Constituency : East Grinstead 1906-10
Charles took East Grinstead from the Tories at the third attempt. He based his campaign on local hostility to the 1902 Education Act,
Charles was the son of a London property developer . He was educated at Marlborough College and Oxford. He became a barrister. His wife Marie was a prominent suffragist. He inherited an estate in Sussex where he gave free legal advice to the villagers.
Charles was soundly beaten in January 1910 and didn't stand in December.
In December 1913 Charles helped found an East Grinstead branch of the Men's League for Women's Suffrage.
He died in 1935 aged 72.
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