He was born in Leagrave, a suburb of Luton, and was educated at Beechwood Primary School and Challney High School for Boys.
In 1850 Sir Edmund, built the Leagrave Hall on land close to Luton in Bedfordshire purchased in 1771 by Sir Beversham Filmer.
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Church school halls were opened in 1895, Bury Park United Reformed Church Church was built in 1903, and Luton Industrial Co-operative Society Ltd opened a general store at the junction of Dunstable Road and Leagrave Road in 1906.
The first settlement in the area was Waulud's Bank which is a Neolithic D-shaped enclosure located in Leagrave Park at the source of the River Lea and is now a protected monument.