1372 Edward Parkes

Constituency  : Birmingham  Central  1895-1912  ( Liberal  Unionist ) 1912-8  ( Conservative )

Edward  held  on  to  Birmingham  Central  for  the  Liberal  Unionists  when  John  Bright  Jr  declined   to  stand  again.

Edward  was  a  prominent  ironmaster  in  Staffordshire.

In  1903  Edward  mused  that  the  country  lacked  "sufficient  pluck"  to  modernise  its  industries.

Edward  thought  that  Churchill's Trade  Boards Act  would  work  against  women.

Edward  stood  down  in  1918.

He  died in  1919  aged  70.