Sir Edward Phillip Solomon KCMG (1845 – 20 November 1914) was a successful lawyer and politician of the Transvaal Colony and the Union of South Africa.

He was involved in politics from early on, strongly identifying with the cause of the "Uitlanders" (English resident in the Boer republics).

He even became a prominent member of the Reform Committee which sponsored the Jameson Raid in 1895, which led to his brief imprisonment in Pretoria.

[citation needed] Solomon was a member of a large and influential Cape family, of St Helenan Jewish descent.

[6][7] With his brother Richard successfully negotiating with the Het Volk Party led by Louis Botha and Jan Smuts, to have a coalition cabinet despite the Het Volk majority in the Legislative Assembly, Solomon was subsequently appointed to the first Transvaal Cabinet by Prime Minister Louis Botha as Minister of Public Works.