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Edward Hare Pickersgill (1850-13 October 1911) was a barrister and Liberal Party politician.

Born in York, he was the son of Thomas Pickersgill and Anne née Hare. He moved to London and was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1884.

He was Liberal Party member of parliament for Bethnal Green South West from 1885-1900 and 1906 until shortly before his death. He also sat as a Progressive Party member of the London County Council representing Hackney Central from 1892-95.

In 1907 he married Elizabeth Zimmerman in Kennington in August 1907. She died in October 1910 and he died a year later of pneumonia, aged 61. He was buried at Putney Vale Cemetery.


References[]

Article in Wikipedia [1], and obituary in The Times 14 October 1911 p 9

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