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Edwin Corbett
Edwin Corbett (4 December 1819 – 22 February 1888) was a British diplomat who was envoy to several countries.
Career.
Edwin Corbett graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge in 1843, joined the Diplomatic Service in 1847 and was attaché at Paris, Washington, D.C., Madrid and Copenhagen. He was Secretary of Legation at Florence in 1858, at Stockholm in 1860, at Frankfurt in 1862, and at Munich in 1865. In 1866 he was promoted to be "chargé d'affaires" and Consul-
and sun, his mother Florence moved to Los Angeles, California with young Edwin.
Cole was educated at Belmont High School in Downtown Los Angeles.
In Los Angeles, Edwin played an active role in the Angelus Temple of Aimee Semple McPherson, often participating in the Temple's illustrated sermons. He played a trumpet with street corner witnessing teams on Los Angeles's skid row.
He enlisted in the United States Coast Guard during World War II, where he met his wife, fellow Coast Guard member Nancy Corbett.