Charles Henry Roberts (22 August 1865 – 25 June 1959) was a British radical

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politician.

Early life

Roberts was the son of Reverend Albert James Roberts, Vicar of

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, Sussex and Ellen Wace of

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, Sussex and was educated at Marlborough College and Balliol College, Oxford. He was a fellow of

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, where he taught from 1889 to 1895.

Career

He was the unsuccessful Liberal candidate for

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in the 1895 general election and for

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in 1900. He was elected to Parliament for

in the 1906 general election and reelected in both elections in 1910. He served under

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1914 to 1915. He was then made both Comptroller of the Household and Chairman of the National Health Insurance Joint Committee from 1915 to 1916. He lost his seat in 1918 when the Coalition Government gave endorsement to his Unionist opponent, but returned briefly to the

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in 1922 when he was elected for

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. However, he lost this seat in the 1923 general election and retired from national politics. He afterwards committed himself to work creation schemes in Cumberland, reopening collieries and starting brickworks, limeworks and quarries. He also became involved in farming. From 1938–58 he was chairman of Cumberland County Council and the Cumberland branch of the National Farmers' Union. He also chaired the

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. He was Chairman of the Cumberland War Agricultural Committee, 1939–47. He served as a Justice of the Peace in Cumberland from 1900 to 1950 and was Deputy Chairman of Cumberland Quarter Sessions until 1950.

Personal life

On 7 April 1891, he was married Lady Cecilia Maude Howard, daughter of George Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle. They had one son and two daughters, including. * Rosa Winifred Roberts (1893–1981), an artist who married the English painter

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. * Wilfrid Hubert Wace Roberts (1900–1991), a Liberal MP who married three times. Lady Cecilia died in 1947.‘ROBERTS, Charles Henry’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 200
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/ref> Roberts died on 25 June 1959.

Election results

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Roberts, Charles Henry 1865 births 1959 deaths People from Wadhurst Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1906–1910 UK MPs 1910 UK MPs 1910–1918 UK MPs 1922–1923 Politics of Lincoln, England Politics of Derby People educated at Marlborough College Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford English justices of the peace