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Charles Walcot (c.1733–1799) was a British politician.
Walcot was the son of John Walcot (MP for
A Chronological Register of Both Houses of the British Parliament, Robert Beatson, 1807
/ref> He died in September, 1799. In 1764, he had married his cousin Anne
Charles Walcot (c.1733–1799) was a British politician.
Walcot was the son of John Walcot (MP for Shropshire
Shropshire (; alternatively Salop; abbreviated in print only as Shrops; demonym Salopian ) is a landlocked historic county in the West Midlands region of England. It is bordered by Wales to the west and the English counties of Cheshire to th ...
) and Mary, daughter of Sir Francis Dashwood, and grandson of Charles Walcot of Lydbury North
Lydbury North is a village and a geographically large civil parish in south Shropshire, England. The population of the parish at the 2011 census was 695. The parish is locally called Lydbury, and there is no settlement called Lydbury South.
It ...
and Elizabeth Brydges, sister of James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos
James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, (6 January 16739 August 1744) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1698 until 1714, when he succeeded to the peerage as Baron Chandos, and vacated ...
. He was educated at Westminster School
(God Gives the Increase)
, established = Earliest records date from the 14th century, refounded in 1560
, type = Public school Independent day and boarding school
, religion = Church of England
, head_label = Hea ...
and Magdalen College, Oxford
Magdalen College (, ) is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. It was founded in 1458 by William of Waynflete. Today, it is the fourth wealthiest college, with a financial endowment of £332.1 million as of 2019 and one of the s ...
. A fellow of All Souls College, University of Oxford
, mottoeng = The Lord is my light
, established =
, endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019)
, budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20)
, chancellor ...
, he sold the family estate of Walcot at Lydbury North to Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive
Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, (29 September 1725 – 22 November 1774), also known as Clive of India, was the first British Governor of the Bengal Presidency. Clive has been widely credited for laying the foundation of the British ...
to settle his father's debts. He then purchased Bitterley Court, Bitterley, Shropshire, which was the family seat until 1899.
He served as Member of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...
for Weymouth from 1763 to 1769 and also served as High Sheriff of Shropshire
This is a list of sheriffs and high sheriffs of Shropshire
The sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the high sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibili ...
in 1782.
A Chronological Register of Both Houses of the British Parliament, Robert Beatson, 1807
/ref> He died in September, 1799. In 1764, he had married his cousin Anne
Levett
Levett is a surname of Anglo-Norman origin, deriving from eLivet, which is held particularly by families and individuals resident in England and British Commonwealth territories.
Origins
This surname comes from the village of Livet-en-Ouche, no ...
, daughter of Reverend Richard Levett, rector of Blithfield, Staffordshire and his wife Catherine Walcott. They had two sons and a daughter.
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