Charles Douglas Richard Hanbury-Tracy, 4th Baron Sudeley PC FRS (3 July 1840 – 9 December 1922), styled The Honourable Charles Hanbury-Tracy from 1858 to 1877, was a British

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politician. He served as

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under

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in 1886.

Background

Sudeley was a younger son of

Thomas Hanbury-Tracy, 2nd Baron Sudeley Thomas Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 2nd Baron Sudeley (5 February 1801 – 19 February 1863), known as Thomas Leigh between 1806 and 1838 and styled The Honourable Thomas Leigh between 1838 and 1839 and The Honourable Thomas Hanbury-Tracy between 1839 a ...

, and his wife Emma Eliza Alicia Dawkins-Pennant, daughter of

George Hay Dawkins-Pennant George Hay Dawkins-Pennant (20 February 1764 – 17 December 1840), of Penrhyn Castle, Caernarvonshire, and 56 Portland Place, Middlesex, was a plantation and slave owner, Member of Parliament for Newark and New Romney. He was the second son o ...

, of

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Political career

Sudeley entered the

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for Montgomery in 1863, a seat he held until 1877 when he succeeded in the barony on the death of his elder brother. He served under

as a

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(government whip in the

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) from 1880 to 1885 and as

from February to July 1886. The latter year Sudeley was also sworn of the

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. Apart from his political career he was a

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. He later came into financial difficulties and was declared bankrupt in 1893. This caused the sale of the family seat of

Toddington Manor Toddington Manor is a 19th-century country house in the English county of Gloucestershire, near the village of Toddington. It is in the gothic style and was designed by Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 1st Baron Sudeley for himself and built be ...

.Biography of Lord Sudeley by his great-grandson Merlin Hanbury-Tracy, 7th Baron Sudeley

Family

Lord Sudeley married the writer Ada Maria Katherine Tollemache, daughter of the Honourable

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, in 1868. He died in December 1922, aged 82, and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son, William.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sudeley, Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 4th Baron 1840 births 1922 deaths Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Younger sons of barons Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms Fellows of the Royal Society Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom UK MPs 1859–1865 UK MPs 1865–1868 UK MPs 1868–1874 UK MPs 1874–1880 Sudeley, B4 Liberal Party (UK) MPs for Welsh constituencies Hanbury-Tracy family