Albert Edward Martin

Albert Edward Martin (13 December 1876 – 26 July 1936) was an English merchant and Liberal Party, later Conservative politician.

Date of birth According to the source, Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page, Martin was born in 1875 but Who was Who gives his date of birth as 1876. According to the brief obituary in The Times newspaper, Martin was aged 59 years when he died, which supports the report of his date of birth as 1876. Martin was born on 13 December 1876 at the Falmouth House pub, in Maryland Road, Stratford, Essex. He was baptised at St Dunstans and All Saints church, Stepney, Middlesex, on 4 February 1876.

Family Martin married Edith Savory in 1909 and they had a son and two daughters. He was also a member of the Territorial Army, rising to the rank of Honorary Colonel of the 52nd Anti-Aircraft Brigade, (T.A) and he was responsible for raising the 156th Battery.

1922 At the 1922 general election Martin stood as a National Liberal, that is to say as a supporter of outgoing Prime Minister David Lloyd George of whose Coalition government he had been a supporter. Again without a Conservative opponent, Martin was involved in a straight fight against Labour. He held his seat by a majority of 4,103 votes.

1923 Martin's years of working with the Conservatives in Parliament and presumably at a local level, must have played a part in his decision in 1923 to leave the Liberals and join the Tories. As the 1923 general election approached Martin was adopted by the Romford Conservatives as their candidate for the contest. However this move was resented by some in the constituency and this bitterness could have proved problematic for Martin's election campaign. In the event the potential difficulties never presented themselves as Martin withdrew from the fray on the grounds that his health had broken down. The Conservatives selected another candidate Charles Rhys to represent them and Rhys went on to win the seat, holding it until 1929. and was re-elected mayor in November 1932. He was sometime chairman of Barking Education Committee and of the Food Control Committee.

Death Martin died at his home, Oak Hall, The Leas, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, on 26 July 1936.