Charles Trefusis, 19th Baron Clinton

Charles Trefusis, 19th Baron Clinton

Charles Rudolph Trefusis, 19th Baron Clinton (9 November 1791 – 10 April 1866), styled The Honourable Charles Trefusis between 1794 and 1832, was a British peer and Tory politician.

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Background and education

Clinton was the second son of Robert Trefusis, 17th Baron Clinton, and Albertina Marianna, daughter of John Gaulis. He was educated at Eton and Oriel College, Oxford.[1]

Political career

Clinton was elected Member of Parliament for Callington in 1813, a seat he held until 1818.[1][2] Between 1819 and 1833 he was a Commissioner of Excise.[1] In 1832 he succeeded his elder brother in the barony and entered the House of Lords.

Family

Lord Clinton married Lady Elizabeth Georgiana, daughter of William Kerr, 6th Marquess of Lothian, in 1831. They had four sons and five daughters. He died in April 1866, aged 74, and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son, Charles. Lady Clinton died in March 1871, aged 63.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d thepeerage.com
  2. ^ leighrayment.com
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
William Stephen Poyntz
Sir John Rogers, Bt		 Member of Parliament for Callington
1813–1818
With: William Stephen Poyntz		 Succeeded by
Hon. Edward Pyndar Lygon
Sir Christopher Robinson
Peerage of England
Preceded by
Robert Trefusis		 Baron Clinton
1832–1866		 Succeeded by
Charles Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis

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