Edward Hicks (1814 – 13 January 1889), born Edward Simpson, was an English

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politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1879 to 1885. Hicks was the son of Edward Simpson of Lichfield and his wife Elizabeth Anderson, daughter of William Anderson of Moseley, Worcestershire. He was educated at

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and at

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. In 1835 he changed his name from Simpson to Hicks. He entered

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in 1837. He was a J.P. and Deputy Lieutenant for

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. In 1862 he was

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and vice-chairman of the Quarter Sessions. He was chairman of the local Chamber of Agriculture.Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1881
/ref> Hicks was elected as a

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(MP) for

at a by-election in January 1879 following the death of

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MP. He was re-elected in

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and held the seat until the constituency was divided by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. At the 1885 general election he unsuccessfully contested the newly created Newmarket division of Cambridgeshire. Hicks died at the age of 74. Hicks married Grace Pipe-Wolferstan, daughter of Stanley Pipe-Wolferstan of Statfold Staffordshire in 1838.

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* 1814 births 1889 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1874–1880 UK MPs 1880–1885 People educated at Charterhouse School Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Oxford High Sheriffs of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Members of the Inner Temple Deputy Lieutenants of Cambridgeshire {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1810s-stub