Edward Wynne-Pendarves

British politician
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroBritish politician
PlacesUnited Kingdom Great Britain
wasPolitician
Work fieldPolitics
Gender
Male
Birth6 April 1775
Death26 June 1853 (aged 78 years)
Star signAries
Education
All Souls College
Awards
Fellow of the Royal Society 
The details

Biography

Edward William Wynne Pendarves (6 April 1775 – 26 June 1853) was an English politician.

Born Edward William Stackhouse, he was son of John Stackhouse and his wife Susanna Acton. He served as Member of Parliament (MP) for West Cornwall from the creation of the Constituency on 19 December 1832 until the year of his death.

He was on the Committee of Management of the South Western Railway in 1836. He was one of the proprietors of the University of London, who requisitioned a special general meeting in 1831, to appoint a Select Committee to investigate the lack of progress with the project. He was appointed Deputy-Warden of the Stannaries in 1852.

His memorial is in St Martin and St Meriadoc’s Church, Camborne designed by Edward Hodges Baily.

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