Edward Hemmerde
Edward George Hemmerde,KC (13 November 1871 - 24 May 1948) was an English rower, barrister and politician.
Hemmerde was born at Peckham, south London, the son of James Godfey Hemmerde and his wife Frances Hope. His father was a bank manager and was with the Imperial Ottoman Bank.
Hemmerde was educated at Winchester College and University College, Oxford. At Oxford he was a successful single sculler, and won the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta in 1900, beating the previous winner American B. H. Howell.
He was called to the Bar by the Inner Temple in 1897 and established his law practice.
In 1908, he took silk and was appointed Recorder of Liverpool in 1909, although his relations with the city authorities there were seldom good.
He married Lucy Elinor Colley at Chelsea in 1903 but they were divorced in 1922. They had a son (who was killed in 1926) and a daughter.