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Walter Stanley Edgson (1893-18 February 1950) was an estate agent, developer and local politician in the Westminster area. Prior to the First world War Edgson had become an estate agent, working for a company based in the West End of London. He held a commission in the Middlesex Yeomanry, a unit of the Territorial Force, and served on the Western Front from 1915-18, reaching the rank of major in the Royal Field Artillery by the war's end in 1918. He died suddenly while on holiday in Jamaica. Reference here [1].

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rdfs:label	Walter Stanley Edgson
rdfs:comment	Walter Stanley Edgson (1893-18 February 1950) was an estate agent, developer and local politician in the Westminster area. Prior to the First world War Edgson had become an estate agent, working for a company based in the West End of London. He held a commission in the Middlesex Yeomanry, a unit of the Territorial Force, and served on the Western Front from 1915-18, reaching the rank of major in the Royal Field Artillery by the war's end in 1918. He died suddenly while on holiday in Jamaica. Reference here [1].
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abstract	Walter Stanley Edgson (1893-18 February 1950) was an estate agent, developer and local politician in the Westminster area. Prior to the First world War Edgson had become an estate agent, working for a company based in the West End of London. He held a commission in the Middlesex Yeomanry, a unit of the Territorial Force, and served on the Western Front from 1915-18, reaching the rank of major in the Royal Field Artillery by the war's end in 1918. Returning to civilian life he was made a partner in the firm of Hiller, Parker, May & Rowden, commercial estate agents. He was in charge of the firm's Home Counties business in particular helping to find land to develop shopping centers on the arterial roads through London's rapidly developing suburbs. He also established his own company, Central Commercial Properties, in 1929. This company specialised in the sale and development of high street shops in the London area. He retired in 1947. In 1925 he was elected to Westminster City Council as a Municipal Reform Party Councillor, and was Mayor of Westminster in 1942-43. He represented the city on the London and Home Counties Traffic Advisory Committee from 1933-36. He remained a member of the city council until his death. At the 1945 General Election he stood unsuccessfully as Conservative Party candidate for the constituency of Balham and Tooting. He died suddenly while on holiday in Jamaica. Reference here [1].

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