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'''Charles Edwards''' (1825 – 22 February 1889)<ref>{{Rayment-hc|w|4|date=March 2018}}</ref> was a [[Great Britain|British]] [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal Party]] politician. |
'''Charles Edwards''' (1825 – 22 February 1889)<ref>{{Rayment-hc|w|4|date=March 2018}}</ref> was a [[Great Britain|British]] [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal Party]] politician. |
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Edwards inherited the Dolserau Hall estate in 1858. He was a [[Magistrate (England and Wales)|Justice of the peace]] of Merionethshire, and the [[Sheriff of Merionethshire|High Sheriff]] in 1871.<ref name="LangShannon1987">{{cite book |first1=Cecil Y. last2=Lang |first2=Edgar Finley |last2=Shannon |title=The Letters of Alfred Lord Tennyson, 1851-1870 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xueljq8pRUoC&pg=PA158 |date=July 1987 |publisher=Harvard University Pres s|isbn=978-0-674-52584-9 |page=158}}</ref> |
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Edwards was elected MP for [[Windsor (UK Parliament constituency)|Windsor]] at a [[1866 Windsor by-election|by-election in 1866]]—caused by [[Sir Henry Hoare, 5th Baronet|Henry Hoare]] and [[Henry Labouchère]] being unseated when the [[1865 United Kingdom general election|1865 general election]] was declared void on petition, due to bribery via election agents—and held the seat until 1868 when he did not seek re-election.<ref name="craig1832">{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885|date=1977|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=978-1-349-02349-3|edition=1st|type=e-book}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=This Evening's News|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000098/18660426/008/0006|work=[[Pall Mall Gazette]]|date=26 April 1866|pages=6–7|via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref> |
Edwards was elected MP for [[Windsor (UK Parliament constituency)|Windsor]] at a [[1866 Windsor by-election|by-election in 1866]]—caused by [[Sir Henry Hoare, 5th Baronet|Henry Hoare]] and [[Henry Labouchère]] being unseated when the [[1865 United Kingdom general election|1865 general election]] was declared void on petition, due to bribery via election agents—and held the seat until 1868 when he did not seek re-election.<ref name="craig1832">{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885|date=1977|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=978-1-349-02349-3|edition=1st|type=e-book}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=This Evening's News|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000098/18660426/008/0006|work=[[Pall Mall Gazette]]|date=26 April 1866|pages=6–7|via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref> |
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Charles Edwards | |
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| Member of Parliament for Windsor | |
| In office 9 May 1866 – 17 November 1868 Serving with Roger Eykyn | |
| Preceded by | Henry Hoare Henry Labouchère |
| Succeeded by | Roger Eykyn |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1825 |
| Died | (aged 63) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Liberal |
Charles Edwards (1825 – 22 February 1889)[1] was a British Liberal Party politician.
Edwards inherited the Dolserau Hall estate in 1858. He was a Justice of the peace of Merionethshire, and the High Sheriff in 1871.[2]
Edwards was elected MP for Windsor at a by-election in 1866—caused by Henry Hoare and Henry Labouchère being unseated when the 1865 general election was declared void on petition, due to bribery via election agents—and held the seat until 1868 when he did not seek re-election.[3][4]
References
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 4)
- ^ Shannon, Edgar Finley (July 1987). The Letters of Alfred Lord Tennyson, 1851-1870. Harvard University Pres s. p. 158. ISBN 978-0-674-52584-9.
{{cite book}}:|first1=missing|last1=(help); Missing pipe in:|first1=(help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
- ^ "This Evening's News". Pall Mall Gazette. 26 April 1866. pp. 6–7 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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