Albert Edward Martin (1876 – 26 July 1936) was an English merchant and Liberal Party, later Conservative politician.
[2] According to the brief obituary in The Times newspaper, Martin was aged 59 years when he died, which supports the report of his date of birth as 1876.
[4] He was also a member of the Territorial Army, rising to the rank of Honorary Colonel of the 52nd Anti-Aircraft Brigade, (T.A) and he was responsible for raising the 156th Battery.
[6] Martin's years of working with the Conservatives in Parliament and presumably at a local level, must have played a part in his decision in 1923 to leave the Liberals and join the Tories.
In the event the potential difficulties never presented themselves as Martin withdrew from the fray on the grounds that his health had broken down.