Tuesday, 14 May 2013
147 Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam
Constituency : Malton 1852-85
Charles was a younger son of Earl Fitzwilliam who owned the Malton constituency to the extent that there was never a contest until 1874 (i.e after the Ballot Act).
As a traditional Whig Charles was something of a thorn in the side to Gladstone. He supported Disraeli over the Second Reform Act. He supported the Whig peers' attempt to amend the Irish Disestablishment Bill and seconded a motion to reject the first Irish Land Bill at third reading.
Charles stepped down when the constituency was abolished in 1885 and died in 1894 aged 68.
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