William Edwardes, 4th Baron Kensington
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The Right Honourable The Lord Kensington PC |
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"A Whip". Caricature of Lord Kensington by Spy published in Vanity Fair in 1878.
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| Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard | |
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In office 25 August 1892 – 21 June 1895 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister |
William Ewart Gladstone The Earl of Rosebery |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Limerick |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Limerick |
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| Born | 11 May 1835 |
| Died | 7 October 1896 (aged 61) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Grace Johnstone-Douglas (d. 1910) |
William Edwardes, 4th Baron Kensington PC (11 May 1835 – 7 October 1896), also 1st Baron Kensington in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, styled The Honourable William Edwardes between 1852 and 1872, was a British landowner and Liberal politician. He notably served as Comptroller of the Household from 1880 to 1885 and as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard from 1892 to 1895.
Edwardes was the eldest son of Captain William Edwardes, 3rd Baron Kensington, by his wife Laura Jane Ellison, daughter of Cuthbert Ellison, of Hebburn Hall, Hebburn, County Durham.
Edwardes was elected to the House of Commons for Haverfordwest in 1868, a seat he held until 1885. In 1872 he succeeded his father as fourth Baron Kensington but as this was an Irish peerage it did not entitle him to a seat in the House of Lords and he was able to remain a member of the House of Commons. When the Liberals came to power in 1880 under William Ewart Gladstone, Kensington was admitted to the Privy Council and appointed Comptroller of the Household (government whip in the House of Commons), a post he held until the government fell in 1885.
Following the abolition of his Haverfordwest constituency in 1885, Kensington sought election for Hornsey, but was unsuccessful.
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