Edwin Hardwick Moore (6 October 1910 in

Sutton Coldfield Sutton Coldfield or the Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield, known locally as Sutton ( ), is a town and civil parish in the City of Birmingham, West Midlands, England. The town lies around 8 miles northeast of Birmingham city centre, 9 miles south ...

– 2004) was a British businessman and

High Sheriff of the West Midlands The Office of High Sheriff of the West Midlands is the ceremonial position of High Sheriff appointed to the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, a metropolitan county in central England. The appointment is made by the British monarch by Pricking ...

for 1975–76. He was the son of E. E. Moore and was educated at Repton School and

Christ's College, Cambridge Christ's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college includes the Master, the Fellows of the College, and about 450 undergraduate and 170 graduate students. The college was founded by William Byngham in 1437 as ...

. In 1938, he married Phyllis Mary Underwood, having been recently appointed managing director of Alfred Adams and Co. Ltd., of West Bromwich. Previously to that he had spent four years (1933–37) as a farmer. In 1944, he was promoted from managing director to chairman of the board, a post he retained until 1980. He was a member of Warwickshire County Council from 1959 to 1967 and then alderman from 1967 until the post was abolished by the local government re-organisations of 1974. Throughout his tenure as alderman, he was also chairman of the council planning committee. He was a member of the Severn River Authority from 1965 to 1974 (Vice Chairman from 1970 to 1974). He served as

for 1975–76.

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*''Birmingham Post and Mail Year Book and Who's Who, 1982-83'', Birmingham Post and Mail Ltd., 1982 1910 births 2004 deaths People educated at Repton School Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge High Sheriffs of the West Midlands {{UK-business-bio-1910s-stub