Charles Praed

Charles Tyringham Praed (1833 – 19 October 1895)[1] was a British Conservative Party politician.

Charles Praed
Member of Parliament
for St Ives
In office
8 March 1875  7 April 1880
Preceded byEdward Davenport
Succeeded byCharles Reed
Personal details
Born1833
Died (aged 62)
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
Alma materMerton College, Oxford

Davenport was elected MP for St Ives at a by-election in 1874, but was quickly unseated after the election was declared void on petition grounds of "general treating".[2] However, he regained the seat at the subsequent by-election in 1875 and remained MP until 1880 when he stepped down.[3]

References

  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 1)
  2. "The St Ives Election Petition". Cornish Telegraph. 24 February 1875. p. 3. Retrieved 19 January 2018 via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 262–263. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
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