James Edwards

James Charles Edwards (June 12, 1893 - 1937) was an English boxing promoter for the Youth Liverpudlians Boxing Society.

Early Life
Edwards was born in Liverpool, the youngest son of Charles and Penelope. He had two older brothers named Bertram and Thomas and the older half-brother of Beryl, from his mother's second marriage to Patrick Denning. A few weeks after he was born, his father was admitted to Rainhill Hospital for the murder of the landlord of The King's Arms pub. His mother then took him and his brothers to live in Newcastle. He never saw his father again after this.

Marriage
Edwards married twice. He met his first wife Josephine Calstone in Newcastle in 1916. Together they had one child named Sally. Their relationship ended when he was enlisted in the British Army and went off to fight in the First World War. They didn't meet for several years. They met again in Liverpool in 1924. Their relationship soon started again and they married the following year. Their second child Frederick was born the following year. They divorced in 1929. He then married Edith Daniels in Liverpool in 1932. Their marriage remained for five years, ending with Edwards death in 1937.