Colonel Sir Edwin King Perkins,

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, VD (28 February 1855 – 8 January 1937) was a British Conservative Party politician. Perkins was an officer in the

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, serving in the

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where he was lieutenant-colonel in command of the 2nd volunteer battalion, and held the honorary rank of

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. He resigned his commission with the Hampshire regiment on 3 December 1902, and received the

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(VD) for his service. He was also appointed a

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in the

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on 29 June 1887, from which he resigned on 22 November 1902. At the 1918 general election, he unsuccessfully contested the two-seat

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constituency, when both seats were won by

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. At the 1922 general election, when the

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had been dissolved, Perkins and the other Conservative candidate Lord Apsley won both seats, defeating the Liberal incumbents. They held the seats until the 1929 general election, which neither Perkins nor Apsley contested. Perkins was

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in the

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on 12 July 1929, for political and public services.

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* 1855 births 1937 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1922–1923 UK MPs 1923–1924 UK MPs 1924–1929 Knights Bachelor Commanders of the Order of the British Empire British Army colonels Royal Hampshire Regiment officers Royal Hampshire Regiment soldiers Volunteer Force officers 19th-century British Army personnel {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1850s-stub