498 Charles Colvile

Constituency  : Derbyshire  South   1841-7 ( Conservative ) ,1847-59 1865-8

We  now  come  to  the  Midlands  where  the Liberals  suffered  a  net  loss  of  two  seats  as  a  result  of  failing  to  regain  the  two  Coventry  seats  won by  the  Tories  in  by-elections. Otherwise  it  was  a  5-5  draw.

Charles  regained  the  seat  he  lost  in  1859. He  was  originally  a  Tory  who  became  a  Peelite  although he  married  a  cousin  of  Russell. He  was  a  colonel  and  Lord  of  the  Manor  of  Lullington.

Charles's  constituency  was  a  mining  seat  and   he  saw  himself  as  representing  the  mining  interest. He opposed  rating  on  mines.

He  died  in  1886  aged  70.