Biography:
Edward Hain was born 15 August 1887, the only son of Sir Edward Hain, M.P., J.P., of St. Ives, Cornwall and Catherine Hain, daughter of James Hughes of Whitehaven, Cumberland. His father was the proprietor of the Hain Steamship Company, founded by his great grandfather. He was Liberal MP for St Ives for 6 years until his resignation in 1906 and was knighted in 1912 for services to shipping.
Edward junior came to Winchester College from Twyford School in September 1901. He was in A House, Chernocke, and became both Head of House and a Commoner Prefect. Edward was a keen sportsman, playing in OTH XV and VI (he was captain of the VI in 1905) and in the both the Soccer XI and the Cricket XI in 1906.
Edward left Winchester in the summer of 1906 and went up to New College, Oxford, in October of the same year and was elected Steward of Junior Common Room there in 1908. On leaving Oxford, Edward went to South Shields to study ship construction and engineering. After a further period in the offices of his father's company in London and Cardiff he was appointed to the board of directors.
On the outbreak of war, having joined the Cornish Squadron of the 1st Devon Yeomanry in 1912, Edward rejoined his regiment and was quickly promoted to the rank of Captain. In 1915, the Devon Yeomanry were sent to the Dardanelles, and Captain Hain fell in action at Suvla Bay on 11 November 1915 when a shell hit his dug-out. He was buried in grave I.F.18 of Hill 10 Cemetery, Gallipoli.
Edward married Judith Wogan-Browne of Naas, Kildare in August 1913. There were no children. His death was noted in the Illustrated London News of 25 December 1915. The Hain Steamship Company suffered badly during the war. At the outbreak, two ships were berthed in German ports and another was trapped in the Black Sea. A further eighteen vessels were lost to enemy action. Sir Edward was devastated when Teddy Hain was killed at Gallipoli, never fully recovering from the loss, and in June 1917 suffered a severe breakdown during an air-raid on London. He returned to Cornwall to convalesce, but on 20 September 1917 he died at Treloyhan, and is buried in the family plot at Barnoon cemetery, St. Ives.