Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 4th Baron Sudeley
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Charles Douglas Richard Hanbury-Tracy, 4th Baron Sudeley PC FRS (3 July 1840-9 December 1922), styled the Hon. Charles Hanbury-Tracy from 1858 to 1877, was a British Liberal politician.
Sudeley was a younger son of Thomas Hanbury-Tracy, 2nd Baron Sudeley, and his wife Emma Eliza Alicia, daughter of George Hay Dawkins-Pennant, of Penrhyn Castle. He entered the House of Commons for Montgomery in 1863, a seat he held until 1877 when he succeeded in the barony on the death of his elder brother. He served under William Gladstone as a Lord-in-Waiting (government whip in the House of Lords) from 1880 to 1885 and as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords) in 1886. The latter year Sudeley was also sworn of the Privy Council. Apart from his political career he was a Fellow of the Royal Society. He later came into financial difficulties and was declared bankrupt in 1893. This caused the sale of the family seat of Toddington Manor.
Lord Sudeley married Ada Maria Katherine, daughter of the Hon. Frederick James Tollemache, in 1868. He died in December 1922, aged 82, and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son William.
[edit] References
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
- www.thepeerage.com
- Biography of Lord Sudeley by his great-grandson Merlin Hanbury-Tracy, 7th Baron Sudeley
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by John Samuel Willes Johnson |
Member of Parliament for Montgomery 1863–1877 |
Succeeded by Frederick Hanbury-Tracy |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by The Earl of Coventry |
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms 1886 |
Succeeded by The Viscount Barrington |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by Sudeley Charles George Hanbury-Tracy |
Baron Sudeley 1877–1922 |
Succeeded by William Charles Frederick Hanbury-Tracy |
