Edwin Perkins (politician)

Colonel Sir Edwin King Perkins, CBE, VD^[1] (28 February 1855 – 8 January 1937)^[2] was a British Conservative Party politician.

Perkins was an officer in the Volunteer Force, serving in the Hampshire Regiment where he was lieutenant-colonel in command of the 2nd volunteer battalion, and held the honorary rank of colonel. He resigned his commission with the Hampshire regiment on 3 December 1902,^[3] and received the Volunteer Decoration (VD) for his service. He was also appointed a captain in the Reserve on 29 June 1887, from which he resigned on 22 November 1902.^[4]

At the 1918 general election, he unsuccessfully contested the two-seat Southampton constituency, when both seats were won by Coalition Liberals.^[5] At the 1922 general election, when the coalition government had been dissolved, Perkins and the other Conservative candidate Lord Apsley won both seats, defeating the Liberal incumbents.^[5] They held the seats until the 1929 general election, which neither Perkins nor Apsley contested.^[5]

Perkins was knighted in the Dissolution Honours on 12 July 1929,^[1] for political and public services.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "No. 33517". The London Gazette. 16 July 1929. pp. 4699–4700.
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 3)
^ "No. 27500". The London Gazette. 2 December 1902. p. 8370.
^ "No. 27497". The London Gazette. 21 November 1902. p. 7537.
^ ^a ^b ^c Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 243. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
^ "No. 33512". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 June 1929. pp. 4353–4354.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Edwin Perkins

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Preceded by Sir Ivor Philipps and William Dudley Ward	Member of Parliament for Southampton 1922 – 1929 With: Lord Apsley	Succeeded by Ralph Morley and Tommy Lewis

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[gazette-1929-july-12-1] "No. 33517". The London Gazette. 16 July 1929. pp. 4699–4700.

[rayment-2] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 3)

[3] "No. 27500". The London Gazette. 2 December 1902. p. 8370.

[4] "No. 27497". The London Gazette. 21 November 1902. p. 7537.

[craig1918-1949-5] Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 243. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.

[6] "No. 33512". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 June 1929. pp. 4353–4354.

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