Charles Perceval, 7th Earl of Egmont

Charles George Perceval, 7th Earl of Egmont (15 June 1845 – 5 September 1897)[1] was a British peer and Conservative Party politician of the Victorian era.

On 19 September 1868, he was commissioned a cornet in the 2nd Regiment of the Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry.[2]

He was elected at the general election in February 1874 as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the parliamentary borough of Midhurst in Sussex.[3] However, he succeeded to the peerage on 2 August that year, taking both the Irish title of Earl of Egmont and the title Baron Arden in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The latter title gave him a seat in House of Lords, thereby vacating his seat in the House of Commons.[4] He was promoted from lieutenant to captain in the Yeomanry on 25 November 1874.[5]

On 8 April 1878, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Surrey.[6] He sold the family estates around Churchtown, County Cork in 1889.[7]

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 2)
  2. ^ "No. 23985". The London Gazette. 10 June 1873. p. 2786.
  3. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 211. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
  4. ^ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages – Peerages beginning with "E" (part 1)[self-published source] [better source needed]
  5. ^ "No. 24154". The London Gazette. 24 November 1874. p. 5608.
  6. ^ "No. 24570". The London Gazette. 9 April 1878. p. 2456.
  7. ^ Spencer, Howard (2009). "PERCEVAL, Henry Frederick John James, Visct. Perceval (1796-1841)". In Fisher, David (ed.). The House of Commons 1820–1832. The History of Parliament Trust.