Constituency : Walworth 1906-10
Charles took Walworth from the Tories.
Charles was born in Donegal. He was educated at Queen's College, Galway and Queen's University.. He joined the Indian Civil Service. He mainly worked in Bengal and rose to be Commissioner before retiring in 1900. He was strongly critical of Lord Curzon as Viceroy. He was opposed to the partition of Bengal.He was a Catholic.
Charles opposed the Irish Universities Bill in 1908. His contributions to Parliament invariably concerned Ireland or India.
Charles stood down in January 1910.
Charles had an interest in Celtic linguistics and a series of lectures at Oxford were named after him. J R R Tolkein gave the first in 1954.
He died in 1934 aged 85.
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