Edward Smallwood

Edward Smallwood (1861 – 26 February 1939) was an English coal merchant and Liberal Party politician.

They had two sons who died in World War One (as noted on their gravestone in Abney Park cemetery in Stoke Newington) and one daughter.

[4] Smallwood contested the 1918 general election in Islington East as an independent Asquithian Liberal but was opposed by four other candidates.

[5] Raper was the Conservative candidate and had been awarded the Coalition Coupon and he took the seat by a majority of 3,384 votes and nearly 50% of the poll.

To support his political career, Smallwood had undertaken charitable and social work in London.