Name James 1st Role British Politician | Party Conservative Party | |
Died May 16, 1959, Metropolitan Borough of Westminster Children John Edmondson, 2nd Baron Sandford | ||
Albert James Edmondson, 1st Baron Sandford (29 June 1887 – 16 May 1959) was a British Conservative Party politician.
He was the oldest son of James Edmondson, the north London property developer.
At the 1922 general election, he was elected to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament (MP) for Banbury.
Edmondson was a member of the anti-semite Right Club. 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.
From 1939 to 1942, he served as a government whip, with the title of Vice-Chamberlain of the Household. He died in Westminster aged 71.
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