Constituency : North West Lanarkshire 1899-1906
Charles took over from John Holburn at North West Lanarkshire. He improved on Holburn's majority against the same opponent.
Charles was born in Edinburgh, the son of a doctor. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy, Edinburgh University and the University of Freiburg. He became a lecturer in moral philosophy at Edinburgh University and was the author of a study of Mill.
In 1900 Charles bought an estate with a number of farms where he bred Shetland ponies.
Charles was an imperialist who supported the Boer War. He gave a speech at the unveiling of the National Wallace Monument in 1900.
Charles was defeated in 1906 due to the intervention of a Scottish Workers candidate.
By 1910 Charles had become disillusioned by the Liberal government. He joined the Liberal Unionists and stood unsuccessfully at South Lanarkshire in December 1910.
Charles was chairman of the Lanartkshire Territorial Force Association and various agricultural bodies. In 1919 he was part of the Royal Commission on Agriculture in Britain.
He died in 1924 aged 58.
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