Charles Lushington (1785–1866)

Charles Lushington (14 April 1785 – 23 September 1866)[1][2] was a British Whig politician, and servant for the East India Company, and secretary to the Bengal Presidency.[3][4]

Charles Lushington
Member of Parliament for Westminster
In office 30 July 1847 – 9 July 1852 Serving with De Lacy Evans
Preceded by	John Temple Leader De Lacy Evans
Succeeded by	John Shelley De Lacy Evans
Member of Parliament for Ashburton
In office 5 January 1835 – 30 June 1841
Preceded by	William Stephen Poyntz
Succeeded by	William Jardine
Personal details
Born	14 April 1785
Died	23 September 1866 (aged 81) Brighton, Sussex, England
Nationality	British
Political party	Whig

Lushington was the younger brother of Stephen Lushington, a British judge and Whig Member of Parliament (MP) for various constituencies between 1806 and 1841. In 1805, he married Sarah, daughter of General Joseph Gascoyne. After her death in 1839, he married Julia Jane née Lane, widow of Thomas Teed, in 1844.[4]

Lushington first became a Whig MP for Ashburton at the 1835 general election, and held the seat until the 1841 general election, when he did not seek re-election. He returned, however, six years later, for Westminster at the 1847 general election and held the seat until the next general election in 1852, when he did not seek re-election.[5] During his time in Parliament, Lushington was a reformer, favouring the use of a secret ballot, triennial parliaments, and extension of the suffrage. He also opposed religious privileges, publishing three works on religious questions.[4]

Lushington died in Brighton, Sussex in 1866.[4]

References

1. Rayment, Leigh (11 October 2018). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "W"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 24 October 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
2. Rayment, Leigh (22 September 2018). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "A"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 20 December 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
3. Seaber, Luke (2017). Brant, Clare; Saunders, Max (eds.). Incognito Social Investigation in British Literature: Certainties in Degradation (eBook ed.). Palgrave Macmillan. p. 3. ISBN 9783319509624. Retrieved 6 April 2018 – via Google Books.
4. Waddams, S. M. (2004). "Lushington, Stephen (1782–1873)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/17213. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
5. Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 20, 30. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Mr Charles Lushington