VILLIERS, Charles Pelham, 1802-1898, Politician 1846-1897

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VILLIERS, Charles Pelham, 1802-1898, Politician 1846-1897

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Villiers, Charles Pelham, 1802-1898

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Charles Pelham Villiers, 1802-1898, was educated at Haileybury and St. Johns College, Cambridge, becoming a barrister at Lincolns Inn in 1827. He held Benthamite political views, and enjoyed a long career in public service and Parliament. In 1832, he was a Poor Law Commissioner, and from 1833 to 1852, an official of the court of Chancery. He served as an MP for Wolverhampton from 1835 to 1898, during which time he worked towards free trade and opposed the Corn Law and home rule for Ireland. He a...

Villiers Edward Hyde 1846-1914 5th Earl of Clarendon

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