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Encyclopedia > Charles Pelham Villiers

Charles Pelham Villiers (January 3, 1802January 16, 1898) was a British politician and lawyer of the 19th century. He was educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College and St John's College, Cambridge, becoming a barrister at Lincoln's Inn in 1827. He was the grandson of the first earl of Clarendon (of the second creation - Villiers) and brother of the fourth earl. A statue of Villiers stands in West Park in Wolverhampton.


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 Laws and home rule for Ireland. He is noted as being the voice in parliament of the free trade movement before the election of Richard Cobden and John Bright. He also served as Judge-Advocate General, 1852_1858, Privy Councillor, 1853, and President of the Poor Law board, 1859_1866. Also the Father of the House of Commons from 1890-1898; however the last time he attended Parliament was in 1895.







 

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