Edmund Bartley-Denniss was a pioneer of the sport of cycling in Britain.
17 Facts About Edmund Bartley-Denniss
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Edmund Bartley-Denniss was elected Member of Parliament for Oldham at the Oldham by-election in 1911, and held the seat until he stood down at the 1922 general election.
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Edmund Bartley-Denniss was knighted in April 1922, having changed his surname by deed poll on 4 January 1922 from Denniss to Bartley-Denniss.
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Edmund Bartley-Denniss was appointed King's Counsel on 25 October 1922.
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Edmund Bartley-Denniss was elected Scholar in Natural Science at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and compiled later in life Flora of Middlesex.
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Edmund Bartley-Denniss was a keen athlete at university, running the 100 yds.
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Edmund Bartley-Denniss was a pioneer of British cycling, being an original member of the Dark Blue Bicycle Club at Oxford.
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Edmund Bartley-Denniss was a Freeman of the City of London, a member of the London Court of Arbitration and of the London Chamber of Commerce and of the Chambers of Commerce of Oldham and Uxbridge.
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Edmund Bartley-Denniss was a member of Middlesex County Council, representing Harrow-on-the-Hill.
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Edmund Bartley-Denniss spoke in many debates, especially those concerned with the Lancashire cotton industry.
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Edmund Bartley-Denniss was a member of the Commercial Committee of the House and of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.
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Edmund Bartley-Denniss retained the seat of Oldham until he stood down at the 1922 general election.
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Edmund Bartley-Denniss was Treasurer of the Air League of the British Empire, and a member of the Carlton, Conservative, 1900, Cecil, Unionist and Yorick Clubs.
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Edmund Bartley-Denniss was a Vice-President of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys, a Life Governor of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls, and the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution and Vice-President of the Fund of Benevolence of the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons.
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Edmund Bartley-Denniss was a Past Provincial Third Grand Principal of Middlesex, and in 1902 was appointed Past Grand Standard Bearer of England, being promoted to the rank of Past Assistant Grand Sojourner in 1912.
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Edmund Bartley-Denniss had 8 children, 3 daughters and 5 sons, 3 of whom were killed in action:.
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Edmund Bartley-Denniss was author of Index to Penfold's MS Sussex Pedigrees.