Charles Eurwicke Douglas

Charles Eurwick Douglas (12 May 1806-21 February 1887) was an English M.P.

Life

Charles Eurwicke Douglas was the natural son of the late Right Hon. Charles Philip Yorke.^[1]

He was educated at Harrow and St. John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. 1828, M.A. 1831.^[2] In 1832, he married Jane Mary Anne Des Voeux (d.12 November 1873), dau. of Sir Charles Des-Vaux, 2nd Bart.^[3]

He was private secretary to Lord Ripon from 1830 to 1834, when his lordship was secretary of state for the colonies; was a commissioner of Greenwich Hospital from Aug. 1845 to July 1846 ; formerly King of Arms of the Order of St. Michael and St. George, on appointment to which office he was knighted.^[1] He was a Director of the London and North Western Railway.

He was M.P. for Warwick from 1837 to 1852. In 1853, he unsuccessfully contested Durham City. He sat for Banbury from May 1859.^[1]

He lived at 27, Wilton Crescent, London, S.W.  

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} The peerage, baronetage, and knightage, of Great Britain and Ireland
2. ^ Douglas, Charles Eurwicke in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.
3. ^ The Peerage.com

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Charles Douglas

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