Charles Mellish

Charles Mellish (6 July 1737 – 29 December 1797) was a British MP

He was born in London the only surviving son of William Mellish, MP, of Blyth, Nottinghamshire and his wife Catherine da Costa Villa Real. He entered Lincolns Inn in 1761 and was called to the Bar in 1766. ^[1]

He was the Recorder of Newarke, Nottinghamshire from 1770 to 1777 and from 1779 to 1794. He was Commissioner of Stamps from 1793 to 1796. ^[1]

He managed the Yorkshire estates of Viscount Galway with whom he was connected by marriage (his half-sister had married the 2nd Viscount Galway) and was thereby eligible to be elected MP for Pontefract in 1774, serving until 1780. He was then placed by the Duke of Newcastle as MP for Aldborough, Yorkshire in 1780. Initially a loyal supporter in parliament of Newcastle and Lord North his political career ended in 1784 when he disagreed with Newcastle and was asked to resign his seat. He did not stand in the General Election of 1784 but stood unsuccessfully for Pontefract in 1790. ^[1]

He was interested in antiquarian study, particularly the history of Nottinghamshire and was working on an unfinished County History when he died. He had married Judith Stapleton (d 1806) with whom he had two sons and two daughters. He had disinherited his elder son Joseph Charles because of his extravagance and the Blyth estate therefore paseed to his second son Henry Francis, who lost it due to gambling. The neighbouring property Hodsock Priory, which Charles had also owned, ended up in the hands of his daughter Anne, who rebuilt the house. ^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} "Manuscripts and Special Collections". UK Campus. http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/manuscriptsandspecialcollections/learning/biographies/charlesmellish%281737-1797%29.aspx. Retrieved 2011-06-13. 

• Google Books- The House of Commons: 1660 - 1690 ; 3, Members M - Y

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Name	Mellish, Charles
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Date of birth	1737
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Date of death	1797
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