Saturday, 18 August 2018
2002 Sir Edgar Chatfeild-Clarke
Constituency : Isle of Wight 1922-23
Sir Edgar took the Isle of Wight from the Tories, helped by the intervention of an Independent Unionist candidate in a four-cornered contest. He was an Asquithian.
Edgar was the son of a prominent architect who'd previously stood for election at Poole and Hammersmith. He was a Unitarian, related to Joseph Chamberlain. He was educated at King's College School and in Dresden. The family owned estates on the island and Edgar does not appear to have had a profession. He became a county councillor in 1900.
Edgar's health started giving way soon after his election and he stood down in 1923.
He died of flu in 1925 aged 62.
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