Edward Baldwin, 4th Earl Baldwin of Bewdley

Edward Alfred Alexander Baldwin, 4th Earl Baldwin of Bewdley (born 3 January 1938) is a British educator and Crossbench elected hereditary peer in the House of Lords.^[1]

Lord Baldwin of Bewdley was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he studied modern languages and law. Before entering Trinity he served from 1956 until 1958 in the armed forces. Between 1970 and 1987 he served in a variety of education positions, lastly as education officer for Oxfordshire (1980-1987).

His grandfather was Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, three-time Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.^[2] His paternal grandmother was Lucy Baldwin. In 1970 he married the late Sarah James (d. 2001), with whom he had three sons:

1. Hon Benedict Alexander Stanley Baldwin, styled Viscount Corvedale (b. 28 Dec 1973)
2. Hon James Conrad Baldwin (b. 13 Mar 1976)
3. Hon Mark Thomas Maitland Baldwin (b. 24 Jul 1980)^[3]

Works

• Philip Williamson, Edward Baldwin, eds. (2004). Baldwin Papers: A Conservative Statesman, 1908-1947. University of Durham. ISBN 978-0-521-58080-9.

Arms

Arms of Edward Baldwin, 4th Earl Baldwin of Bewdley

Coronet A Coronet of an Earl Crest A Cockatrice sejant wings addorsed Argent combed wattled and beaked Or gorged with a Crown Vallary lined and reflexed over the back Gold and charged on the shoulder with a Rose Gules barbed and seeded proper Escutcheon Argent on a Saltire Sable a Quatrefoil Or Supporters On either side a White Owl proper, that on the sinister holding in the beak a Sprig of Broom also proper Motto Per Deum Meum Transilio Murum (With the help of my God I leap over the wall)

References

1. Lundy, Darryl. "Person Page 6583". Thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
2. http://www.cambridge.org/us/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=978-0-521-58080-9&ss=fro
3. "Baldwin of Bewdley, Earl (UK, 1937)". Cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-05-09.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl Baldwin of Bewdley