Thomas Wyndham with his father Charles Edwin Wyndham

Charles Edwin (born Wyndham; died 1801) was a

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politician. He was the oldest son of Thomas Wyndham of

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. His mother, Anne, was the daughter of Samuel Edwin MP, and the sister of Charles Edwin MP. Charles Wyndham married twice; first in 1762 to Eleanor, daughter of Major James Rooke, and secondly to Charlotte, daughter of Robert Jones of

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. When he inherited his uncle's estates in 1776, he took the name Edwin. At the 1780 general election he was elected unopposed as the

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(MP) for

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. He held the seat until 1789, when he stood down in favour of his son Thomas Wyndham.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Edwin, Charles Year of birth unknown 1801 deaths People from Glamorgan Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Welsh constituencies British MPs 1780–1784 British MPs 1784–1790