Edward Corbett

Colonel Edward Corbett (30 December 1817 – 6 January 1895) was a British land-owner and Conservative Party politician from an old Norman family in Shropshire. He held a seat in the House of Commons from 1868 to 1877.

Early life Corbett was the oldest surviving son of Panton Corbett of Longnor Hall in Shropshire and Leighton Hall in Montgomeryshire. His mother was Louisa Favoretta Jones, from Lichfield in Staffordshire, and his father had been the member of parliament (MP) for Shrewsbury from 1820 to 1830. and held the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the Shropshire militia, He resigned his commission in the militia in October 1884, but was permitted to retain his rank.

Political career By 1868 Corbett was a justice of the peace (J.P.) for Shropshire, and a deputy lieutenant of Shropshire.

He was elected at the 1868 general election as an MP for South Shropshire, having expressed confidence in Disraeli and promised voters "to resist to the utmost of his power Mr. Gladstone's attempt to uproot and destroy the Protestant Church". the announcement was described by The Times newspaper as "sudden".

Personal life In 1842 Corbett married Elizabeth Anne Theresa, the daughter of Robert Sholl Bradlaugh was again expelled from the Commons the following year, and Corbett junior again stood in the resulting by-election on 4 March 1882. Addressing a public meeting from the balcony of the Angel Hotel in Northampton on 23 February, he told the crowd that this was not an ordinary electoral contest, but a battle of principles. He hoped that the result would be to spare the House of Commons from the "disgreceful scenes" which had taken place over Bradlaugh's refusal to take the oath. However Bradlaugh was re-elected with Edward Corbett junior again failing to defeat him. Corbett junior never stood for parliament again.