Charles Henry Roberts

Charles Henry Roberts (22 August 1865 – 25 June 1959), was a British Liberal politician.

Background

Roberts was the son of Reverend Albert James Roberts, Vicar of Tidebrook, Sussex.

Political career

Roberts was returned to Parliament for Lincoln in the 1906 general election and served under H. H. Asquith as Under-Secretary of State for India 1914 to 1915 and as Comptroller of the Household from 1915 to 1916. He lost his seat in 1918 but returned to the House of Commons in 1922 when he was elected for Derby. However, he lost this seat already in the 1923 general election.

Family

Roberts married Lady Cecilia Maude, daughter of George Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle, in 1891. She died in 1947. Roberts survived her by twelve years and died in northern Cumberland in June 1959, aged 93. One of their children was the artist Winifred Nicholson and another politician Wilfrid Roberts.

References

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
• www.thepeerage.com

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Charles Henry Roberts

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Charles Hilton Seely	Member of Parliament for Lincoln 1906–1918	Succeeded by Alfred Thomas Davies
Preceded by James Henry Thomas Albert Green	Member of Parliament for Derby 1922–1923 With: J. H. Thomas	Succeeded by James Henry Thomas William Robert Raynes
Political offices
Preceded by Edwin Samuel Montagu	Under-Secretary of State for India 1914–1915	Succeeded by The Lord Islington
Preceded by The Lord Saye and Sele	Comptroller of the Household 1915–1916	Succeeded by Sir Edwin Cornwall, Bt

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Name	Roberts, Charles Henry
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Date of birth	1865
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Date of death	1959
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