Constituency : Grantham 1880-5, Skipton 1892-5
Charles was the other Liberal elected at Grantham.
Charles was the son of a Yorkshire minister. He was educated at Harrow and Oxford. He made his name as a cricketer at both places. He became a barrister in 1857. He was part of the Jamaica Royal Commission in 1865. He became private secretary to Earl Spencer in Ireland in 1868. He stood for Clitheroe in 1868. He was a member of the Friendly Societies Commission in 1871.
Charles made a long speech in favour of the Irish Land Bill in 1880.
Charles was a friend of the artist Edward Lear.
He died in 1906 aged 78.
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