James Edgell

James Edgell (1845-3 April 1932) was a solicitor and local politician in Teddington, Middlesex.

Born in Suffolk, he was the second son of the Rev. William Charles Edgell, Rector of Uggeshall with Sotherton and Elizabeth née Blandy.

He was admitted as a solicitor in 1867 and in 1872 he married Mary Beatrice Janner, daughter of the Bishop of Dunedin, New Zealand.

He moved to Teddington on the boundaries of Middlesex and Surrey, and worked as clerk to the Kingston Board of Guardians and Surrey County Council and Superintendent Registrar for Kingston Registration District.

He became involved in local politics as a member of Teddington Urban District Council, of which he was chairman on several occasions. He also represented Teddington on Middlesex County Council from 1892-1904. He was Master of the Worshipful Company of Playing Card Makers.

He retired in 1909 and moved to Norfolk where he died aged 87. He was buried in Uggeshall churchyard.