Edwin Hardwick Moore (6 October 1910 in

Sutton Coldfield Sutton Coldfield or the Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield ( ), is a town and civil parish in the city of Birmingham, West Midlands County, West Midlands, England. The town lies around 8 miles northeast of Birmingham city centre, 9 miles south of L ...

– 2004) was a British businessman and High Sheriff of the West Midlands for 1975–76. He was the son of E. E. Moore and was educated at

Repton School Repton School is a 13–18 co-educational, private, boarding and day school in the public school tradition, in Repton, Derbyshire, England. Sir John Port of Etwall, on his death in 1557, left funds to create a grammar school which was th ...

and

Christ's College, Cambridge Christ's College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. The college includes the Master, the Fellows of the College, and about 450 undergraduate and 250 graduate students. The c ...

. In 1938, he married Phyllis Mary Underwood, having been recently appointed managing director of Alfred Adams and Co. Ltd., of

West Bromwich West Bromwich ( ), commonly known as West Brom, is a market town in the borough of Sandwell, in the county of the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. Historic counties of England, Historically part of Staffordshire, it is northwes ...

. Previously to that he had spent four years (1933–37) as a farmer. In 1944, he was promoted from managing director to chairman of the board, a post he retained until 1980. He was a member of

Warwickshire County Council Warwickshire County Council is the county council that governs the non-metropolitan county of Warwickshire in England. Its headquarters are at Shire Hall in the centre of Warwick, the county town. The council's principal functions are county ro ...

from 1959 to 1967 and then

alderman An alderman is a member of a Municipal government, municipal assembly or council in many jurisdictions founded upon English law with similar officials existing in the Netherlands (wethouder) and Belgium (schepen). The term may be titular, denotin ...

from 1967 until the post was abolished by the local government re-organisations of 1974. Throughout his tenure as alderman, he was also chairman of the council planning committee. He was a member of the

Severn River Authority The Severn River Authority was one of 27 river authorities created by the Water Resources Act 1963 (1963 C. 38). It took over the powers of the existing Severn River Board and was given additional duties to monitor water quality and protect wat ...

from 1965 to 1974 (Vice Chairman from 1970 to 1974). He served as High Sheriff of the West Midlands for 1975–76.

References

*''Birmingham Post and Mail Year Book and Who's Who, 1982-83'', Birmingham Post and Mail Ltd., 1982 1910 births 2004 deaths People educated at Repton School Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge High sheriffs of the West Midlands {{UK-business-bio-1910s-stub