18 Aug 2023                   
                Wife: Fanny Spence Pugh    
                Born: 17 Sep 1886            1
             Resided: 1939 - 1977          at Pentlowe, 270 Hills Road, Trumpington  1,2,3
                Died: 1977                 in Cambridge  4 (see note 1)
              Father:
              Mother:
             Husband: William Edwards     
             Married: 1931                 in Montgomeryshire  5 (see note 2)
                Born: 15 Jul 1874          in Essex  6,5 (see note 3)
           Education:                      Pembroke College, Cambridge  6 (see note 4)
              Census: 1911                 in Yorkshire   (see note 5)
          Occupation: 1911                 Headmaster, Heath Grammar School, Halifax  
          Occupation:                      Headmaster: Bradford Grammar School  1,6
             Resided: 1939 - 1969          at Pentlowe, 270 Hills Road, Trumpington  1,7,8,3
                Died: 1969                 in Cambridge  4 (see note 6)
              Father:
              Mother:
          Media link: http://www.crossleyheath.org.uk/school-information/school-history/william-edwards/
          Media desc: Brief biography

Sources:
(1) 1939 Register. 
(2) Probate record. 
(3) Electoral Register. 
(4) Index on ancestry.co.uk. 
(5) FreeBMD website. 
(6) Alumni Cantabrigienses. 
(7) Spalding's Directory (Kelly's after WW2) 
(8) Kelly's Directories. 


Event Notes
Note (1) Mar 1977 Cambridge 9 0782   born 17 Sep 1886
Note (2) Sep 1931 Forden 11b 268
Note (3) Sep 1874 Epping 4a 132
Note (4) Name: 	William . Edwards
College: 	PEMBROKE
Entered: 	Michs. 1893
BORN: 	15 Jul 1874
More Information: 	Adm. at PEMBROKE, Oct. 1893. [2nd] s. of James [Inland
Revenue Officer], of 18, Fulham Road, Sparkhill, Birmingham. B. July 15, 1874,
at Harlow, Essex. School, King Edward's, Birmingham. Matric. Michs. 1893;
(Class. Trip., Pt I, 1st Class, 1896; Pt II, 1st Class, 1897); B.A. 1896; M.A.
1901. Assistant Master at King William's College, Isle of Man, 1897-1900; at
Bradford Grammar School, 1900-8. Head Master, Heath Grammar School, Halifax,
1909-16; of Bradford Grammar School, 1916-36. Hon. Litt.D. Leeds. President,
Incorporated Association of Headmasters, 1929. Of Pentlowe, 270, Hills Road,
Cambridge, in 1941. (Who's Who, 1941; Schoolmasters' Directories.)
Note (5) Age 36, born Harlow, single.  Headmaster, Heath Grammar School,
Halifax
Note (6) Mar 1969 Cambridge 4a 271   age 94

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