| Title: | The ‘Cambridge Blue’ Minister - Edmund William Barker |
| Source: | 100 INSPIRING RAFFLESIANS, 1823-2003 (pp 17-19)
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| Author(s): | Guan Heng Tan
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| Abstract: | When he was a schoolboy, Edmund William Barker read how the British Empire was won on the playing fields of Eton. His sporting feats in Raffles Institution, Raffles College and Cambridge were later equalled by his political achievements in a newly independent Singapore. He was highly regarded as a lawyer and government minister, and known for his sense of humour. As a sportsman and a politician, he always played the game… |
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