  formed  a  partnership  with  Robinson  Thwaites  in  his  twenties. They  patented  a  steam  hammer  which  was  exhibited  in  the  1862  London  Exhibition.  He  followed  in  his  father's  footsteps  by  becoming  Lord  Mayor  of  Leeds  in  1878. He  was  a  director  of  the  Midland  Railway  Company  for  many  years.

Edward  supported  Sunday  closing  and  told  the  Conmons  in  1880  that  he  owed  his  election  to  his  promise  to  support  it.  He  agitated  in  favour  of  increasing  Britain's  ordnance  facilities. He  also  instigated  an  expansion  of  India's  railway  system.

Edward  was  defeated  in  1886.

Edward  was   elected  President  of  the  Institute  of  Mechanical  Engineers  in  1887 . He  was   created  a  baronet  in  1892.

He  died  in  1905  aged  67.