Constituency : Doncaster 1906-18
Charles took Doncaster from the Tories.
Charles's father was secretary to two Liberal Lord Chancellors, Lord Truro and Lord Cranworth. He was educated at Charterhouse and Cambridge and became a barrister.. However he never really practised and worked in the Lunacy Office. He was also involved in local politics in Shoreditch.
Charles supported female suffrage.
Charles was created a baronet in 1912.
In 1915 Charles got together a small group of MPs together, known as the "seven wise men", to resist conscription but when the crunch came the following year , he was a Lloyd George supporter and received the coupon in 1918. However he died of pneumonia at the star of the campaign aged 61 and had to be replaced by his brother Reginald.
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