estate was sold. In Wiltshire, after recovery from severe peritonitis, he set about restoring the estate to good condition, though he was less successful in making it profitable. In 1954, the Ministry tried to take full possession of the land used by the US Air Force; plans for the site included the construction of an isolated housing estate. He won the ensuing brief and unedifying dispute and the planned housing was eventually built as an integral part of the neighbouring village of Dinton. He was active in local government and as a JP. He was for many years Secretary of the local Conservative Party, and held two company directorships. He was knighted in 1960 for "political and public services in Suffolk and Wessex" having been made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1954. Family His wife, Katharine Burrell, died in 1990. They had one daughter and a son, William, to whom Sir Edgar transferred the Teffont Evias estate in portions between 1967 and 1981. William thus received a forestry award for the woodland that Edgar had planted and nurtured on the Air Force site. He died in 1998, aged 93. References External links National Register of Archives: Sir Edgar Keatinge of Teffont Evias 1905 births 1998 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1935–1945 Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Knights Bachelor Members of West Suffolk County Council People educated at Rugby School Royal Artillery officers People from Salisbury British Army personnel of World War II English farmers English justices of the peace Royal West African Frontier Force officers Suffolk Yeomanry officers