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Edward G. (Edward George) Hemmerde
b. 1871
A barrister, MP, playwright, and champion rower, he led a notably varied public life in late Victorian and early 20th-century Britain. His writing sits alongside a career that moved between the law courts, Parliament, and the stage.
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A Butterfly on the Wheel: A Novel
by Guy Thorne, Edward G. (Edward George) Hemmerde, Francis Neilson
About the author
Born in Peckham, London, on November 13, 1871, Edward George Hemmerde built an unusually wide-ranging career. Reliable reference sources describe him as an English barrister, politician, playwright, Georgist campaigner, and rower, reflecting a life that crossed law, public debate, and literary work.
Hemmerde was educated at Winchester and University College, Oxford, and was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple. He later served as a Liberal Member of Parliament and, after changing political allegiance, also sat in Parliament as a Labour MP. His public reputation was not limited to politics: he was also known in rowing circles and wrote for the stage as well as in print.
For readers, that mix of experiences is part of what makes him interesting. His books come from someone who had seen public life from several angles — as an advocate, legislator, performer in public debate, and working writer — and that breadth gives his work a distinctive background.