Edward Pryse

Edward Pryse
Member of Parliament
for Cardigan Boroughs
In office
27 March 1857  26 November 1868
Preceded byJohn Lloyd Davies
Succeeded byThomas Lloyd
Personal details
Born27 June 1817
Died29 May 1888(1888-05-29) (aged 70)
Peithyll, Ceredigion
NationalityBritish
Political partyLiberal
Parent(s)Pryse Pryse
Jane Cavallier
Alma materEton College

Colonel Edward Lewis Pryse (27 June 1817 – 29 May 1888) was a British Liberal politician.

Pryse entered the military in 1836, before becoming captain of the Carabiniers (6th Dragoon Guards), and retiring in 1846. From 1857 to 1888, he was Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire, and from 27 May 1865 he was Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant of the county militia regiment, the Royal Cardigan Rifles. On his retirement in 1877 he became Honorary Colonel of its successor unit, the Royal Cardigan Artillery.