Samuel Rathbone Edge

Samuel Rathbone Edge MP JP
Member of Parliament for Newcastle-under-Lyme
In office 26 August 1878 – 31 March 1880 Serving with William Shepherd Allen
Preceded by	William Shepherd Allen Edmund Buckley
Succeeded by	William Shepherd Allen Charles Donaldson-Hudson
Personal details
Born	22 May 1848 Tunstall, Staffordshire
Died	27 September 1936(1936-09-27) (aged 88)
Nationality	British
Political party	Liberal
Spouse	Eliza Marion Holden ​ (m. 1888)​
Alma mater	Queen's College, Oxford

Samuel Rathbone Edge (22 May 1848 – 27 September 1936)[1] JP was a Liberal Party politician.[2][3]

Edge was elected MP for the Newcastle-under-Lyme at a by-election in 1878. However, he lost the seat two years later at the 1880 general election.[4]

References

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 1)
2. "Samuel Rathbone, Edge". People of Stoke-on-Trent. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
3. "Samuel Rathbone Edge". The Peerage. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
4. Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Samuel Edge

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by William Shepherd Allen Edmund Buckley	Member of Parliament for Newcastle-under-Lymee 1878–1880 With: William Shepherd Allen	Succeeded by William Shepherd Allen Charles Donaldson-Hudson