Sir Edmund Hoyle Vestey, 1st Baronet (3 February 1866 – 18 November 1953) was an English food producer and importer and shipowner, and co-founder with his brother William of Vestey Brothers.
[2] At that time, legislation permitted Aboriginal Australian workers to be paid in tea, tobacco and other rations.
[citation needed] He was created a Baronet in the 1921 Birthday Honours for his services in supplying food to British troops during the First World War.
[6] After their divorce, Sarah married Conservative Member of Parliament Sir William Lane-Mitchell.
[7] Vestey married Ellen Soward on 10 March 1926, and they remained together until his death in 1953 when he was then aged 87.