Edward Albert Lessing OBE (28 July 1890 – 25 August 1964) was a British corn trader, Liberal Party politician and an early authority on Soviet Russia.
[1] He was born in Mayfair, London the son of Albert and Augusta Lessing.
The last Liberal candidate to win here was Edward Strauss who was Lessing's uncle.
It therefore came as a bit of a surprise when Lessing lost by only 540 votes to the sitting Member of Parliament (MP) Arthur Loyd; At the 1923 general election he won, with a majority of 254 votes over Ralph Glyn, Lloyd's successor as Unionist candidate.
In parliament, the Liberal Party relied on Lessing's expertise on Soviet Russia.