Albert James Edmondson, 1st Baron Sandford (29 June 1887 – 16 May 1959), was a British

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politician. He was the oldest son of James Edmondson, the north London property developer.Recent Plaques.

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, 22 March 2015. Archived at WaybackMachine. Retrieved 28 December 2016. At the 1922 general election, he was elected to the

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(MP) for

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. He was

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in the

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by King

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. From 1939 to 1942, he served as a government

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, with the title of Vice-Chamberlain of the Household. He held his parliamentary seat until he stepped down at the

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. He was elevated to the peerage as Baron Sandford, of

in the

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on 14 July 1945. Edmondson was a member of the anti-semite

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.Lashmar, Paul. ''Secrets of the Red Book: The Who's Who of British Nazis Exposed'',

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, 9 Jan 2000. He died in

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aged 71.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sandford, James Edmondson, 1st Baron 1887 births 1959 deaths Banbury Edmondson, James Conservative Party (UK) hereditary peers Deputy Lieutenants of Oxfordshire Ministers in the Churchill wartime government, 1940–1945 People educated at University College School Edmondson, James Edmondson, James Edmondson, James Edmondson, James Edmondson, James Edmondson, James Edmondson, James Treasurers of the Household Ministers in the Churchill caretaker government, 1945 Ministers in the Chamberlain wartime government, 1939–1940 Barons created by George VI Ministers in the Chamberlain peacetime government, 1937–1939