Charles Ruxton (1726–1806) was an Irish MP and landowner in Ardee,

County Louth County Louth ( ; ga, An Lú) is a coastal county in the Eastern and Midland Region of Ireland, within the province of Leinster. Louth is bordered by the counties of Meath to the south, Monaghan to the west, Armagh to the north and Down to the ...

. A younger son of William Ruxton, he and his elder brother John Ruxton represented Ardee in the Irish House of Commons. He married Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Robert Parkinson, who had also been an MP for Ardee. They inherited his estate of the Red House, Ardee, which on Ruxton's death passed to their son

William Parkinson Ruxton William Parkinson Ruxton (1766 – 11 October 1847) of Red House in County Louth was an Irish Member of Parliament. Ruxton was the son of Charles Ruxton by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Parkinson of Red House. He inherited the Re ...

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* https://web.archive.org/web/20120212070428/http://www.dhs.kyutech.ac.jp/~ruxton/ruxtons_of_ardee.html * https://web.archive.org/web/20090601105535/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/irelandcommons.htm 1726 births 1806 deaths People from County Louth Politicians from County Louth Irish MPs 1798–1800 Irish MPs 1761–1768 Irish MPs 1783–1790 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Louth constituencies People from Ardee {{Ireland-pre1801-MP-stub