Edward William Wynne Pendarves
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Edward William Wynne Pendarves (1775 – 26 June 1853) was Member of Parliament
(MP) for West Cornwall
from the creation of the Constituency on 19 December 1832 until the year of his death.
He was on the Committee of Management of the South Western Railway in 1836. He was one of the proprietors of the University of London
, who requisitioned a special general meeting in 1831, to appoint a Select Committee to investigate the lack of progress with the project.
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MP) for West Cornwall
West Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency)
West Cornwall was a county constituency in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected two Members of Parliament by the bloc vote system of election.- Boundaries :...
from the creation of the Constituency on 19 December 1832 until the year of his death.
He was on the Committee of Management of the South Western Railway in 1836. He was one of the proprietors of the University of London
University of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
, who requisitioned a special general meeting in 1831, to appoint a Select Committee to investigate the lack of progress with the project.