Constituency : Bath 1880-1906 ( from 1886 Liberal Unionist )
Edmond took the second seat at Bath from the Tories.
Edmond was a cousin of the Earl of Kimberley. Edmond was educated at Eton and Oxford . He became a barrister. Her was private secretary to Kimberley when he was Viceroy of Ireland (1864-66 ), Lord Privy Seal ( 1868-70 ), Secretary of State for the Colonies ( 1870-74 ).
Edmond wanted to reform parliamentary procedure. In a pamphlet Obstruction and the Reform of Procedure he described sticking to ancient traditions as wearing "a suit of ancient armour as a defence against paralysis".
Edmond refused the offer of under-secretary for the colonies and switched to the Liberal Unionists in 1886. He made a long speech about preserving the Union that year.
He died in 1914 aged 79.
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