Edward John Hutchins (27 December 1809 in Briton Ferry, Glamorganshire – 11 February 1876 in Hastings) was a Liberal MP, railway director and Freemason.
[3] At the 1841 general election, he unsuccessfully contested Southampton; and although his opponents were subsequently unseated on petition, he did not obtain the seat.
After Cambridge, Hutchins joined his uncle, Sir John Josiah Guest, running the family business, the Dowlais Iron Works.
[8][9] On 10 October 1838, in Baltimore, Maryland he married Isabel Clara,[10] daughter of the Chevalier Don Juan de Bernaben, of Alicante, in Spain, who survived him.
He was Provincial Grand Master of South Wales from 1848 to 1856 [6] He died after a lingering illness in Hastings.