Edward William Wynne Pendarves
- Edward William Wynne Pendarves
Edward William Wynne Pendarves (1775 – 26 June 1853) was Member of Parliament (MP) for West Cornwall from the creation of the Constituency on 19 December 1832 until the year of his death. [cite web |url=http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/ccommons6.htm |title=House of Commons constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6) |work=Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages |accessdate=2008-03-08]
He was on the Committee of Management of the South Western Railway (UK) in 1836. ["The Times", Wednesday, 11 May 1836; page 2; Issue 16100; col A, Advertisement for prospectus for the South Western Railway.] He was one of the proprietors of the University of London, who requisitioned a special general meeting in 1831, to appoint a Select Committee to investigate the lack of progress with the project. ["The Times", Saturday, 18 June 1831; page 3; Issue 14568; col E: Advertisement for the meeting of Proprietors of the University of London on 2 July 1831]
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[http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/CORNISH-GEN/2005-07/1121417835 "West Briton" obituary, Friday 1st July, 1853.]
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