Edward Alfred Goulding, 1st Baron Wargrave (5 November 1862 – 17 July 1936), known as Sir Edward Goulding, Bt, between 1915 and 1922, was a British barrister, businessman and Conservative Party politician. He sat in the

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between 1895 and 1922, before being ennobled and taking his seat in the

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Background and education

Goulding was the son of William Goulding by his second wife Maria Heath Manders, daughter of Edward Manders, of

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. Sir William Goulding, 1st Baronet, was his elder brother. He was born in Ireland and educated at

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and

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, and was

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, in 1887.thepeerage.com Sir Edward Alfred Goulding, 1st and last Baron Wargrave
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Political career

Goulding was elected at the 1895 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Devizes division of

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. He was re-elected in

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, and held the seat until the 1906 general election, when he stood unsuccessfully in Finsbury Central.Craig, ''British parliamentary election results 1885–1918'', page 13 He returned to

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two years later, when he was elected as MP for the borough of Worcester at by-election in February 1908, a seat which had been left vacant for two years after a

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concluded in 1906 that there had been extensive corruption in the borough at the 1906 general election. He was re-elected in Worcester at both the

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and December 1910 elections, and was returned as a Coalition Unionist in

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. He was created a Baronet, of Wargrave Hall in the County of Berks, in 1915 and sworn of the Privy Council in 1918. He stood down from the Commons at the 1922 general election, and was ennobled as Baron Wargrave, of Wargrave Hall in the County of Berks. Apart from his political career he was also chairman of

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. He was Chairman of London Associated Electricity Undertakings Limited from 1935 to 1936.

Personal life

Lord Wargrave lived at Wargrave Hall in

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and the then

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Court in

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. He died childless in July 1936, aged 73. The baronetcy and barony died with him.

Arms

References

External links

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UK Parliamentary Archives, Wargrave Papers
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