Edward Tufnell (13 June 1848 – 15 August 1909) was a

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officer and

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politician. Son of the civil servant and educationalist

Edward Carleton Tufnell Edward Carleton Tufnell (27 October 1806, Marylebone, London (then part of Middlesex) – 3 July 1886 Belgravia, London ) was an English civil servant and educationist. Education He was educated at Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford, gain ...

, Tufnell was educated at

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. He then joined the

in 1867 as an ensign in the

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before exchanging to the

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in 1870. He served in India during Second Anglo-Afghan War and on the

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. He retired from the Army in 1889 and joined the

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in 1894. He was elected to the House of Commons for South East Essex as a Conservative in 1900, holding the seat until 1906. He was also a

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for Sussex. His son,

Richard Tufnell Richard Lionel Tufnell (10 December 1896 – 1 October 1956) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. Richard Tufnell was son of Edward Tufnell, Member of Parliament for South East Essex, and grandson of the civil servant and ...

, was Member of Parliament for Cambridge.Sources in British Political History 1900-1951, vol. 4: A Guide to the Private Papers of Members of Parliament: L-Z, Chris Cook, Macmillan, p. 212

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tufnell, Edward UK MPs 1900–1906 1909 deaths People educated at Eton College 39th Regiment of Foot officers Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies English justices of the peace 1848 births Royal Irish Regiment (1684–1922) officers Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for South East Essex