Edward Leigh Pemberton

Sir Edward Leigh Pemberton KCB DL (14 May 1823 – 31 January 1910)[1] was an English Conservative Party politician.

Leigh Pemberton was the son of Edward Leigh Pemberton by Charlotte Cox, daughter of Samuel Compton Cox. He was the nephew of Lord Kingsdown.[2]

He was elected to the House of Commons as a Member of Parliament (MP) for East Kent at a by-election in May 1868, after the sitting Conservative MP Sir Brook Bridges had been ennobled as Baron FitzWalter.[3] Leigh Pemberton was re-elected at the general election in November 1868, and held the seat until the East Kent constituency was abolished at the 1885 general election.[3] In 1898 he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath.[4]

He was elected as chairman of Borden School Trust during its conception in 1875. Even when he left the Board and missed several meetings, he was immediately elected Chairman when he resumed attendance and all continued as though nothing had happened.[5]

Leigh Pemberton married Matilda Catherine Emma Noel, daughter of Reverend Francis James Noel, in 1849. She died in January 1906. Leigh Pemberton died in January 1910, aged 86. His son Robert Leigh Pemberton was the grandfather of Robin Leigh-Pemberton, who was created a life peer as Baron Kingsdown in 1993.[2]

References

  1. ^ "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "K" (part 1)". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons page. Archived from the original on 25 June 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2009.
  2. ^ a b thepeerage.com Sir Edward Leigh Pemberton
  3. ^ a b Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 403. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
  4. ^ "No. 26974". The London Gazette. 3 June 1898. p. 3446.
  5. ^ "Borden Grammar School - The early years part 1". Retrieved 8 June 2018.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for East Kent
1868 – 1885
With: Sir Edward Dering, Bt to Nov 1868
George Milles 1868–1875
Sir Wyndham Knatchbull, Bt 1875–1876
William Deedes 1876–1880
Aretas Akers-Douglas from 1880 		Constituency abolished


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