Charles Frederick

For other people named Charles Frederick, see Charles Frederick (disambiguation).

Sir Charles Frederick

Sir Charles Frederick KB (21 December 1709 – 18 December 1785) was a British Member of Parliament.

He was a younger son of Sir Thomas Frederick, sometime Governor of Fort St David, and a younger brother of Sir John Frederick, 4th Baronet.

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in May 1833.^[1] Frederick was Member of Parliament for New Shoreham from 1741 to 1754 and for Queenborough from 1754 to 1784. He was Father of the House from June 1784. Sir Charles Frederick also served as Clerk of the Deliveries and then Surveyor General at the Board of Ordnance, and was made a Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1761.

On 18 August 1746 he married Lucy, daughter of the first Viscount Falmouth, by whom he had issue. His great-grandson Charles Edward later succeeded to the family title as seventh Baronet.

References

1. ^ "Library and Archive Catalogue". Royal Society. http://www2.royalsociety.org/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Persons&dsqPos=9&dsqSearch=%28Surname%3D%27frederick%27%29. Retrieved 3 December 2010. 

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by John Frederick John Phillipson	Member of Parliament for New Shoreham with Thomas Brand 1741-1747 Robert Bristow 1747-1754 1741–1754	Succeeded by Robert Bristow Richard Stratton
Preceded by Thomas Newnham Richard Evans	Member of Parliament for Queenborough with Sir Peircy Brett 1754-1774 Sir Walter Rawlinson 1774-1784 1754–1784	Succeeded by John Clater Aldridge George Bowyer
Military offices
Preceded by Andrew Wilkinson	Clerk of the Deliveries of the Ordnance 1746–1750	Succeeded by John Staunton Charlton
Preceded by Thomas Lascelles	Surveyor-General of the Ordnance 1750–1782	Succeeded by Thomas Pelham

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Name	Frederick, Charles
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Date of birth	21 December 1709
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Date of death	18 December 1785
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