Sir Charles Ernest Tritton, 1st Baronet (4 September 1845 – 28 December 1918) was an English banker and politician.

Early life

Charles Ernest Tritton was born on 4 September 1845. He was the son of Joseph Tritton, of Lombard Street. He was educated at the

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. He graduated from

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, where he received a BA in 1868.

Career

Tritton was a member of the banking firm of Barclay, Bevan and Tritton in Lombard Street, a senior partner in the firm of Brightwen and Co., bill-brokers and banking agents, London, and a director of the UK Temperance and General Provident Institution, 1897. From 1892 to 1906 he was Conservative MP for Norwood Division of Lambeth. In 1905 he was created

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''of Bloomfield in the

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and

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''.

Philanthropy

He was involved in several philanthropic and religious institutions. He was Vice-Chairman of the Hospital Sunday Fund and Chairman of its Finance Committee, Vice-Chairman of the

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, Chairman of the Princess Christian's Hospital for British Wounded in

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, and President of Norwood Cottage Hospital. He was also a Member of the Board of Management of the British Home for Incurables (latterl
The British Home
and Vice-President of both the

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and the

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Personal life

In 1872 he married Edith, the second daughter of Frederick Green. The couple had one son and two daughters.

Death and legacy

He died on 28 December 1918, aged 73, and was buried at

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. He was succeeded as baronet by his son Alfred Ernest Tritton (8 June 1873 – 2 September 1939), who married Agneta Elspeth, daughter of W. M. Campbell, in 1898; they had one son and three daughters.

References

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'' *ThePeerage.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Tritton, Ernest 1845 births 1918 deaths Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom UK MPs 1892–1895 UK MPs 1895–1900 UK MPs 1900–1906 Burials at West Norwood Cemetery