British journalist, newspaper owner, MP and philanthropist
John Passmore Edwards
Portrait of John Passmore Edwards by George Frederic Watts, 1894
Born
(1823-03-24)24 March 1823
Blackwater, Cornwall, England
Died
22 April 1911(1911-04-22) (aged 88)
Hampstead, London
Occupation(s)
journalist and philanthropist
John Passmore Edwards (24 March 1823 – 22 April 1911)[1][2] was a British journalist, newspaper owner, and philanthropist who briefly served as a Member of Parliament.
^ODNB article by A. J. A. Morris, 'Edwards, John Passmore (1823–1911)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, May 2006 [1], accessed 15 November 2007.
^"EDWARDS, John Passmore". Who's Who. Vol. 59. 1907. p. 541.
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