Edwin Cornwall
Sir Edwin Cornwall | |
|---|---|
Edwin Cornwall, c. 1900 | |
| Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means | |
| In office 28 February 1919 – 15 November 1922 | |
| Speaker | James Lowther John Henry Whitley |
| Preceded by | Donald Maclean |
| Succeeded by | Cyril Entwistle |
| Comptroller of the Household | |
| In office 14 December 1916 – 28 February 1919 | |
| Prime Minister | David Lloyd George |
| Preceded by | Charles Roberts |
| Succeeded by | George Stanley |
| Member of Parliament for Bethnal Green North East | |
| In office 8 February 1906 – 15 November 1922 | |
| Preceded by | Mancherjee Bhownagree |
| Succeeded by | Garnham Edmonds |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Edwin Andrew Cornwall 30 June 1863 |
| Died | 27 February 1953 (aged 89) |
| Party | Liberal |
| Other political affiliations | Coalition Liberal |
| Spouse |
Ellen Mary
(m. 1883; died 1929) |
| Children | Reginald Cornwall Two daughters |
| Parent |
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Sir Edwin Andrew Cornwall, 1st Baronet, PC, DL (30 June 1863 – 27 February 1953) was an English politician and coal merchant.[1][2][3]
Early life and career
Berardi was born in Grantham, Lincolnshire.[4] His parents were Sicilians who emigrated to Britain in the 1950s.[5] He developed an interest in fashion at a young age. As a nine-year-old, he saved his money for Armani shirts with leather gusset shoulders. After secondary school, he decided on a career in design and, after attending Lincoln College of Art and Design,[4] began working as an assistant to John Galliano. In 1990, he applied to Central Saint Martins (for a third time) and was accepted to the programme led by Wendy Dagworthy.[5][6]
Political career
In 1900 he became the first mayor of the new Metropolitan Borough of Fulham, having long served on the predecessor vestry.[1][2] In 1892 he was elected to the London County Council, sitting for the Progressive Party, for which he was for eight years chief whip.[3][7] In 1904 he was elected chairman of the LCC and as chairman of the Parliamentary Committee of the council led efforts to clear the slums between Holborn and the Strand on the site of which were built Aldwych and Kingsway.[1][2]
Having unsuccessfully contested the Fulham constituency in 1895 and 1900, in 1906 Cornwall was elected to Parliament as a Liberal for Bethnal Green North East.[1][2][3] He was appointed a deputy lieutenant of the County of London at the end of March 1906.[8] From December 1916 to February 1919 he served as Minister of National Health Insurance and Comptroller of the Household and from 1918 to 1922 he was Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means and Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons. He was also vice-chairman of the County of London Territorial Force Association from 1908 to 1914 and a member of the Port of London Authority.[1][3]
Cornwall was knighted in 1905,[9] created a baronet in 1918,[10] and appointed to the Privy Council in the 1921 Birthday Honours,[11] entitling him to the style "The Right Honourable".
Footnotes
- ^ a b c d e "Cornwall, Rt Hon. Sir Edwin". Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. December 2007. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
- ^ a b c d "Obituary: Sir Edwin Cornwall". The Times. 2 March 1953. p. 10.
- ^ a b c d Debrett's Illustrated Heraldic and Biographical House of Commons and the Judicial Bench (PDF). London: Dean & Son. 1916. pp. 37–38. Retrieved 12 May 2009.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ "The London County Council Election". The Times. 7 March 1892. p. 10.
- ^ "No. 27902". The London Gazette. 6 April 1906. p. 2433.
- ^ "No. 27855". The London Gazette. 17 November 1905. p. 7706.
- ^ "No. 30876". The London Gazette. 30 August 1918. p. 10173.
- ^ "No. 32346". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 June 1921. p. 4529.