Charles Tyrell, sometimes spelt Tyrrell (1776–2 January 1872) was a British
Tory
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politician.
He was born the son of Charles Tyrell, vicar of
Thurston, Suffolk
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In mid-2005, Thurston's estimated population was 3,260, making it one of the larger communities in the area, falling slightly to 3,232 ...
and educated at
Emmanuel College, Cambridge
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.
He married twice;
* firstly Elizabeth, the daughter and heiress of Richard Ray of Plashwood, with whom he had two sons and three daughters and
* secondly Mary Anne, the daughter of John Matthews of Wargrave, Berkshire and the widow of Thomas William Cooke of Polstead.
His first wife brought him the
Plashwood estate near
Haughley
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, Suffolk which he made his home.
[
He was appointed ]Sheriff of Suffolk
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in 1815 and elected to the House of Commons
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at the 1830 general election as one of the two Members of Parliament
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(MPs) for Suffolk
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. He was re-elected for the same constituency in the 1831
Events
January–March
* January 1 – William Lloyd Garrison begins publishing '' The Liberator'', an anti-slavery newspaper, in Boston, Massachusetts.
* January 10 – Japanese department store, Takashimaya in Kyoto establ ...
.[ When that constituency was divided by the ]Reform Act
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for the 1832 general election, Tyrrell was returned for the new Western division of Suffolk
The Western Division of Suffolk was a two-member constituency to the Parliament of the United Kingdom established by the 1832 Reform Act and disestablished in 1885.
History
The seat was created under the Reform Act 1832 as one of two division ...
. He did not stand again at the 1835 general election.[
]
References
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1776 births
1872 deaths
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1830–1831
UK MPs 1831–1832
UK MPs 1832–1835
Tory MPs (pre-1834)
High Sheriffs of Suffolk
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