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THE Earl of Mount Edgcumbe has been elected an honorary member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, in recognition of his distinguished work as an electrical engineer, and of the services rendered by him to the Institution. Lord Mount Edgcumbe, who is a fellow of University College, London, served his pupillage with Crompton and Co. at Chelmsford, and in 1897 joined the staff at Northampton Polytechnic Institute in London. In 1900 he founded the firm of Everett Edgcumbe and Co., Ltd., of which he is chairman and managing director. He has been associated with the Institution of Electrical Engineers since 1897, and was president during 1928-29. He is the author of a number of papers read before the Institution and published in its journal, for which he has received several premiums, including the Ayrton Premium and the Silvanus Thompson Premium. Lord Mount Edgcumbe has also contributed valuable assistance in the international field, particularly in his capacity, from 1927, as honorary secretary of the International Electro-technical Commission. He is also a vice-president of the International Commission on Illumination, vice-president of the British Electrical and Allied Manufacturers' Association and a past president of the Illuminating Engineering Society of Great Britain.
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Institution of Electrical Engineers Awards: Honorary Membership. Nature 157, 99 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/157099b0
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