Constituency : Westbury 1922-24
Charles recaptured Westbury from the Tories in a three cornered contest. He was an Asquithian.
Charles was the son of a Welsh colonel although born in London. He was educated at Giggleswick School. He became an East India merchant with an acknowledged expertise on the Far East. He lived in Singapore for a number of years and held a number of public posts there as well as getting involved in volunteer soldiering. He was involved in suppressing the Singapore Mutiny in 1915. He was President of the Association of British Malaya.
Most of Charles's parliamentary contributions were questions about trade matters.
Charles refused to support calls for protectionism to help the motor tyre industry in his constituency which led to a considerable Labour vote in his constituency. This led to his defeat in 1924.
After his defeat Charles went on a tour of the Far East.
He died in Singapore in 1925 after a short illness aged 49.
That concludes our look at the victors of 1922. We now move on to by-election victors in 1922-23.
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