Background
Edwards-Moss was the second son of Sir Thomas Edwards-Moss, Baronet of Otterspool, Aigburth, near Liverpool and Amy Charlotte Edwards.
Edwards-Moss was the second son of Sir Thomas Edwards-Moss, Baronet of Otterspool, Aigburth, near Liverpool and Amy Charlotte Edwards.
Edwards-Moss was educated at Eton College and Brasenose College, Oxford, graduating in 1878.
Edwards-Moss was an outstanding oarsman, rowing for the Oxford crew in the University Boat Races for four years. He was in the winning crew of 1875 and the losing crew of 1876. The 1877 race was the only dead-heat in the Boat Race"s history.
He was president of OUBC and in the winning crew again in 1878.
In the last two years he shared the Oxford boat with Lord Desborough. He was President of Vincent"s Club in 1877.
Edwards-Moss was a lieutenant in the Lancashire Hussars Yeoman Cavalry. In July 1885, he was appointed assistant private secretary to the Home Secretary, R A Cross.
Edwards-Moss died at the age of 38 from influenza and typhoid fever.
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He was elected as Conservative Member of Parliament for Widnes at the general election in November of the same year, and retained his seat until 1892, when he retired due to ill health.