Sir Edmund Harry Elton, 8th Baronet (3 May 1846 – 17 July 1920) was an English inventor and studio potter noted for his production of Elton Ware at the Clevedon Elton Sunflower Pottery.

He was the son of Edmund William Elton and Lucy Maria, daughter of the Revd John Morgan Rice. Lucy Maria died 16 May 1846, shortly after Edmund Harry's birth. Edmund William married Clementine Sandryk of Florence

Florence

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 on 2 December 1859, producing two daughters:

1. Mina Antoinetta Beatrice (died 21 June 1876) married (17 April 1873) Robert Frederick Boyle (13 June 1841 - 15 May 1883)
2. Alma Marion

Edmund Harry Elton was educated at Bradfield College

Bradfield College

Bradfield College is a coeducational independent school located in the small village of Bradfield in the English county of Berkshire.The college was founded in 1850 by Thomas Stevens, Rector and Lord of the Manor of Bradfield...

 and Jesus College, Cambridge

Jesus College, Cambridge

Jesus College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.The College was founded in 1496 on the site of a Benedictine nunnery by John Alcock, then Bishop of Ely...

.

In 1868 Edmund Harry married his cousin Mary Agnes, second daughter of Sir Arthur Hallam Elton

Sir Arthur Elton, 7th Baronet

Sir Arthur Hallam Elton, 7th Baronet was a writer and Liberal party politician in the United Kingdom.He was appointed High Sheriff of Somerset for 1857...

 and produced two sons and three daughters - Ambrose born in 1869, Kathleen Agnes Rhoda, Winifred Lucy, Bernard Arthur, and Angela Mary.

He was the nephew of Sir Arthur Elton, 7th Baronet

Sir Arthur Elton, 7th Baronet

Sir Arthur Hallam Elton, 7th Baronet was a writer and Liberal party politician in the United Kingdom.He was appointed High Sheriff of Somerset for 1857...

, and inherited both Clevedon Court

Clevedon Court

Clevedon Court is a manor house on Court Hill in Clevedon, North Somerset, England, dating from the early fourteenth century. It is now owned by the National Trust. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building.-History:...

 and the title in 1883. (see Elton Baronets

Elton Baronets

The Elton Baronetcy, of Bristol, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 31 October 1717 for Abraham Elton, Mayor of and Member of Parliament for Bristolfrom 1722 to 1727. The second Baronet was also Mayor of Bristol and represented Taunton and Bristol in the House of...

)

He donated the town Clock Tower

Clock Tower, Clevedon

A Victorian Clock Tower located in the heart of the Triangle shopping centre in Clevedon, Somerset, England. It has been designated as a Grade II listed building.-History:...

, completed in 1898, to Clevedon

Clevedon

Clevedon is a town and civil parish in the unitary authority of North Somerset, which covers part of the ceremonial county of Somerset, England...

, North Somerset

North Somerset

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, in celebration of Queen Victoria's Jubilee. He was appointed High Sheriff of Somerset

High Sheriff of Somerset

The Office of High Sheriff of Somerset is an ancient High Sheriff title which has been in existence for over one thousand years. The position was once a powerful position responsible for collecting taxes and enforcing law and order in Somerset a county in South West England. In modern times the...

 in 1895.

The ceramic artist William Fishley Holland joined the pottery after the death of Sir Edmund Elton in 1920, and started his own pottery near Clevedon Court on the closing of the Elton pottery in 1922.

Elton's daughter Kathleen married Guy Molesworth Kindersley

Guy Molesworth Kindersley

Guy Molesworth Kindersley was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom who represented Hitchin, Hertfordshire....

 and was the mother of David Kindersley

David Kindersley

David Guy Barnabas Kindersley was a British stone letter-carver and typeface designer, and the founder of the Kindersley Workshop . His carved plaques and inscriptions in stone and slate can be seen on many churches and public buildings in the United Kingdom...

, the stone letter-carver and typeface

Typeface

In typography, a typeface is the artistic representation or interpretation of characters; it is the way the type looks. Each type is designed and there are thousands of different typefaces in existence, with new ones being developed constantly....

designer.