Edmund Henry Gilpin (4 February 1876 – 24 July 1950), known as Harry Gilpin, was a British politician and company director.
His elder sister, Eva Gilpin, was an educationalist who founded a novel school.
He was given a Quaker education at Ackworth School where there was learning tracts and the art classes concentrated on the means of production.
[3] In 1920, Gilpin led the merger of the company to form Baker Perkins Ltd.[3] He also became active in the Liberal Party, standing unsuccessfully for the party in Finsbury at the 1922 general election.
[3] Although he never stood for Parliament again, he remained politically active, taking part in the Liberal Industrial Inquiry, and later serving on a committee of the Board of Trade.