Edward Calcott Pryce

Captain Edward Calcott Pryce CBE (1885 – 20 October 1972), was a British Solicitor and Liberal Party politician.

Background

Pryce was the son of David Pryce, of Guilsfield. He was educated at Welshpool and Aberystwyth. In 1911 he married Sylvia Middleton of Arbroath, Scotland. He was awarded the OBE in 1940 and the CBE in 1957.[1]

Professional career

Pryce qualified as a solicitor in 1909. He served in the European War of 1914–18, and the War of 1939–45. In 1954 he was appointed the Sheriff, of the City of London. In 1956 he was appointed the High Sheriff of Montgomeryshire.[2]

Political career

Pryce unsuccessfully contested the 1910 London County Council election as a Progressive Party candidate in Hackney North.[3] He was National Liberal candidate for the Ludlow division of Shropshire at the 1922 General Election. After that election, when the 1923 Ludlow by-election occurred, following the mood around the country, the National Liberals and Liberals in Ludlow united behind his candidature and he ran as a united Liberal candidate. Although he finished a strong second, he did not run for election again.[4]

Electoral record
1910 London County Council: Hackney North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Municipal Reform George Jones 5,133 28.4
Municipal Reform Oscar Emanuel Warburg 5,042 27.9
Progressive Edward Calcott Pryce 3,970 21.9
Progressive John Bussey 3,953 21.8
Majority 1,072 5.9
Municipal Reform hold Swing
1922 General Election: Ludlow [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Ivor Miles Windsor-Clive 11,785 66.4
National Liberal Edward Calcott Pryce 5,979 33.7
Majority 5,808 32.6
Turnout 71.6
Unionist hold Swing
1923 Ludlow by-election [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist George Windsor-Clive 9,956 55.0 -11.4
Liberal Edward Calcott Pryce 6,740 37.2 +3.5
Labour Percy Frederick Pollard 1,420 7.8 n/a
Majority 17.8 -14.8
Turnout 73.0 +1.4
Unionist hold Swing -7.5

References
  1. ‘PRYCE, Edward Calcott’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 29 July 2016
  2. ‘PRYCE, Edward Calcott’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 29 July 2016
  3. "London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 7 Mar. 1910
  4. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  5. F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949
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