Chaloner Arcedeckne, Member of Parliament was an English politician and Jamaican landowner during British rule.
Background
He descended from the Arcedecknes, an Anglo-Irish family who arrived in Suffolk and made it their home. His father, Andrew Arcedeckne (d Jamaica, 17 August 1763) of Gurnamone, County Galway, was Attorney General of Jamaica, and he established Jamaica"s Golden Grove sugar plantation in 1734.
Education
A creole, Arcedeckne was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford.
Career
His mother was Elizabeth Kersey (b Jamaica. Doctorate circa 1743). Arcedeckne inherited the property in Jamaica from his father. As an absentee proprietor, Arcedeckne also depended upon the Jamaican estate attorney, Sir John Taylor, Arcedeckne being this attorney"s "most frequent client and correspondent".
Sir John Blois, 5th Baronet lent Cockfield Hall to Arcedeckne in the 1770s for 21 years, after which Arcedeckne built Glevering Hall as his seat in 1794.
In 1780, he became Member of Parliament for Wallingford and, in 1784, he sat for Westbury, resigning from the latter by becoming Steward of the Manor of East Hendred. He was High Sheriff of Suffolk during the period of 1797-1798.
Arcedeckne died on 20 December 1809.
Membership
15th Parliament of Great Britain. 16th Parliament of Great Britain.