1157 Edwin Portman

Constituency : North  Dorset  1885-92

Edwin  won  the  new  seat  of  North  Dorset.

Edwin  was  the  son  of  Viscount  Portman. He  was  educated  at  Rugby  and  Oxford. He  became  a  barrister. He  was  a  director  of  the  Phoenix  Assurance  Company.

Edwin  made  little  contribution  to  Parliament . He  was  defeated  in  1892.

Edwin  was  a  keen  cricketer.

He  died  in  1921 aged  90.