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 advanced to colonel of the 2nd volunteer battalion. For his service he received the Volunteer Decoration (VD). He was also appointed a captain in the Reserve on 29 June 1887, and resigned this commission on 22 November 1902.[3]

At the 1918 general election, he unsuccessfully contested the two-seat Southampton constituency, when both seats were won by Coalition Liberals.[4] 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.[4] They held the seats until the 1929 general election, which neither Perkins nor Apsley contested.[4]

Perkins was knighted in the Dissolution Honours on 12 July 1929,[1] for political and public services.[5]

References
  1. "No. 33517". The London Gazette. 16 July 1929. pp. 4699–4700.
  2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 3)
  3. "No. 27497". The London Gazette. 21 November 1902. p. 7537.
  4. 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.
  5. "No. 33512". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 June 1929. pp. 4353–4354.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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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