Charles Docminique (c. 1686–1745), of Chipstead, Surrey, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1735 to 1745. Docminique was the eldest surviving son of

Paul Docminique Paul Docminique (1643–1735), of Spitalfields, London, and Chipstead, Surrey, was a British merchant and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1705 to 1735. Early life Docminique was of Huguenot origin. He was baptized on 15 Janua ...

, of Chipstead Surrey and his wife Margaret Edwards, daughter of Rev. Robert Edwards of Kibworth, Leicestershire. He matriculated at

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on 21 November 1704, aged 18. He succeeded his father in 1735. Docminique was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament for Gatton in succession to his father at a by-election on 5 April 1735. He was returned unopposed again at the

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His only recorded vote was in December 1741 with the Administration on the election of a chairman of the elections committee. Docminique died unmarried on 16 June 1745. His estates passed to his first cousin, Paul Humphrey.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Docminique, Charles 1680s births 1745 deaths Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1734–1741 British MPs 1741–1747