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Charles Edward Lord OBE JP
(born 13 January 1972) politician and a leading figure in English local government. He is Chairman of Local Partnerships
LLP and its subsidiary, the Public Private Partnerships Programme (4ps), and an ex-officio member of the Executive and Improvement Board of the Local Government Association
. He has been an elected member of the City of London
Court of Common Council since February 2001, most recently re-elected in March 2009. He is now chairman of the City's Licensing Committee and member of the Policy and Resources Committee. In January 2011 he became a non-executive director of Parkwood Holdings plc and in February 2011 he was appointed chairman of Capital Ambition. He was awarded an OBE for public service in June 2011.
, Lancashire on 13 January 1972, son of Charles Andrew Lord, a leather merchant, and Vivienne Marie Fairbank (now Brittain after remarriage), a teacher. He attended the independent Bury Grammar School
from 1976 to 1990, where he was a prefect, regular lead performer in dramatic productions, a key member of the debating society and Derby House cricket captain (non-playing). He was awarded School Half Colours in his final year in recognition of his five years’ service as scorer to the Cricket 1st XI. He maintains an association with the school by organising the Annual London Old Boys' Dinner and was an Estate Governor from 2004 to 2008.
On leaving school, he attended the University of Essex
, reading Public Policy & Public Management in the Government Department, including Professor Anthony King’s
seminar on comparative executives. Whilst at Essex, he was Chairman of the Students’ Union Council; a student member of University Senate; Chairman of the Conservative and Unionist Association; and Secretary of the Law Society. He also became a Committee Member of the University of Essex Association and a Governor of Sir Charles Lucas School. He graduated from Essex in 1994 and was appointed to the Court of the University in 2011.
& Unionist Association early in 1987, after protesting at the secrecy of the Labour-run Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council’s
budget. He re-formed, and became chairman of, Rochdale Young Conservatives later that year, going on to be elected secretary of the North West Area Young Conservatives in 1990 (becoming senior vice chairman in 1991 and vice-president from 1992–1995). He was a member of the national executive committee of the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations
from 1991 to 1994 and of the Young Conservatives National Advisory Committee from 1991 to 1995, unsuccessfully standing as a YC national vice-chairman in 1995.
In 1994, he became the first Conservative to be elected to the national executive of the National Union of Students for over a decade. Re-elected in 1995, he served as chairman of the Social Policy Committee and took the chair at the NUS national conferences in 1995 and 1996.
He acted as candidate’s aide to John Whittingdale
OBE MP in South Colchester & Maldon in the 1992 General Election and to John Marshall
in Finchley & Golders Green in 1997. In 2002, he was approved for the Conservative parliamentary candidates' list.
In 2003, he joined the Norris for London
campaign as deputy director, working to campaign director Mark MacGregor
.
In November 2003, Michael Howard
succeeded Iain Duncan Smith
as Conservative Party leader, which provoked Lord’s ire, his resignation from the Party and his joining the Liberal Democrats
:
He immediately became a fundraising adviser to the then party treasurer, Reg Clark, becoming deputy party treasurer to Lord Clement-Jones in July 2005. He stepped down from that role when Menzies Campbell
became Leader the following year, Lord having been election agent to failed leadership candidate Mark Oaten
.
He is a supporter of the free market Orange Book wing of the Liberal Democrats and nominated Nick Clegg
to become Party Leader in 2007
. After the 2010 General Election, he became an advocate in favour of the Liberal Democrats' coalition with the Conservatives, speaking in favour of the coalition motion at the party's special conference in Birmingham on 16 May:
In January 2011, he was elected to the Party's powerful Finance and Administration Committee, the operational board which oversees the Headquarters, including staffing, finance, fundraising, membership and compliance.
Court of Common Council for the Ward of Coleman Street
in February 2001 at the age of 29, he was the youngest or second youngest member of the City of London Corporation up until the City's elections in March 2009 when he both translated wards to Farringdon Without
and also supported a number of successful younger candidates.
He is chairman of the City's Licensing Committee and is a member of the senior Policy and Resources Committee as well as the Finance and City Bridge Trust Committees and the Resource Allocation, Efficiency and Performance, Governance and Project Management Sub-Committees. He is also a Governor of the City of London School
and chairman of the Guildhall Club, which provides the Members’ Bar and Dining Room.
He has previously served on the Barbican Residential; Community & Children’s Services; Establishment (HR); Hampstead Heath Management; Libraries, Archives & Guildhall Art Gallery; Planning & Transportation; Police
and Port Health & Environmental Services Committees and the boards of governors of the City of London School for Girls
and the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.
He is a Liveryman of the Fletchers’ Company
and the Broderers’ Company
and a Freeman of the Leathersellers’ Company
and Spectacle Makers’ Company
. He became a Freeman of the City of London in January 2000.
in 2004 as one of its inaugural Deputy Chairmen, he translated roles in 2005 and now serves on the Board ex-officio as Non-Executive Chairman of Local Partnerships
LLP, and its predecessor body, 4ps (the Public Private Partnerships Programme).
Local Partnerships is a joint venture between the Local Government Association and HM Treasury, established in 2009 through the merger of 4ps and Partnerships UK
plc. It is the commercial and efficiency taskforce driving value for money and cost reduction by supporting and accelerating the transformation of public services and public assets in local communities.
As Chairman of Local Partnerships, he is also a member of the Local Government Group's governing National Executive and is a substitute to the LGA's Leadership Board. He served in 2008-09 as Chairman of the 'Getting Closer' Member Task Group overseeing the implementation of the LGA Group Development Strategy and in 2009-10 on the Member Task Group on local government investment and treasury management arrangements.
Throughout his period in the LGA, he has taken a keen interest in diversity and social inclusion and is now the Local Government Group's lead member for equalities and chairs the sounding board overseeing the Local Government Equality Framework.
He is a Member of the LGA Liberal Democrat Group Cabinet and is a former Assistant Whip.
In 2010, Edward was appointed to the board of Capital Ambition, the regional improvement and efficiency partnership for Greater London, and in February 2011 became chairman of a reorganised board, also joining the Leaders' Committee of London Councils as Lead Member for Improvement.
, Otto Schiff Housing Association and British Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
. In 1998, he became development director of Liverpool John Moores University
and from 2000 to 2002 held the same role at the City University London. Since leaving City, he has worked freelance, trading as Edward Lord Consultants, and in interim roles for a number of charities, including a short time as permanent secretary to Imperial College Union
and external relations director at children's charity Coram
. Since April 2007, he has been a consultant to City based executive search specialists, CF Appointments and, since November 2009, as senior advisor to the chairman of the European Azerbaijan Society and deputy chairman of the Society's advisory board.
On 1 January 2011, he became a non-executive director of FTSE quoted Parkwood Holdings plc, a specialist support services group providing outsourced greenspace and leisure management for local authorities and other organisations.
His interest in education and charities extends far beyond work as he has been a trustee, governor or board member of numerous bodies, including: Anne Frank
Trust (UK); British Youth Council
; Central Foundation Schools of London; Christ’s Hospital Foundation; City Parochial Foundation; College of Optometrists
; Holloway School; Pride Trust; Refugee Council
; Sir Charles Lucas School; Sir John Cass’s Foundation School; St Andrew Holborn Charity; and Westminster Challenge.
His other public appointments have included being deputy chairman of the Whittington Hospital
NHS Trust and board member of the College of Optometrists, the Council for the Registration of Forensic Practitioners and London Strategic Housing.
for the City of London
in 2002 and, since 2007, has been sitting in the appellate jurisdiction of the Crown Court at the Old Bailey
and Southwark Crown Court. Inspired by his work as a Justice, Lord was admitted to the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple
as a student member. He began reading part-time for the Graduate Diploma in Law in September 2008 at BPP Law School, but intermitted in July 2009 whilst he took on hands-on leadership of the merger which created Local Partnerships.
councillor on Islington London Borough Council
, from October 2003 to early 2009, with whom he remains a close friend.
Justice of the Peace
A justice of the peace is a puisne judicial officer elected or appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace. Depending on the jurisdiction, they might dispense summary justice or merely deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions...
(born 13 January 1972) politician and a leading figure in English local government. He is Chairman of Local Partnerships
Local Partnerships
Local Partnerships is one of the six bodies that form the Local Government Group overseen by the Local Government Association though, unlike the others, it is jointly owned with HM Treasury...
LLP and its subsidiary, the Public Private Partnerships Programme (4ps), and an ex-officio member of the Executive and Improvement Board of the Local Government Association
Local Government Association
The Local Government Association is a voluntary lobbying organisation acting as the voice of the local government sector in England and Wales, which seeks to be an authoritative and effective advocate on its behalf....
. He has been an elected member of the City of London
City of London
The City of London is a small area within Greater London, England. It is the historic core of London around which the modern conurbation grew and has held city status since time immemorial. The City’s boundaries have remained almost unchanged since the Middle Ages, and it is now only a tiny part of...
Court of Common Council since February 2001, most recently re-elected in March 2009. He is now chairman of the City's Licensing Committee and member of the Policy and Resources Committee. In January 2011 he became a non-executive director of Parkwood Holdings plc and in February 2011 he was appointed chairman of Capital Ambition. He was awarded an OBE for public service in June 2011.
Early life and education
Born near RochdaleRochdale
Rochdale is a large market town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amongst the foothills of the Pennines on the River Roch, north-northwest of Oldham, and north-northeast of the city of Manchester. Rochdale is surrounded by several smaller settlements which together form the Metropolitan...
, Lancashire on 13 January 1972, son of Charles Andrew Lord, a leather merchant, and Vivienne Marie Fairbank (now Brittain after remarriage), a teacher. He attended the independent Bury Grammar School
Bury Grammar School
Bury Grammar School is an independent grammar school in Bury, Greater Manchester, England, that has existed since Kev Cryer was born, c.1570. The current headmaster is the Reverend Steven Harvey MA. The previous headmaster, Keith Richards MA, retired after sixteen years of headmastership on 7...
from 1976 to 1990, where he was a prefect, regular lead performer in dramatic productions, a key member of the debating society and Derby House cricket captain (non-playing). He was awarded School Half Colours in his final year in recognition of his five years’ service as scorer to the Cricket 1st XI. He maintains an association with the school by organising the Annual London Old Boys' Dinner and was an Estate Governor from 2004 to 2008.
On leaving school, he attended the University of Essex
University of Essex
The University of Essex is a British campus university whose original and largest campus is near the town of Colchester, England. Established in 1963 and receiving its Royal Charter in 1965...
, reading Public Policy & Public Management in the Government Department, including Professor Anthony King’s
Anthony King (professor)
Professor Anthony King is a Canadian-born professor of government in the United Kingdom at Essex University, psephologist and commentator....
seminar on comparative executives. Whilst at Essex, he was Chairman of the Students’ Union Council; a student member of University Senate; Chairman of the Conservative and Unionist Association; and Secretary of the Law Society. He also became a Committee Member of the University of Essex Association and a Governor of Sir Charles Lucas School. He graduated from Essex in 1994 and was appointed to the Court of the University in 2011.
Party politics
He joined the Rochdale ConservativeConservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
& Unionist Association early in 1987, after protesting at the secrecy of the Labour-run Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council’s
Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale
The Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in North West England. It is named after its largest town, Rochdale, but spans a far larger area which includes the towns of Middleton, Heywood, Littleborough and Milnrow, and the village of Wardle.The borough was...
budget. He re-formed, and became chairman of, Rochdale Young Conservatives later that year, going on to be elected secretary of the North West Area Young Conservatives in 1990 (becoming senior vice chairman in 1991 and vice-president from 1992–1995). He was a member of the national executive committee of the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations
National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations
The National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations was a federation of the voluntary wing of the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom....
from 1991 to 1994 and of the Young Conservatives National Advisory Committee from 1991 to 1995, unsuccessfully standing as a YC national vice-chairman in 1995.
In 1994, he became the first Conservative to be elected to the national executive of the National Union of Students for over a decade. Re-elected in 1995, he served as chairman of the Social Policy Committee and took the chair at the NUS national conferences in 1995 and 1996.
He acted as candidate’s aide to John Whittingdale
John Whittingdale
John Flasby Lawrance Whittingdale OBE, , is a Conservative politician in the United Kingdom. He has been a Member of Parliament since 1992.-Education:...
OBE MP in South Colchester & Maldon in the 1992 General Election and to John Marshall
John Leslie Marshall
John Leslie Marshall is a British Conservative politician. He was MEP for London North from 1979 to 1989. He lost to Michael Portillo in the selection for the Enfield Southgate byelection in 1984, but was later selected for Hendon South in the London Borough of Barnet and became Member of...
in Finchley & Golders Green in 1997. In 2002, he was approved for the Conservative parliamentary candidates' list.
In 2003, he joined the Norris for London
Steven Norris
Steven John Norris is a British Conservative politician. He was the official Conservative candidate for Mayor of London in 2000 and 2004, losing in both races to Ken Livingstone....
campaign as deputy director, working to campaign director Mark MacGregor
Mark MacGregor
Mark MacGregor is a British Conservative Party politician. As a student, he was Chairman of the Federation of Conservative Students...
.
In November 2003, Michael Howard
Michael Howard
Michael Howard, Baron Howard of Lympne, CH, QC, PC is a British politician, who served as the Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition from November 2003 to December 2005...
succeeded Iain Duncan Smith
Iain Duncan Smith
George Iain Duncan Smith is a British Conservative politician. He is currently the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and was previously leader of the Conservative Party from September 2001 to October 2003...
as Conservative Party leader, which provoked Lord’s ire, his resignation from the Party and his joining the Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrats
The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...
:
- "Despite the removal of Iain Duncan Smith's malign influence, the Conservative Party shows no sign of changing.
- "I can summon no enthusiasm for the leadership of Michael Howard who remains an unreconstructed authoritarian; uncaring, unfeeling and determined to suppress individuals' civil rights to conform to his moral doctrine."
He immediately became a fundraising adviser to the then party treasurer, Reg Clark, becoming deputy party treasurer to Lord Clement-Jones in July 2005. He stepped down from that role when Menzies Campbell
Menzies Campbell
Sir Walter Menzies "Ming" Campbell, CBE, QC, MP is a British Liberal Democrat politician and advocate, and a retired sprinter. He is the Member of Parliament for North East Fife, and was the Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2 March 2006 until 15 October 2007.Campbell held the British record...
became Leader the following year, Lord having been election agent to failed leadership candidate Mark Oaten
Mark Oaten
Mark Oaten is a former British Liberal Democrat politician. He served as the Member of Parliament for Winchester from 1997 to 2010, and was his party's Home Affairs spokesperson from 2003 to 2006...
.
He is a supporter of the free market Orange Book wing of the Liberal Democrats and nominated Nick Clegg
Nick Clegg
Nicholas William Peter "Nick" Clegg is a British Liberal Democrat politician who is currently the Deputy Prime Minister, Lord President of the Council and Minister for Constitutional and Political Reform in the coalition government of which David Cameron is the Prime Minister...
to become Party Leader in 2007
Liberal Democrats leadership election, 2007
The 2007 Liberal Democrats leadership election was held following the resignation of Sir Menzies Campbell as leader on 15 October 2007, after 19 months as leader of the Liberal Democrats, the third-largest political party in the United Kingdom. Vincent Cable, the deputy leader of the parliamentary...
. After the 2010 General Election, he became an advocate in favour of the Liberal Democrats' coalition with the Conservatives, speaking in favour of the coalition motion at the party's special conference in Birmingham on 16 May:
- “I joined our party because of its commitment to a free, fair and open society; because of its belief both in the rights of the individual and the sovereignty of communities; because at its core are fundamental values of liberty and equality....
- Today we stand here, for once not as a party of opposition, not simply as a party of great ideals and great ideas, no longer the lone voice standing up for what is right and equal and just. For today we are a party of Government. But we can only be a party of Government by working with others – a fundamental necessity of how we think society should be run....
- Remember the powerful Liberal voices sitting at the top table arguing our case for a fairer society. The same powerful voices that negotiated this agreement, that will see a fundamental shift in our society, in our politics and in our civil rights. An agreement augmented by Liberal Democrat ministers in virtually every department of State, acting as our Liberal watchdog, implementing our Liberal vision for this country.”
In January 2011, he was elected to the Party's powerful Finance and Administration Committee, the operational board which oversees the Headquarters, including staffing, finance, fundraising, membership and compliance.
City of London
Elected to the City of LondonCity of London
The City of London is a small area within Greater London, England. It is the historic core of London around which the modern conurbation grew and has held city status since time immemorial. The City’s boundaries have remained almost unchanged since the Middle Ages, and it is now only a tiny part of...
Court of Common Council for the Ward of Coleman Street
Coleman Street
Coleman Street is a street and one of the 25 ancient wards in the City of London.- The Ward :Warren Stormes Hale, Lord Mayor of London in 1864, was the Ward’s most notable civic dignitary...
in February 2001 at the age of 29, he was the youngest or second youngest member of the City of London Corporation up until the City's elections in March 2009 when he both translated wards to Farringdon Without
Farringdon Without
Farringdon Without is a Ward in the City of London, England. The Ward covers the western fringes of the City, including the Middle Temple, Inner Temple, Smithfield Market and St Bartholomew's Hospital, as well as the area east of Chancery Lane...
and also supported a number of successful younger candidates.
He is chairman of the City's Licensing Committee and is a member of the senior Policy and Resources Committee as well as the Finance and City Bridge Trust Committees and the Resource Allocation, Efficiency and Performance, Governance and Project Management Sub-Committees. He is also a Governor of the City of London School
City of London School
The City of London School is a boys' independent day school on the banks of the River Thames in the City of London, England. It is the brother school of the City of London School for Girls and the co-educational City of London Freemen's School...
and chairman of the Guildhall Club, which provides the Members’ Bar and Dining Room.
He has previously served on the Barbican Residential; Community & Children’s Services; Establishment (HR); Hampstead Heath Management; Libraries, Archives & Guildhall Art Gallery; Planning & Transportation; Police
City of London Police
The City of London Police is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement within the City of London, England, including the Middle and Inner Temple. The service responsible for law enforcement within the rest of Greater London is the Metropolitan Police Service, a separate...
and Port Health & Environmental Services Committees and the boards of governors of the City of London School for Girls
City of London School for Girls
City of London School for Girls is a girls' independent school located in the City of London, United Kingdom. It is sister school of the City of London School and the City of London Freemen's School .-History:The school was founded by William Ward in 1894...
and the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.
He is a Liveryman of the Fletchers’ Company
Worshipful Company of Fletchers
The Worshipful Company of Fletchers is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London, England. Originally, the Bowyers and Fletchers formed one organisation. However, in 1371, the Fletchers petitioned the Lord Mayor of the City of London to divide into their own Company...
and the Broderers’ Company
Worshipful Company of Broderers
The Worshipful Company of Broderers is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London. Broderers were workers in embroidery; the organization of Broderers existed in at least 1376, and was officially incorporated by a Royal Charter in 1561. As the craft of embroidery has lost its importance as a...
and a Freeman of the Leathersellers’ Company
Worshipful Company of Leathersellers
The Worshipful Company of Leathersellers is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London. The organisation originated in the latter part of the fourteenth century and received a Royal Charter in 1444...
and Spectacle Makers’ Company
Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers
The Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London, UK.The Company was founded by a Royal Charter of Charles I in 1629 AD; it was granted the status of a Livery Company in 1809...
. He became a Freeman of the City of London in January 2000.
Local government
First appointed to the Improvement Board of the Local Government AssociationLocal Government Association
The Local Government Association is a voluntary lobbying organisation acting as the voice of the local government sector in England and Wales, which seeks to be an authoritative and effective advocate on its behalf....
in 2004 as one of its inaugural Deputy Chairmen, he translated roles in 2005 and now serves on the Board ex-officio as Non-Executive Chairman of Local Partnerships
Local Partnerships
Local Partnerships is one of the six bodies that form the Local Government Group overseen by the Local Government Association though, unlike the others, it is jointly owned with HM Treasury...
LLP, and its predecessor body, 4ps (the Public Private Partnerships Programme).
Local Partnerships is a joint venture between the Local Government Association and HM Treasury, established in 2009 through the merger of 4ps and Partnerships UK
Partnerships UK
Parnerships UK was an organisation responsible for furthering public-private partnerships in the United Kingdom.-Origins:In July 1997 a private finance initiative taskforce was established within the Treasury to provide central co-ordination for the roll-out of PFI...
plc. It is the commercial and efficiency taskforce driving value for money and cost reduction by supporting and accelerating the transformation of public services and public assets in local communities.
As Chairman of Local Partnerships, he is also a member of the Local Government Group's governing National Executive and is a substitute to the LGA's Leadership Board. He served in 2008-09 as Chairman of the 'Getting Closer' Member Task Group overseeing the implementation of the LGA Group Development Strategy and in 2009-10 on the Member Task Group on local government investment and treasury management arrangements.
Throughout his period in the LGA, he has taken a keen interest in diversity and social inclusion and is now the Local Government Group's lead member for equalities and chairs the sounding board overseeing the Local Government Equality Framework.
He is a Member of the LGA Liberal Democrat Group Cabinet and is a former Assistant Whip.
In 2010, Edward was appointed to the board of Capital Ambition, the regional improvement and efficiency partnership for Greater London, and in February 2011 became chairman of a reorganised board, also joining the Leaders' Committee of London Councils as Lead Member for Improvement.
Non-political career
His career post graduation mainly centred around public relations and fundraising, working in various roles for the National Playing Fields AssociationNational Playing Fields Association
The National Playing Fields Association , from 2007 rebranded as Fields in Trust , was founded in 1925 and granted a Royal Charter in 1933...
, Otto Schiff Housing Association and British Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem ; ; abbreviated HUJI) is Israel's second-oldest university, after the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. The Hebrew University has three campuses in Jerusalem and one in Rehovot. The world's largest Jewish studies library is located on its Edmond J...
. In 1998, he became development director of Liverpool John Moores University
Liverpool John Moores University
Liverpool John Moores University is a British 'modern' university located in the city of Liverpool, England. The university is named after John Moores and was previously called Liverpool Mechanics' School of Arts and later Liverpool Polytechnic before gaining university status in 1992, thus...
and from 2000 to 2002 held the same role at the City University London. Since leaving City, he has worked freelance, trading as Edward Lord Consultants, and in interim roles for a number of charities, including a short time as permanent secretary to Imperial College Union
Imperial College Union
Imperial College Union is the Students' Union of Imperial College London. It is host to many and varied societies, and has student bars situated around Albertopolis...
and external relations director at children's charity Coram
Thomas Coram Foundation for Children
The Thomas Coram Foundation for Children is a large children's charity in London which uses the working name Coram ....
. Since April 2007, he has been a consultant to City based executive search specialists, CF Appointments and, since November 2009, as senior advisor to the chairman of the European Azerbaijan Society and deputy chairman of the Society's advisory board.
On 1 January 2011, he became a non-executive director of FTSE quoted Parkwood Holdings plc, a specialist support services group providing outsourced greenspace and leisure management for local authorities and other organisations.
His interest in education and charities extends far beyond work as he has been a trustee, governor or board member of numerous bodies, including: Anne Frank
Anne Frank
Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank is one of the most renowned and most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Acknowledged for the quality of her writing, her diary has become one of the world's most widely read books, and has been the basis for several plays and films.Born in the city of Frankfurt...
Trust (UK); British Youth Council
British Youth Council
The British Youth Council is a UK charity working to empower young people to have a say and be heard. Run by young people for young people, BYC exists to represent the views of young people to government and decision-makers at a local, national, European and international level; and to promote the...
; Central Foundation Schools of London; Christ’s Hospital Foundation; City Parochial Foundation; College of Optometrists
College of Optometrists
The College of Optometrists is the professional, scientific and examining body for optometry in the United Kingdom, working for the public benefit.-History:...
; Holloway School; Pride Trust; Refugee Council
Refugee Council
The Refugee Council is the United Kingdom's leading organisation working with refugees and asylum seekers. The organisation provides support and advice to refugees and asylum seekers, as well as support for other refugee and asylum seeker organisations...
; Sir Charles Lucas School; Sir John Cass’s Foundation School; St Andrew Holborn Charity; and Westminster Challenge.
His other public appointments have included being deputy chairman of the Whittington Hospital
Whittington Hospital
The Whittington Hospital is a British hospital in Archway, Islington, London. It is named after Richard Whittington.It is a district general hospital, although it is also a teaching hospital of the UCL Medical School and Middlesex University School of Health and Social Sciences.- History :Although...
NHS Trust and board member of the College of Optometrists, the Council for the Registration of Forensic Practitioners and London Strategic Housing.
Law and Judicial Office
He became a Justice of the PeaceJustice of the Peace
A justice of the peace is a puisne judicial officer elected or appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace. Depending on the jurisdiction, they might dispense summary justice or merely deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions...
for the City of London
City of London
The City of London is a small area within Greater London, England. It is the historic core of London around which the modern conurbation grew and has held city status since time immemorial. The City’s boundaries have remained almost unchanged since the Middle Ages, and it is now only a tiny part of...
in 2002 and, since 2007, has been sitting in the appellate jurisdiction of the Crown Court at the Old Bailey
Old Bailey
The Central Criminal Court in England and Wales, commonly known as the Old Bailey from the street in which it stands, is a court building in central London, one of a number of buildings housing the Crown Court...
and Southwark Crown Court. Inspired by his work as a Justice, Lord was admitted to the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple
Middle Temple
The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, commonly known as Middle Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court exclusively entitled to call their members to the English Bar as barristers; the others being the Inner Temple, Gray's Inn and Lincoln's Inn...
as a student member. He began reading part-time for the Graduate Diploma in Law in September 2008 at BPP Law School, but intermitted in July 2009 whilst he took on hands-on leadership of the merger which created Local Partnerships.
Personal life
Edward was in a relationship with Laura Willoughby MBE, a former Liberal DemocratLiberal Democrats
The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...
councillor on Islington London Borough Council
Islington London Borough Council
Islington London Borough Council is the local authority for the London Borough of Islington in Greater London, England. It is a London borough council, one of 32 in the United Kingdom capital of London. Islington is divided into 16 wards, each electing three councillors...
, from October 2003 to early 2009, with whom he remains a close friend.