Edmund Mills Hann
| Hann, Edmund Mills | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1850 |
| Died | 1931 |
| Nationality | British |
| Citizenship | British |
| Engineering career | |
Edmund Mills Hann (1850 – 1931) was a Welsh prominent figure in the industrial life of South Wales, and a leading coal owner during the industrial struggles of the 1920s.
He was active in local politics in the Aberdare area and an inaugural member of the Aberdare Urban District Council in 1894.
In 1889, Hann unsuccessfully sought election as a Conservative to the Glamorgan County Council but was defeated by a Liberal tradesman, T.P. White. The result was regarded with surprise in some quarters and when White was elevated to the aldermanic bench it was felt locally that Hann would be successful in the subsequent by-election. However, Hann was again defeated by a different Liberal candidate, Thomas Davies. Hann thereafter recognised that gaining seat on the County Council in a strongly Liberal township such as Aberaman was beyond him.
More locally, however, Hann was more successful. When the Aberdare Urban District Council was established in 1894, Hann had the highest poll in the Aberaman ward and was duly elected as one of the three ward councillors. He remained a member for over a decade. In 1896 he became High-Constable of Aberdare. He was elected the first president of Aberdare General Hospital.
Hann's mining apprenticeship was served in County Durham. He was elected a member of the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers on 5 September 1868. He was then described as a Graduate member located at "Hetton Colliery, Fencehouses". There are Hann's buried in the nearly Hillside Cemetery of Houghton-Le-Spring. His route to South Wales was via Sir George Elliot, 1st Baronet.
Hann was deeply engaged in the mining life of South Wales as his membership entry in the South Wales Institute of Engineers shows. He was the president of this institute 1903-1905, and a Gold Medallist of the institute in 1908. He had first joined this institute in 1878. The Gold Medal paper was entitled A Recent plant for the Utilisation of Small Coal, this was only the second Gold Medal awarded by the institute. He was a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers.
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