Edward Holmes Baldock

{{Short description|British politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Use British English|date=August 2016}} [[File:Edward Holmes Baldock and Mary Frances Westoby memorial, St Pancras New Church, February 2015 01.jpg|thumb|Memorial, [[St Pancras New Church]], London]]

'''Edward Holmes Baldock''' (1812 – 15 August 1875)<ref>{{Rayment-hc|s|3|date=March 2012}}</ref> was a British [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] politician. He was the son of [[Edward Holmes Baldock (dealer)]] (1777–1845), the prominent London dealer in French 18th-century furniture and reproductions.<ref>Geoffrey de Bellaigue, "Edward Holmes Baldock", ''The Connoisseur'', August 1975:290-99 and September 1975:18-25; Theodore Dell, ''The Frick Collection: V. Furniture'' 1992:282-93 (pair of secrétaires) and ''VI. Furniture'' 1992:151-60 (table).</ref>

He was elected at the [[1847 United Kingdom general election|1847 general election]] as a [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|member of parliament]] (MP) for the [[Shrewsbury (UK Parliament constituency)|borough of Shrewsbury]],<ref name="craig1832-1885">{{cite book |last=Craig |first=F. W. S. |authorlink= F. W. S. Craig |title=British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 |orig-date=1977 |edition= 2nd |year=1989 |publisher= Parliamentary Research Services |location=Chichester |isbn= 0-900178-26-4 |page=277 }}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette |issue= 20765 |date=17 August 1847 |page=2996 |city=London }}</ref> and was re-elected in [[1852 United Kingdom general election|1852]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue= 21339 |date=16 July 1852 |page=1973 |city=London }}</ref> He did not contest the [[1857 United Kingdom general election|1857 general election]].<ref name="craig1832-1885" />

His daughter Eillen Costance married [[Francis Needham, 3rd Earl of Kilmorey]], parents of the [[Francis Needham, 4th Earl of Kilmorey|4th Earl of Kilmorey]].

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{{s-start}} {{s-par|uk}} {{s-bef | before = [[George Tomline (politician)|George Tomline]]<br />[[Benjamin Disraeli]] }} {{s-ttl | title = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Shrewsbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Shrewsbury]] | years = [[1847 United Kingdom general election|1847]]–[[1857 United Kingdom general election|1857]] | with = [[Robert Aglionby Slaney]] 1847–1852 | with2 = [[George Tomline (politician)|George Tomline]] 1852–1857 }} {{s-aft | after = [[Robert Aglionby Slaney]]<br />[[George Tomline (politician)|George Tomline]] }} {{s-end}}

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