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Charles Edwards (Liberal politician)

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Charles Edwards
Member of Parliament
for Windsor
In office
9 May 1866 – 17 November 1868
Serving with Roger Eykyn
Preceded byHenry Hoare
Henry Labouchère
Succeeded byRoger Eykyn
Personal details
Born1825
Died (aged 63)
NationalityBritish
Political partyLiberal

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

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 4)
  2. ^ Lang, Cecil Y.; 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "This Evening's News". Pall Mall Gazette. 26 April 1866. pp. 6–7 – via British Newspaper Archive.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Windsor
18661868
With: Roger Eykyn
Succeeded by