Edward Hermon

Who was Edward Hermon?

Edward Hermon was a British cotton magnate and Conservative Party politician.

At the 1868 general election he was elected on his first attempt a Member of Parliament for the two-seat constituency of Preston in Lancashire. He was re-elected in the 1874 and in 1880 general elections, and held the seat until he died in office in 1881, aged 59. The resulting by-election in Preston was held on 23 May 1881, and won by the Conservative candidate William Ecroyd.

Hermon's last recorded contribution to debates in the House of Commons was eight days before his death, on 28 April 1881, when he asked Prime Minister Gladstone a sceptical question about the proposed commercial treaty with France.