Background
VINCENT, Edgar was born on August 19, 1857 in Slinfold, Sussex. Youngest son of Sir Frederick Vincent, 11th Baronet.
VINCENT, Edgar was born on August 19, 1857 in Slinfold, Sussex. Youngest son of Sir Frederick Vincent, 11th Baronet.
Eton. Passed examination head of list for appointment of Student Dragoman at, Constantinople, 1877, but did not take up appointment.
Joined Coldstream Guards, 1877. Resigned, as Lieutenant, 1882. Appointed Private Secretary to Lord East. Fitzmaurice, Commissioner for Eastern Roumelia, 1880.
Assist, to Her Majesty’s Commissioner for Evacuation of Territory ceded to Greece by Turkey, 1881.
Appointed British, Belgian, and Dutch Representative on Council of Ottoman Public Debt, Constantinople, 1882. President of Council of Ottoman Public Debt,1883.
Financial Adviser to Egyptian Government, 1883-1889. Governor of Imperial Ottoman Bank, Constantinople, 1889-1897.
Member of Parliament (Conservative) Exeter, 1899-1906.
Trustee of National Gallery. Cartulary-register 1887.
Conservative.
Clubs: Athenaeum, Turf. Royal Yacht Squadron, Cowes.