Sir Charles Eurwick
Douglas, MP
Charles Eurwick Douglas, the natural son of the late Right Hon.
Charles Yorke, was born in 1806[1]
In 1832, he married Jane
Mary Anne Des Voeux (d.12 November 1873), dau. of Sir Charles
Des-Vaux, 2nd Bart.[2] He was educated at Harrow and St. John's
College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. 1828, M.A. 1831.[1]
He was private secretary to Lord Ripon from 1830 to 1834, when
his lordship was secretary of state for the colonies; was a
commissioner of Greenwich Hospital from Aug. 1845 to July 1846 ;
formerly King of Arms of the Order of St. Michael and St. George, on
appointment to which office he was knighted.[1] He was a Director of
the London and North Western Railway.
He was M.P. for
Warwick from 1837 to 1852, sitting as a Conservative. In 1853, he unsuccessfully contested
Durham city. He sat as a Liberal for Banbury from May 1859.[1]
Residence—27, Wilton Crescent, London, S.W.
He died d.
21 February 1887
References:
[1]
The peerage, baronetage, and knightage, of Great Britain and Ireland
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