Edward William Wynne Pendarves (6 April 1775 – 26 June 1853) was an English politician. Born Edward William Stackhouse, he was son of John Stackhouse and his wife Susanna Acton. He served as

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members o ...

(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 The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in post-nominals) is a federal public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom. The university was established by royal charter in 1836 as a degree ...

, who requisitioned a special general meeting in 1831, to appoint a Select Committee to investigate the lack of progress with the project.''The Times'', Saturday, 18 June 1831; page 3; Issue 14568; col E: Advertisement for the meeting of Proprietors of the University of London on 2 July 1831 He was appointed Deputy- Warden of the Stannaries in 1852. His memorial is in St Martin and St Meriadoc’s Church, Camborne designed by

Edward Hodges Baily Edward Hodges Baily (10 March 1788 – 22 May 1867; sometimes misspelled ''Bailey'') was a prolific English sculptor responsible for numerous public monuments, portrait busts, statues and exhibition pieces as well as works in silver. He carved ...

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''West Briton'' obituary, Friday 1 July 1853.
1775 births 1853 deaths Politicians from Cornwall Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Cornwall Fellows of the Royal Society UK MPs 1832–1835 UK MPs 1835–1837 UK MPs 1837–1841 UK MPs 1841–1847 UK MPs 1847–1852 UK MPs 1852–1857 {{England-UK-MP-stub