1268 Charles Huntington

Constituency : Darwen  1892-5

Charles  took  Darwen  from  the  Tories  by  214  votes.

Charles  was  a  wallpaper  manufacturer   and  large  employer  in  the  town. His  brother  William  was  a  Tory. His  business  partner  John  Potter  contested  numerous  elections  for  the  Liberals   from  1865  to  1885  but  never  became  an  MP.

Charles  never  spoke  in  Parliament.

Charles  was  defeated  in  1895  by  841  votes. He  stood  again  in  1900  and  reduced  the  Tory  majority  to  470.

Charles  was  Mayor  of  Darwen  in  1897-8.

Charles  was  created  a  baronet  in  1906  but  died  six  months  later