Chandos Wren-Hoskyns

Chandos Wren-Hoskyns BA, JP, DL (15 February 1812 – 28 November 1876) was an English landowner, agriculturist and author.

He was born the second son of Sir Hungerford Hoskyns, 7th Baronet of Harewood Park, Herefordshire. In 1837 he married Theodosia Wren—great-great-great-granddaughter of Christopher Wren,^{[citation needed]} and daughter and heiress of Christopher Roberts Wren of Wroxall Abbey, Warwickshire—and by Royal License changed his surname to Wren-Hoskyns.

Educated at Oxford University, Wren-Hoskyns was called to the Bar at Inner Temple in 1838. He served as High Sheriff of Warwickshire in 1855 and was appointed Deputy Lieutenant of the county in 1860. He was Member of Parliament for Hereford from 1869 to 1874.

As an author his main interest was reform of land tenure. His works included:

• A Short Inquiry into the History of Agriculture in Mediaeval and Modern Times (1849)
• Talpa or the Chronicles of a Clay Farm. An Agricultural Fragment (1853)
• Agricultural Statistics (1857)
• Occasional Essays (1866)
• A Catechism on the English Land System (1873)

References

• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Nicholas Goddard 2004

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Chandos Wren-Hoskyns

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by George Clive John William Shaw Wylie	Member of Parliament for Hereford with Edward Clive 1869–1871 George Arbuthnot 1871–1874 1869–1874	Succeeded by Evan Pateshall George Clive
Honorary titles
Preceded by William Charles Alston	High Sheriff of Warwickshire 1855	Succeeded by Sir Peter Van Notten-Pole

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Name	Wren-Hoskyns, Chandos
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Date of birth	15 February 1812
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Date of death	28 November 1876
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