Clifford Edgar

Clifford Blackburn Edgar (1857 – 20 March 1931) was a Coalition Conservative MP for Richmond in Surrey.

Educated at the University of Manchester (BSc) and the University of London (MusB), Edgar was involved with West African development for half a century, being a director of the Bank of British West Africa.

He won the seat in 1918, but lost it to an Independent Unionist in 1922.

He was a member of Surrey County Council and also Mayor of the Municipal Borough of Richmond (Surrey).

A photographic portrait of him, by Walter Stoneman, is in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London.[1]

References
  1. "Clifford Blackburn Edgar". National Portrait Gallery, London. Retrieved 31 May 2021.

Sources
  • Whitaker's Almanack, 1919 to 1922 editions
  • British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1977)


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