702 Charles Magniac

Constituency : St  Ives  1868-74, Bedford  1880-85, Biggleswade  1885-86

Charles  won  St  Ives  for  the  Liberals.

Charles  was  the  son  of  Hollingworth  Magniac, the  banker  for  the  Jardine  Matheson  Trading Company. He  was  educated  at  Eton  and  Cambridge, He  himself  became  a  partner  in  Matheson  and  Company.

Charles  was  anxious  for  the  UK  to  intervene  in  the  Maori  Wars  in  New  Zealand  in  1869-70.

In  1882  Charles  had  to  deal  with  a  massive  instance  of  embezzlement  from  the  company.

Charles  was  defeated  in  1874  and  again  in  1886 by  a  Liberal  Unionist. He   became  chairman  of  Bedfordshie  County  Council  and  planned  to  stand  again  in  1892  but  death  intervened.

Charles  was  an  agriculturalist  who  bred  cattle  and  horses. He  was  also  an  art  patron  like  his  father  and  particularly  prized  originality. He  was  at  one  point  President  of  the  London  Chamber  of  Commerce.

He  died  in  1891  aged  64.