Wednesday, 4 December 2013
337 Charles Monk
Constituency : Gloucester 1859, 1865-85
Charles was the son of the Bishop of Gloucester. He was educated at Eton and Cambridge. He became a barrister. He first stood for Parliament for Cricklade in 1857.
Charles was elected for Gloucester in 1859 but unseated on petition. The seat was left vcant for three years. He did not contest the by-election in 1862 but returned in 1865.
Charles was the author of the Revenue Officers' Disabilities Removal Act of 1868. He was President of the Association of Chambers of Commerce from 1881 to 1884. In 1884 he became a director of the Suez Canal Company.
Charles wrote a travelogue The Golden Horn and a book of reminiscences of his parliamentary career.
He died in 1900 aged 75.
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