Edward Pryse | |
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| Member of Parliament for Cardigan Boroughs | |
| In office 27 March 1857 – 26 November 1868 | |
| Preceded by | John Lloyd Davies |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Lloyd |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 June 1817 |
| Died | 29 May 1888 (aged 70) Peithyll, Ceredigion |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Parent(s) | Pryse Pryse Jane Cavallier |
| Alma mater | Eton College |
Colonel Edward Lewis Pryse (27 June 1817 – 29 May 1888)[1] was a British Liberal politician.[2]
Pryse entered the military in 1836, before becoming captain of the Carabiniers (6th Dragoon Guards), and retiring in 1846. From 1857 to 1888, he was Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire,[2] and from 27 May 1865 he was Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant of the county militia regiment, the Royal Cardigan Rifles. On his retirement in 1877 he became Honorary Colonel of its successor unit, the Royal Cardigan Artillery.[3]
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 2)
- ^ a b Williams, William Retlaw (1895). The Parliamentary History of the Principality of Wales. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
- ^ Bryn Owen, History of the Welsh Militia and Volunteer Corps 1757–1908: Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and Cardiganshire, Part 1: Regiments of Militia, Wrexham: Bridge Books, 1995, ISBN 1-872424-51-1, pp. 95, 108–9.