Sir Charles Wetherell (1770 – 17 August 1846) was an

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lawyer, politician and judge. Wetherell was born in

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, the third son of Reverend

Nathan Wetherell Nathan Wetherell D.D. (1726–1808) was an academic administrator at the University of Oxford. He was Dean of Hereford, Master of University College, Oxford and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University. Nathan Wetherell was originally from Durham. ...

, of

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, Master of the

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and

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of the

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. His mother was Richarda Croke (1743?-1812), sister of Sir Alexander Croke, of Studley Priory,

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. Wetherell was

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(MP) for a considerable period, representing Rye from 1812 to 1813,

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from 1813 to 1818,

from 1820 to 1826. He was elected MP for

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in 1826 but had to stand down when appointed

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. He represented

Plympton Erle Plympton is a suburb of the city of Plymouth in Devon, England. It is in origin an ancient stannary town. It was an important trading centre for locally mined tin, and a seaport before the River Plym silted up and trade moved down river to Pl ...

from December 1826 to 1830 and

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from 1830 to 1832. He was Solicitor-General between 1824 and 1826 and Attorney General between 20 September 1826 and 27 April 1827 and again between 19 February 1828 and 29 June 1829. In May 1829, Wetherell made a violent speech in opposition to

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, and was dismissed by the

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. He was

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during the riots of 1831. From 1835 up to his death in 1846 he was Chancellor of Durham. Wetherell was twice married, first, in 1826, with his cousin Jane Sarah Elizabeth Croke (1804–1831). They had a son, Charles, who died in infancy. In 1838 he married Harriet Elizabeth, daughter of Colonel Warneford.

References

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External links

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