Charles Hungerford

Background

Colston was the son of Edward Colston, of Roundway Park in Devizes, Wiltshire, and his wife Louisa, daughter of Review Edward Murray from Northolt in Middlesex.

Education

Christ Church; Eton College.

Career

He sat in the House of Commons from 1892 to 1906, and was later elevated to the peerage, taking his seat in the House of Lords. He was educated at Eton College and at Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated in 1876 with a Bachelor of Arts (Bachelor) degree. He was High Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1885, and became a Deputy Lieutenant of Wiltshire in the same year.

He was also a Justice of the Peace for Wiltshire.

At the 1885 general election he stood unsuccessfully in Bristol North. He was elevated to the peerage in the 1916 Birthday Honours, as Baron Roundway of Devizes.

Membership

25th United Kingdom Parliament. 26th United Kingdom Parliament. 27th United Kingdom Parliament]

He was elected at the 1892 general election as the Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Thornbury, and held the seat until his defeat at the 1906 general election by the Liberal candidate Athelstan Rendall.

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