Edward Cadogan (politician)

Sir Edward Cecil George Cadogan, KBE, CB (15 November 1880 – 13 September 1962) was a British, Conservative politician.

Sir Edward Cecil George Cadogan KBE, CB
Member of Parliament for Reading
In office 1922–1923
Preceded by	Leslie Wilson
Succeeded by	Somerville Hastings
Member of Parliament for Finchley
In office 1924–1935
Preceded by	Thomas Robertson
Succeeded by	Sir John Crowder
Member of Parliament for Bolton
In office 1940–1945 Serving with Sir Cyril Entwistle
Preceded by	Sir John Haslam Sir Cyril Entwistle
Succeeded by	John Jones John Lewis
Personal details
Born	(1880-11-15)15 November 1880
Died	13 September 1962(1962-09-13) (aged 81)
Political party	Conservative
Parents	5th Earl Cadogan (father) Beatrix Craven (mother)
Relatives	Henry Cadogan (brother) Gerald Cadogan (brother) William Cadogan (brother) Alexander Cadogan (brother) William Brownlow (brother-in-law) Samuel Scott (brother-in-law) 2nd Earl Craven (maternal grandfather)
Education	Eton College
Alma mater	Balliol College, Oxford
Military career
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army Royal Air Force
Years of service	1914-1918 1939-1945
Rank	Major
Unit	Suffolk Yeomanry
Battles / wars	World War I World War II

Cadogan was a younger son of the 5th Earl Cadogan and his wife, Beatrix, a daughter of the 2nd Earl Craven. He was educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford before training as a barrister.

From 1911 to 1921, he was Secretary to the Speaker of the House of Commons, James Lowther and also fought in World War I as a Major in the Suffolk Yeomanry. Lowther retired in 1921 and Cadogan was awarded the CB that year. A year later, he entered the Commons as Member of Parliament (MP) for Reading in 1922. He subsequently represented the seats of Finchley and Bolton and was a member of the Indian Statutory Commission from 1927 to 1930.

Cadogan was interested in penal reform, and particularly in the problems of young offenders. He chaired a committee which unanimously recommended abolishing the sentence of whipping (except in prisons), a provision adopted by Home Secretary James Chuter Ede in the Criminal Justice Act 1948. He was knighted in 1939 and fought with the RAF during World War II. He died unmarried and childless in 1962.

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

• Works by or about Edward Cadogan at the Internet Archive
• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Edward Cadogan