Edward Sheldon (politician)
English politician
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Edward Ralph Charles Sheldon (2 March 1782 – 11 June 1836) was an English politician. He represented the constituency of South Warwickshire from 1835 until his death.
Life
Sheldon was the only son of Ralph Sheldon (1741 – 1822), of Weston in Long Compton in Warwickshire, a convert from Anglicanism to the Church of England, who was MP for Wilton from 1804 to 1822.[1]
Sheldon moved to Brailes House in Warwickshire in 1822, the year of his father's death.[2] He became a magistrate for the counties of Warwickshire and Worcestershire, a Deputy Lieutenant of Warwickshire, and major of the militia of Warwickshire.[3][4]
He was elected as a Liberal Member of Parliament for South Warwickshire in 1835, representing the seat until his death the next year.[5]
Family
Sheldon married Marcella, daughter of Thomas Meredith Winstanley, of Lissen Hall, County Dublin, on 14 August 1817. They had eight children, five of whom died in childhood.[3]
Sheldon died on 11 June 1836, aged 54. His wife survived him by thirteen years, dying on 23 July 1849.[6] His son, Henry James Sheldon, was High Sheriff of Warwickshire in 1860.[7]
