EDMUND (TED) CARDELL, Knight of Bahá’u’lláh

Became a Bahá’í in Canada in 1948 and returned to his father’s farm in England some time later. He pioneered to Kenya in October 1951 where he was a founder member of the first local Assembly in Nairobi. He became Knight of Bahá’u’lláh for South West Africa in 1953 and returned to England in 1963. He was elected to the National Assembly in 1973 and is still a member (1979).