Edward Hermon (2 April 1822 – 6 May 1881)[1] was a British cotton magnate[2] and Conservative Party politician.
[1] The resulting by-election in Preston was held on 23 May 1881, and won by the Conservative candidate William Ecroyd.
[3] Hermon's last recorded contribution to debates in the House of Commons was eight days before his death, aged 59, on 28 April 1881, when he asked Prime Minister Gladstone a sceptical question about the proposed commercial treaty with France.
After being made a baronet in 1902, Hodge changed his surname to Hermon-Hodge in honour of his wife's family, and was later ennobled as Baron Wyfold.
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