Clifford Blackburn Edgar (1857 – 20 March 1931) was a Coalition Conservative MP for Richmond in Surrey.

Educated at the University of Manchester (BSc) and the University of London (MusB), Edgar was involved with West African development for half a century, being a director of the Bank of British West Africa.

Clifford Edgar

He won the seat in 1918, but lost it to an Independent Unionist in 1922.

Clifford Edgar

He was a member of Surrey County Council and also Mayor of the Municipal Borough of Richmond (Surrey).

Clifford Edgar

A photographic portrait of him, by Walter Stoneman, is in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London.

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Sources

Whitaker's Almanack, 1919 to 1922 editions

British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1977)

Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies

Politics of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames

Mayors of places in Surrey

Conservative Party (UK) councillors

1857 births

1931 deaths

Alumni of the Victoria University of Manchester

Alumni of the University of London

English justices of the peace

Deputy Lieutenants