and featuring an anchor. This was the start of Nelson's long-running Anchor Shipping and Foundry Company. which eventually closed in 1973. Edwards opened a mercantile firm in Christchurch with partners Aiken, Bennett & Co., and after four years retired to Nelson. In the late 1860s Edwards joined John Kerr Jnr in Partnership in the Tarndale run, which at the time included the Rainbow run. After ten years the run was sold to William Acton Adams. Warwick House Warwick House, 64 Brougham Street, Nelson is one of the finest and largest examples of early Victorian Gothic Revivalism still remaining in New Zealand. The house, originally known as Sunnyside, was built for Arthur Fell (father of Charles Fell) in 1854 by builder David Goodall. Fell returned to England in the 1860s and sold his house and business to Edwards. Edwards expanded the house; firstly adding a new wing on the southern side consisting of fifteen rooms and two towers, and secondly adding the three storey north wing with a ballroom and four storey tower. When completed the house had about 50 rooms. The building was registered on 25 November 1982 as Category II with Heritage New Zealand, with registration number 1618. Political career Edwards served intermittently on the Nelson Provincial Council (1868–1869 and 1875–1876). In 1868, after Edward Stafford had resigned, he was elected to represent the City of Nelson electorate from to 1870, when he retired. He was appointed to the Legislative Council on 9 July 1872 by the Fox Ministry and served until his death. In 1879 Edwards fell terminally ill from a bronchial affection. When Edwards died on 15 July 1880, his estate was valued at eight hundred thousand pounds sterling, which was considerable in those days. Notes References Lash, Max D. (1992) Nelson Notables 1840-1940. Nelson, NZ: Nelson Historical Society Inc. New Zealand MPs for South Island electorates 1822 births 1880 deaths Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives Members of the New Zealand Legislative Council Members of the Nelson Provincial Council 19th-century New Zealand politicians