James Edmondson, 1st Baron Sandford

Albert James Edmondson, 1st Baron Sandford DL (29 June 1887 – 16 May 1959), was a British Conservative Party politician. He was the oldest son of James Edmondson, the north London property developer.^[1]

At the 1922 general election, he was elected to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament (MP) for Banbury. He was knighted in the 1934 Birthday Honours by King George V. From 1939 to 1942, he served as a government whip, with the title of Vice-Chamberlain of the Household. He held his parliamentary seat until he stepped down at the 1945 general election. He was elevated to the peerage as Baron Sandford, of Banbury in the County of Oxford on 14 July 1945.^[2]

Edmondson was a member of the anti-semite Right Club.^[3] He died in Westminster aged 71.

Arms[edit]

Coat of arms of James Edmondson, 1st Baron Sandford
Crest In front of a portcullis Or a dexter arm embowed in armour fesswise the hand clenched Proper. Escutcheon Azure a cross couped and pointed between in chief two lions combatant and in base as many swans' wings elevated and addorsed respectant all Or. Supporters On either side a pikeman of the Honourable Artillery Company armed and accoutred supporting with the exterior hand a pike erect Proper the dexter charged with a portcullis chained Or and the sinister with an oak tree eradicated and fructed also Proper the trunk pierced by three arrows Or flighted Azure (the badge of the Edmonson family). Motto Cuicunque Ferienti Aperietur^[4]

References[edit]

^ Recent Plaques. London Borough of Islington, 22 March 2015. Archived at WaybackMachine. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
^ "No. 37193". The London Gazette. 24 July 1945. p. 3835.
^ Lashmar, Paul. Secrets of the Red Book: The Who's Who of British Nazis Exposed, The Independent, 9 Jan 2000.
^ Burke's Peerage. 1956.

External links[edit]

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Albert Edmondson

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir Rhys Rhys-Williams	Member of Parliament for Banbury 1922–1945	Succeeded by Douglas Dodds-Parker
Political offices
Preceded by Robert Grimston	Vice-Chamberlain of the Household 1939–1942	Succeeded by William Whytehead Boulton
Preceded by Robert Grimston	Treasurer of the Household 1942–1945	Succeeded by George Mathers
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Baron Sandford 1945–1959	Succeeded by John Cyril Edmondson

[plaques-1] Recent Plaques. London Borough of Islington, 22 March 2015. Archived at WaybackMachine. Retrieved 28 December 2016.

[2] "No. 37193". The London Gazette. 24 July 1945. p. 3835.

[3] Lashmar, Paul. Secrets of the Red Book: The Who's Who of British Nazis Exposed, The Independent, 9 Jan 2000.

[4] Burke's Peerage. 1956.

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