Charles Manners Lushington
British politician (1819–1864)
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Charles Manners Lushington (27 April 1819 – 27 November 1864) was an English Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1854 to 1857.
Charles Manners Lushington | |
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| Member of Parliament for Canterbury | |
| In office 19 August 1854 – 29 June 1857 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | Thomas Pelham-Holles |
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| Succeeded by | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 April 1819 Cleveland Square, Bayswater, West London, England |
| Died | 27 November 1864 (aged 45) |
| Party | Conservative |
| Spouse |
Henriette Stafford Northcote
(m. 1846) |
| Alma mater | Oriel College, Oxford (1843: MA) |
Background and education
Lushington was born on 27 April 1819 at 4 Cleveland Square, Bayswater, West London,[1][2] the youngest son of Stephen Rumbold Lushington and Anne Elizabeth, née Harris.[3][4] He was educated at Eton College, Oriel College, Oxford, graduating in 1843 with a MA, and later elected Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford.[3] He served in the East Kent Yeomanry Cavalry of which he became captain in November 1853.[5]
Political career
He was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the borough of Canterbury at a by-election in August 1854,[6] after the borough's writ of election had been suspended when a Royal Commission found that there had been extensive corruption. Lushington held the seat until the 1857 general election,[7] which he did not contest.[8]: 78–79 At the 1859 general election, he unsuccessfully contested the borough of Nottingham.[8]: 226
Family
On 5 May 1846, Lushington married Henrietta Stafford Northcote, daughter of Sir Henry Stafford Northcote, 7th Baronet and Agnes Mary Cockburn, at Trinity Church, Marylebone.[3][4] She died on 20 January 1900 (aged 79) at Florence.[9] Formerly of Norton Court, Kent, he died on 27 November 1864 (aged 45) at Boulogne-sur-Mer, Northern France.[3] Their daughter Agnes married Walter Phillimore, 1st Baron Phillimore in 1870.[10]