Wednesday, 11 April 2018
1881 Sir Edward Parrott
Constituency : Edinburgh South 1917-18
Sir Edward took over at Edinburgh South after the resignation of Charles Lyell. He had declined the candidature in 1910 before Lyell was selected. The local Liberal Association remained loyal to Asquith and selected Edward over the Lloyd George-supporting George Macrae. He was returned unopposed.
Edward was a schoolteacher's son from Chester. He was educated at St Paul's College, Cheltenham and Trinity College, Dublin. He became a teacher, working in Liverpool and Sheffield. He began to write textbooks and so became educational editor for a publishing firm. He was knighted in 1910. He visited India in 1911. He worked with Belgian and Serbian refugees during World War One.
Edward supported Indian self-government.
Edward switched to Edinburgh West for the 1918 election but came second behind a couponed Conservative. He was a loyal Asquithian describing himself as a "Gladstonian Liberal".
Edward was a prolific author on history and literature.
He died in 1921 aged 57.
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