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Charles Richard Montague Ede (22 October 1921 – 29 May 2002) was a British publisher and dealer in art and antiquities. He founded the Folio Society in 1947.
Ede was educated at the Imperial Service College, where a schoolmaster introduced him to the work of William Morris, the founder of the Kelmscott Press. He had a place to go up to Balliol College, Oxford, in October 1939, but war was declared in September, and instead he went to France as a driver in the Royal Army Service Corps, delivering spares and supplies to units of the British Expeditionary Force. He was evacuated from Brest twelve days after the end of the Dunkirk evacuation in June 1940, trained as an army officer, and was commissioned into the Royal Tank Regiment. He saw service at the Siege of Malta, in Mandatory Palestine, Egypt, and Italy, and then transferred to the Intelligence Corps. Charles Ede Obituary in The Telegraph, 6 June 2002. Retrieved 21 December 2011. Archived here.
In the 1960s, Ede launched a further business, Folio Fine Art, which sold watercolours, maps and prints, autograph letters, fine bindings, and antiquities by mail-order.
In 1971, Ede sold his share in the Folio Society and set himself up as a dealer in ancient art. The firm he founded, Charles Ede Ltd, is still in existence, with a gallery in Mayfair and a presence at international art fairs. Charles Ede Ltd.
Personal life
In 1947, Ede married Elizabeth Craze, and they had four sons and two daughters. Their youngest son succeeded him as managing director of Charles Ede Ltd. when he stood down in 1986.
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Categories: 1921 Births, 2002 Deaths, 20th-century English Businesspeople, Alumni Of The London College Of Printing, British Publishers, British Army Personnel Of World War Ii, Intelligence Corps Officers, Military Personnel From Kent, People Educated At The Imperial Services College, People From Sevenoaks, Royal Tank Regiment Officers
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