Career
Edgar was born on 14 September 1667 at Street James"s Palace. On 7 October 1667 he was created Duke and Earl of Cambridge, and Baron of Dauntsey, Wiltshire. He died at Richmond Palace on 8 June 1671 and buried in Westminster Abbey on 12 June 1671.
The town of Edgartown, Massachusetts on Martha"s Vineyard is named in his honor.