Edmund Widdrington Byrne

Sir Edmund Widdrington Byrne (30 June 1844 – 4 April 1904) was a British judge and Conservative Party politician.

He was educated at King's College London and was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1867.

[1][2] He established a conveyancing and equity practice, and "took silk" to become a Queen's Counsel in 1888, and attached himself to the court of Mr Justice Chitty.

[1][2] In 1892 he was selected to contest the South Western or Walthamstow Division of Essex as the candidate of the Conservative Party.

[6] He continued to sit at the High Court until shortly before his death at age 59 at his London home, 33 Lancaster Gate, from acute bronchitis and pneumonia.