James Edmondson, 1st Baron Sandford

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Template:Short description Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Albert James Edmondson, 1st Baron Sandford Template:Post-nominals (29 June 1887 – 16 May 1959), was a British Conservative Party politician.

Early life

He was the oldest son of James Edmondson, the north London property developer.[1]

Political career

At the 1922 general election, he was elected to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament (MP) for Banbury. He was knighted in the 1934 Birthday Honours by King George V. From 1939 to 1942, he served as a government whip, with the title of Vice-Chamberlain of the Household. He held his parliamentary seat until he stepped down at the 1945 general election. He was elevated to the peerage as Baron Sandford, of Banbury in the County of Oxford on 14 July 1945.[2]

Edmondson was a member of the pro-Nazi Right Club.[3] He died in Westminster aged 71.

Arms

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References

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  1. ↑ Recent Plaques. London Borough of Islington, 22 March 2015. Archived at WaybackMachine. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  2. ↑ Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".Script error: No such module "London Gazette util".
  3. ↑ Lashmar, Paul. Secrets of the Red Book: The Who's Who of British Nazis Exposed, The Independent, 9 Jan 2000.

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