Edward Alfred Goulding (1862 - 1936)

Born 5 Nov 1862 in Cork, County Cork, Ireland

Died 17 Jul 1936 at age 73 in Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Biography

Edward was born in 1862, son of William Goulding by his second wife Maria Heath Manders.

Edward entered St Johns College, Cambridge in 1882.^[1]

Edward served as a Member of Parliament from 1895. He was created a Baronet (of Wargrave Hall in the County of Berks) in 1915. He was subsequently ennobled as Baron Wargrave and sat in the House of Lords.

He passed away in 1936. Being childless when he died he was both the first and last Baron Wargrave. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900"
   Ancestry uk Record 3997 #118498 (accessed 2 May 2022)
   Name: Edward Alfred. Goulding; College: ST JOHN'S; Entered: Michs. 1882; Died: 17 Jul 1936; More Information:
   Adm. pens. at ST JOHN'S, June 3, 1882. [2nd] s. of William, druggist, [of Cork, and Maria Heath Manders]. B. there, Nov. 5, 1862. School, Clifton College.
   Matric. Michs. 1882; B.A. 1885; M.A. 1889. President of the Union, 1885.
   Adm. at the Inner Temple, May 17, 1884. Called to the Bar, June 22, 1887. On the Midland Circuit. M.P. for Devizes, 1895-1906; for Worcester, 1908-22. Of Wargrave Hall, Berks. Created Baronet, June 25, 1915. P.C., 1918. Created Peer, with the title of Baron Wargrave, Nov. 22, 1922. J.P. for London, Berks. and Oxon. D.L., Co. Cork. Chairman of the Central London Distribution Committee Ltd., and of Messrs Rolls-Royce Ltd. One of the most active organizers of Joseph Chamberlain's tariff reform movement, being from 1904 to 1912 chairman of the Tariff Reform League organization department. Died unmarried July 17, 1936, at Shiplake Court, Henley-on-Thames, when the title became extinct. Brother of the next. (Clifton Coll. Reg.; Law Lists; Burke, P. and B., 1940; The Times, July 18, 1936; Who's Who.).
2. ↑ Death Registration: "England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007"
   General Register Office; United Kingdom; Volume: 3a; Page: 1094
   Ancestry uk Record 7579 #28727806 (accessed 2 May 2022)
   Baron Wargrave Edward A Goulding death Jul-Aug-Sep 1936 in Henley (age 73) volume 3a page 1094.

See also:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Goulding,_1st_Baron_Wargrave