Charles Gardiner (21 February 1720 – 20 November 1769) was an Irish landowner and politician. He was the son of

Luke Gardiner Luke Gardiner (c. 1690 – 25 September 1755) was an Irish property developer and politician. In the Irish House of Commons he represented Tralee from 1725 until 1727 and Thomastown from 1727 until his death in 1755. He was appointed to the I ...

and his wife Anne, daughter of Alexander Stewart and granddaughter of

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. He was educated at

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. On 20 March 1741 he married Florinda, daughter of Robert Norman. From 1742 to 1760 he represented Taghmon in the Irish House of Commons. He was sworn of the

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on 15 September 1758. Gardiner inherited the estates of his mother's family, the Stewarts, following the death of William Stewart, 3rd

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and 1st

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, on 14 August 1769. He died later the same year and was succeeded by his eldest son

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, for whom the Mountjoy title was revived in 1785. The Earldom of Blessington was also revived, in 1816 for Luke's son

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. Charles Gardiner's other children included a daughter Anne, later Countess of Clancarty, and

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, sometime

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. Many of Gardiner's Irish property documents and some maps are now at the National Library of Ireland in the manuscripts section.Gardiner Papers, Mss. 36,501-36,626; Collection List 67, accessions no. 1118.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gardiner, Charles 1720 births 1769 deaths Irish MPs 1727–1760 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Wexford constituencies Members of the Privy Council of Ireland