Charles Joseph Henry Corbett, BCL (1853 – 20 November 1935) was a British

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politician in the radical tradition who was part of a prominent family who supported women's rights.

Family

He was a son of C. J. Corbett of

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. He married in 1881,

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, daughter of George Gray of

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. She was an English

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, local government worker and supporter of the

. They had one son and two daughters,

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and Margery, an international

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campaigner and Liberal Parliamentary candidate.

Legal career

He was educated at

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and

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, and was subsequently

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at the

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Political career

Parliament

Corbett was a Liberal candidate in

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in the elections of 1895 and 1900, but was unsuccessful. He sat as Liberal MP for

Division of Sussex from 1906–January 1910, having been elected in the Liberal landslide win of 1906, when he became the first and only Liberal to win the division.F W S Craig, ''British Parliamentary Elections Results 1885–1918''; Macmillan Press, 1974 p. 404 He was defeated at the January 1910 General Election.

References

Who Was Who; http://www.ukwhoswho.com

External links

* *Who Was Who; http://www.ukwhoswho.com *Spartacus Educational; https://spartacus-educational.com/TUcorbett.htm *West Sussex Record Office blog; https://westsussexrecordofficeblog.com/2021/11/19/international-mens-day-2021-a-celebration-of-charles-corbett-campaigner-for-womens-rights/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Corbett, Charles 1853 births 1935 deaths Alumni of New College, Oxford Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies People educated at Marlborough College People from East Grinstead UK MPs 1906–1910