Henry Edwards (1820–1897)

Sir Henry Edwards (1820 – 4 February 1897) was a British Liberal Member of Parliament for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis from 1867 until 1885, when Weymouth and Melcombe Regis ceased to be a parliamentary borough.
He made generous gifts to the town - ten cottage homes known as Edwards Avenue and 'Edwardsville' in Rodwell Avenue, all designed for elderly inhabitants of the borough. These properties are today under the banner of Weymouth Town Charities who run the Sir Henry Edwards and the Sir Samuel Mico Charities.
The book The Rival Queens, written in 1880 by prominent Weymouth resident Joseph Drew, was dedicated to him.