Edmund Faber, 1st Baron Faber
Edmund Beckett Faber, 1st Baron Faber (9 February 1847 – 17 September 1920) was a British Conservative politician.
Background
Faber was the eldest son of Charles Wilson Faber, of
Member of Parliament
for Yorkshire.
Two younger brothers were also in parliament,
Walter Vavasour Faber (1857-1928), who succeeded his eldest brother as member for Andover. It has been claimed that they had a sister, Mary Eliza, who married Edward Kennard and was a sporting novelist as Mrs Edward Kennard
. However this is contradicted by official birth and marriage records.
Political career
Faber was educated at
Yorkshire Post, and Chairman of the London and North Western Railway.[2]
He also served as
Deputy Lieutenant for the West Riding of Yorkshire.[1]
In the
Walter Vavasour Faber
.
Personal life
Faber died in Marylebone, London, on 17 September 1920, aged 73, and is buried in Brompton Cemetery. The grave lies to the east side of the main north approach path and is visible only through a low tunnel in the shrubbery. He is buried with his brother Denison, who died childless, leaving the barony extinct.
References
- ^ a b c FABER', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007
- ^ a b "Election intelligence". The Times. No. 36545. London. 28 August 1901. p. 4.
- ^ "No. 27350". The London Gazette. 30 August 1901. p. 5738.
- ^ "No. 27871". The London Gazette. 5 January 1906. p. 107.
Source
- Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921). Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. London: Dean & Son. p. 359.