Charles Wetherell

Sir Charles Wetherell (1770 – 17 August 1846) was an English lawyer, politician and judge.

Wetherell was born in Oxford, the third son of Reverend Nathan Wetherell, of Durham, Master of the University College and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford. His mother was Richarda Croke (1743?-1812), sister of Sir Alexander Croke, of Studley Priory, Oxfordshire.

Wetherell was Member of Parliament for a considerable period, representing Rye from 1812 to 1813, Shaftesbury from 1813 to 1818, Oxford from 1820 to 1826. He was elected MP for Hastings in 1826 but had to stand down when appointed Attorney-General. He represented Plympton Erle from December 1826 to 1830 and Boroughbridge from 1830 to 1832.

He was Solicitor-General between 1824 and 1826 and Attorney General between 20 September 1826 and 27 April 1827 and again between 19 February 1828 and 29 June 1829. In May 1829, Wetherell made a violent speech in opposition to Catholic Emancipation, and was dismissed by the Duke of Wellington. He was Recorder of Bristol during the riots of 1831. From 1835 up to his death in 1846 he was Chancellor of Durham.

Wetherell was twice married, first, in 1826, with his cousin Jane-Sarah-Elizabeth Croke (1804–1831). They had a son, Charles, who died in infancy. In 1838 he married Harriet-Elizabeth, daughter of Colonel Warneford.

References

https://www.menloschool.org/live/profiles/198-charles-stanley-wetherell

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir Charles Wetherell

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir Henry Sullivan Thomas Phillipps Lamb	Member of Parliament for Rye 1812 – 1813 With: Thomas Phillipps Lamb	Succeeded by Richard Arkwright Thomas Phillipps Lamb
Preceded by Richard Bateman-Robson Hudson Gurney	Member of Parliament for Shaftesbury 1813 – 1818 With: Edward Kerrison	Succeeded by John Bacon Sawrey Morritt Henry John Shepherd
Preceded by John Atkyns-Wright Frederick St John	Member of Parliament for Oxford 1820 – 1826 With: John Ingram Lockhart	Succeeded by James Haughton Langston John Ingram Lockhart
Preceded by James Dawkins William Scott	Member of Parliament for Hastings Jun. 1826 – Dec. 1826 With: Sir William Curtis, Bt	Succeeded by Evelyn Denison James Law Lushington
Preceded by George Edgcumbe Gibbs Crawfurd Antrobus	Member of Parliament for Plympton Erle 1826 – 1830 With: Gibbs Crawfurd Antrobus	Succeeded by Viscount Valletort Gibbs Crawfurd Antrobus
Preceded by George Mundy Henry Dawkins	Member of Parliament for Boroughbridge 1830 – 1832 With: Matthias Attwood	Constituency abolished
Legal offices
Preceded by Sir John Singleton Copley	Solicitor-General for England and Wales 1824–1826	Succeeded by Sir Nicholas Conyngham Tindal
Preceded by Sir John Singleton Copley	Attorney-General for England and Wales 1828–1829	Succeeded by Sir James Scarlett

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