Charles Rumbold
Charles Edmund Rumbold (11 August 1788 – 31 May 1857)[1] was a British Whig politician.
He was the fifth son of Sir Thomas Rumbold, 1st Baronet and his second wife Joanna Law, daughter of Edmund Law, Bishop of Carlisle.[2] Rumbold was educated at Oriel College, Oxford and went then to Trinity College, Cambridge.[3][4] In 1812, he began his Grand Tour and returned a year later.[4]
Rumbold was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Great Yarmouth in 1818, a seat he held until 1835.[1] In the general election of 1837 he returned to the House of Commons and sat for the constituency again until 1847.[1] In a by-election in the following year, he stood successfully a third time for Great Yarmouth and represented it until his death in 1857.[1]
In 1834, he married Harriet, daughter of John Gardner and had by her three sons.[4] He died at Brighton, aged 68 and was buried at Preston Candover in Hampshire.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Great Yarmouth". Retrieved 23 October 2009.
- ↑ Walford, Edward (1860). The County Families of the United Kingdom. London: Robert Hardwicke. p. 557.
- ↑ "Rumbold, Charles Edmund (RMLT808CE)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Thorne, R. G. (1986). The House of Commons, 1790-1820. vol. III. London: Secker & Warburg. p. 60. ISBN 0-436-52101-6.
- ↑ "ThePeerage - Charles Edmund Rumbold". Retrieved 16 February 2009.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Charles Rumbold
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by William Loftus Edmund Knowles Lacon |
Member of Parliament for Great Yarmouth 1818 – 1835 With: Thomas Anson 1818–1819 Hon. George Anson 1819–1835 |
Succeeded by Thomas Baring Winthrop Mackworth Praed |
| Preceded by Thomas Baring Winthrop Mackworth Praed |
Member of Parliament for Great Yarmouth 1837 – 1847 With: William Wilshere |
Succeeded by Lord Arthur Lennox Octavius Edward Coope |
| Preceded by Lord Arthur Lennox Octavius Edward Coope |
Member of Parliament for Great Yarmouth 1848 – 1857 With: Joseph Sandars 1848–1852 Sir Edmund Lacon 1852–1857 |
Succeeded by William Torrens McCullagh Edward William Watkin |