D'Abernon
EDGAR VINCENT, BARON. He was born in 1857, and was educated at Eton. In 1877 he passed the examination for Student Dragoman at Constantinople; joined Coldstrea m Coldstream Guards from which he resigned, as lieuwhich he he resigned, as lieutenant, in 1882. He became secretary to Lord Fitzmaurice, Commissioner for Eastern Rumelia, in 1880; assistant to Commissioner for Evacuation of Territory ceded to Greece by Turkey, 1881; 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 Otto Ottoman Bank, 1889-1897; and Conservative member of Parliament 1899-1906. He wrote: "Alcohol-its Action on the Human Organism."