Colonel Charles Napier Sturt (9 August 1832 – 13 March 1886) was an English soldier and politician. Sturt was born in London in 1832, the son of

Henry Sturt Henry Charles Sturt (; 9 August 1795 – 14 April 1866), of Crichel House, Dorset, was a British landowner and politician. Background Sturt was the son of Charles Sturt (1763–1812), who was the son of Humphrey Sturt and his wife Mary Pitfiel ...

of Dorset and Charlotte Penelope Brudenell, daughter of the

Robert Brudenell, 6th Earl of Cardigan Robert Brudenell, 6th Earl of Cardigan (25 April 1760 – 14 August 1837) was an English peer and Member of Parliament. Early life Robert Brudenell was born in Westminster, the posthumous son and heir of Colonel the Hon. Robert Brudenell and h ...

. In 1851 he joined the

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; in 1854 he served with 3rd Battalion in the

Crimea War The Crimean War, , was fought from October 1853 to February 1856 between Russia and an ultimately victorious alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, the United Kingdom and Piedmont-Sardinia. Geopolitical causes of the war included the de ...

, where he was seriously wounded at the Battle of Inkerman. On returning from the war Sturt stood as Member of Parliament for Dorchester and was elected in a by-election in July 1856. He was MP for Dorchester 1856 to 1874. He was a . Sturt died at Winchester Barrack on 13 March 1886, aged 54.

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1832 births 1886 deaths British Army personnel of the Crimean War Grenadier Guards officers Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1852–1857 UK MPs 1857–1859 UK MPs 1859–1865 UK MPs 1865–1868 UK MPs 1868–1874 {{Conservative-UK-MP-1830s-stub