Charles Nicholas Warton (1832 – 31 July 1900) was a

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and politician who sat in the

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as a

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from 1880 to 1885. In 1886, he was appointed

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Biography

Warton was the son of Charles Warton of

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and his wife Maria. He attended

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from 1845 to 1847, and was admitted to

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in 1851, but did not graduate. He was at

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from 1857 until 1861, when he was called to the Bar of the English South-Eastern Circuit.Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1881
/ref> For the next 25 years, he worked as a barrister and resided at

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In 1880, Warton was elected to the House of Commons as Member for

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. He held the seat until 1885, during which time he gained a reputation for insisting on the enforcement of procedural rules, thereby hindering the passage of otherwise unopposed bills. In October 1886 Warton was appointed to the position of Attorney-General of Western Australia, arriving at Fremantle on ''R.M.S. Rome'' on 30 November. His appointment as Attorney General and member of the Executive and Legislative Councils was gazetted on 9 December 1886. With the exception of a two-month gap in early 1888, he held these appointments until December 1890, when he returned to England and retirement. He died at

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, London, at the age of 68. Warton married Agnes Wood, daughter of G H Wood, on 24 August 1864 and had at least one son.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Warton, Charles Nicholas 1832 births 1900 deaths Attorneys-General of Western Australia Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council UK MPs 1880–1885 Members of Lincoln's Inn English emigrants to Australia Alumni of Clare College, Cambridge People educated at University College School People from Clapham People from Burwash