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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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]
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.
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]
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| 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 |
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| Preceded by Robert Trefusis |
Baron Clinton 1832–1866 |
Succeeded by Charles Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis |