E A Cornwall

Born 30 June 1863, died27 February 1953

Vice Chairman London County Council, 1903-5 Chairman LCC. 1905-6.

Coal merchant. 1900 first mayor of Metropolitan Borough of Fulham, having been on the preceding vestry. 1892 elected to LCC for Progressive Party. Chairman LCC of Parliamentary Committee of the council: led efforts to clear slums between Holborn and Strand – which led to the development of Aldwych and Kingsway. 1906 elected Liberal MP for Bethnal Green North East, holding various offices. Member of the Port of London Authority. Involved with the Maternity and Child Welfare Bill. 1917-18 prisoner of war.

Articles in Wikipedia, Kelly’s.